News Division CE Course

SLA Annual Conference 2001

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

Presented by:BJ Fox

Military Librarians Division, SLAbjfox@dtic.mil

(703) 767-8041

GOOD RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH ON MILITARY

TOPICS

1. DEFENSELINK: http://www.defenselink.mil/

a. Photos of the Office of Secretary of Defense personnel

b. DOD Organization Chart with key personnel locator; Publications section goes to www.odam.osd.mil

c. Current biographies of General Officers and SES

d. Military exercises and Deployments, ex. KFOR- (Kosovo Force)

e. American Forces Information Services has news articles, imagery , and special reports through Defenselink--http://www.defenselink.mil/afis/cmd_info.html

2. “WHERE TO FIND MILITARY INFORMATION” excellent portal from the Naval Postgraduate School:http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/militaryinfo.htm

MILITARY MAPS:http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/mapcollection.htm

3. AIR WAR COLLEGE MILITARY QUICK PORTAL:

http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-port.htm

*GOOD JOB OF PULLING TOGETHER INFORMATION LINKS

4. HOW TO GET IT: A GUIDE TO DEFENSE-RELATED INFORMATION RESOURCES:

http://stinet.dtic.mil/htgi

5. REFERENCE DESK AT DEFENSE TECHNICAL INFORMATION CENTER (DTIC) : 1-800-225-3842;

703-767-8268 DTIC "RESOURCES”: STINET; AULIMP; GILS; HTGI

http://www.dtic.mil

6. DOD Hotline: 1-800-424-9098 Defense Hotline, The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301- 1900; 703-604-8569; FAX 703-604-8567

hotline@dodig.osd.mil

7. DOD INFORMATION OPERATOR: 703-545-6700

8. REPORTERS REFERRED TO NAVY INFORMATION DESK, CHIEF OF NAVAL INFORMATION: 703-697-6265

9A. Public Affairs:

• Air Force-- http://www.aetc.randolph.af.mil/pa/

• DOD-- OASD (PA) Rm 2E773, Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1400; 703-695-0169

• CIA-- 703-482-2030; http://www.odci.gov

9B. Public Affairs continued:

•News releases from the office of Assistant Secretary of Defense, Public Affairs-- http://www.defenselink.mil/news

a. news photosb. news archives to 1994

. speeches

. contracts signed; you can search this section to learn of subsidiary groups and relationship with large

companies

10. GOOGLE •Google UncleSam-- http://www.google.com/unclesam

•Google Web Directory-- http://directory.google.com

11. DEFENSE ALMANAC FOR MILITARY STATISTICS:

http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/almanac/

• Organization, People, Money, Forces and Weapons

12. THE SERVICE ALMANACS:

•Army Green Book, October issue: http://www.ausa.org

•USAF Almanac in the May issue of Air Force Magazine: Journal of the Air Force Association: http://www.afa.org

•Proceedings, U.S. Naval Institute, May issue: http://usni.org

•Marines Almanac (GPO): http://www.usmc.mil/marines.nsf

13. AIR UNIVERSITY LIBRARY:

http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/aulv2.htm

14. NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL LIBRARY:

http://nps.navy.mil/~library/

15. NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY'S RUTH H. HOOKER RESEARCH LIBRARY:

http://infoweb.nrl.navy.mil/

16. NAVAL WAR COLLEGE LIBRARY:

http://www.nwc.navy.mil

17. NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY:

http://www.ndu.edu/ndu/library/library.html

18. ARMY WARCOLLEGE LIBRARY:

http://www.awc.army/library

19. EXPERTS IN NAVY HISTORY:

• NAVY LIBRARY (202)433-3170

• NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER (202) 433-4131

20. SERVICE CASUALTY OFFICES: ARMY--1-800-892-2490 DOD-- http://web1.whs.osd.mil/mmid/mmidhome.htm

21 .VA OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS: (202)273-5400

FACT SHEETS: (202)273-5707

22.U.S. FORCES TRAVEL GUIDE TO U.S. MILITARY INSTALLATIONS:

http://www.militaryliving.com

• European and U.S. Military Road Atlas

23. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY:

•CD FROM DEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE OR HARDCOPY; (703)696-3774

24. U.S. ARMY MILITARY HISTORY INSTITUTE:

http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usmhi/

25. AIR FORCE HISTORICAL RESEARCH CENTER, MAXWELL AFB:

http://www.au.af.mil/au/afhra/

• Collocated with Air U.

26. AIR FORCE HISTORY SUPPORT OFFICE(AFHSO) AT BOLLING AFB, REFERENCE AND ANALYSIS DIVISION:

http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil

27. AIR FORCE NEWS AGENCY FOR AF FACTSHEETS (AIRCRAFT, SPACE, WEAPONS)

http://www.af.mil/news/indexpages/fs_index.html

28.GRAYLIT NETWORK:

http://www.osti.gov/graylit

• Search documents with a single query across databases of several Federal agencies. Over 100,000 full-text technical reports.

29 . U.S. MARINE CORPS ARCHIVES:

http://www.mcu.usmc.mil/mcrcweb/archive.html

30 . CIA WORLD FACTBOOK:

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

31. FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS:

http://www.fas.org/index.html, especially

http://www.fas.org/man/company/index.html

• Conducts analysis and advocacy on science, world conflicts, military policy, weapons and weapons systems, and military contractors. Publishes country profiles, national security news, and leads to Fact Files online.

32. INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTERS (SPONSORED BY DTIC; SEE BOOKLET):

http://iac.dtic.mil

33. DEPT OF DEFENSE DICTIONARY OF MILITARY AND ASSOCIATED TERMS, MARCH 1994; AMENDED 1 SEP 2000; JT PUB 1-02; US ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AND NATO TERMS:

http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/

34. DVIC CUSTOMER SERVICES--IMAGERY AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC:

http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/dvic/cust_serv.htm

35. DEFENSE SPECIAL REPORTS ONLINE:

http://www.defenselink.mil/specials

36. DEFENSE PRISONER OF WAR/MISSING PERSONNEL OFFICE:

http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/

37. CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES(CNA):

http://www.cna.org/newsevents/default.html