MUST HAVE ACCESS FOR MILITARY TOPICS RESEARCH



NEWS DIVISION CE COURSE

SLA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2001

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

GOOD RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH ON MILITARY TOPICS

PRESENTED BY:

BJ FOX

MILITARY LIBRARIANS DIVISION, SLA

BJFOX@DTIC.MIL

(703) 767-8041

GOOD RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH ON MILITARY TOPICS

l. Defenselink--

a. photos Office of Secretary of Defense personnel

b. DOD Organization chart with key personnel locator;

Publications section goes to odam.osd.mil

c. Current biographies of General Officers and SES

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

Force)

e. American Forces Information Service has news articles,

imagery, and special reports through Defenselink--



2. "Where to Find Military Information" excellent portal

from the Naval Postgraduate School--



Military maps:



3. Air War College Military Quick Portal--

good job of pulling together information links

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

5. Reference Desk at Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) 1-800-225-3842; 703-767-8268

DTIC "Resources"-- STINET; AULIMP; GILS; HTGI



6. DOD Hotline-- hotline@dodig.osd.mil; 1-800-424-9098

Defense Hotline, The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-

1900; 703-604-8569; FAX 703-604-8567

7. DOD Information Operator: 703-545-6700

8. Reporters directed to Navy Information Desk, Chief of

Naval Information; 703-697-6265

9. Public Affairs:

Air Force--

DOD-- OASD (PA) Rm 2E773, Pentagon, Washington, DC

20301-1400; 703-695-0169

CIA-- 703-482-2030;

News releases from the office of Assistant Secretary of Defense, Public Affairs--

a. news photos

b. news archives to 1994

c. speeches

d. contracts signed; you can search this section to learn

of subsidiary groups and relationship with large

companies

10. Google UncleSam--

Google Web Directory--

11. Defense Almanac for military statistics--



Organization; People, Money, Forces and Weapons

12. The service almanacs:

--Army Green Book, October issue-

--USAF Almanac in the May issue of Air Force Magazine: Journal of the Air Force Association, --Proceedings, U.S. Naval Institute, May issue--

--Marines Almanac (GPO)

13. Air University Library--



14. Naval Postgraduate School Library--



15. Naval Research Laboratory's Ruth H. Hooker Research

Library--

16. Naval War College Library--

17. National Defense University Library--



18. Army War College Library-

19. Navy Library--experts in Navy history,(202)433-3170

Naval Historical Center--202)433-4131

20. Service Casualty Offices

Army--1-800-892-2490

DOD--

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--

European U.S. Military Road Atlas

23. Department of Defense Telephone Directory--CD from

Defense Telecommunications Service or hardcopy;

(703)696-3774

24. U.S. Army Military History Institute--



25. Air Force Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB

Collocated with Air U.

26. Air Force History Support Office(AFHSO) at Bolling

AFB, Reference and Analysis Division--



27. Air Force News Agency for AF FactSheets (Aircraft,

space, Weapons)



28. GrayLIT Network--

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--



30. CIA World Factbook--



31. Federation of American Scientists--

, especially



Conducts analysis and advocacy on science, world

conflicts, military policy, weapons and weapons

Systems, and military contractors. Publishes country

profiles; national security news; leads to Fact Files

online.

32. Information Analysis Centers (sponsored by DTIC; see

booklet) and

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--



34. DVIC Customer Services--imagery available to public



35. Defense special reports online--



36. Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office--



37. Center for Naval Analysis(CNA)--



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