Library Guides: Terrorism: Databases

Article Databases

Opposing Viewpoints (articles, essays, statistics & more)

Opposing Viewpoints provides access to articles that provide information for and against a variety of topics. Try searching your desired topics to browse the different viewpoints and information available.
Academic Search Complete

This resource provides access to thousands of full-text journals and periodicals. Try searching for your desired search terms to see what comes up. If you find an article to which we do not have full-text access, try clicking "Find It WIU Libraries" to see if it is available in another database we have access to. If not, you can request it through an inter-library loan request.
InfoTrac (Expanded Academic Index)

Try using InfoTrac to search your desired terms and find other terms that may relate to the topic, or subdivisions of those terms.

CQ Researcher Online Database
Single-themed, 12,000-word reports (background, stats, assessment, bibliographies). Topics include health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, environment, technology, economy
Criminal Justice Abstracts
270 periodicals; criminology, corrections, juvenile delinquency, police, criminal justice

Armed Conflict Database
The Armed Conflict Database (ACD) monitors armed conflicts worldwide, focusing on political, military and humanitarian trends in current conflicts, whether they are local rebellions, long-term insurgencies, civil wars or inter-state conflicts.
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
The IISS was founded in the UK in 1958 with a focus on nuclear deterrence and arms control. Today, it is also renowned for its annual Military Balance assessment of countries' armed forces and for its high-powered security summits, including the Shangri-La Dialogue.