Information Resources for Military Science

Best Resources for Finding Articles

• PAIS Archive (Public Affairs Information Service Archive)
  • Index to journals, books, government documents, conference reports, publications of international agencies, and more, from 1915-1976. PAIS Archive provides historical perspective on many of the 20th century's public and social policies.
• America History & Life
  • Index of journal articles, dissertations and book reviews on all aspects of North American history (United States and Canada). 1964- present. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• Historical Abstracts
  • Index of journal articles, dissertations and book reviews on all aspects of world history from 1450 to the present, excluding the United States and Canada. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals
  • Indexes significant articles, news items, and editorials from English language military and aeronautical periodicals. 1988 - present.
• LexisNexis Academic
  • Index and full text to news, business, legal, medical, and reference materials and links to congressional and statistical information.
• NTIS
  • Index to U.S. government-sponsored research and worldwide scientific, engineering, and business-related information from 1960.

Additional Resources for Finding Articles & Other Information

• Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
  • Indexes 7,800+ scholarly journals, with full text for 4,000 titles. Covers social sciences, humanities, education, computer science and engineering, general science, medicine, ethnic studies, and more. 1965- present for selected titles. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• American National Biography (ANB)
  • Authoritative essays about notable Americans from earliest times through 2005. Recommends key books and articles for further reading. Print edition also available.
• CQ Researcher
  • Full text overviews providing the pros and cons on current controversial issues with complete summaries, bibliographies and time-lines.
• Foreign Broadcast Information Service Electronic Index (1975-1996)
  • Indexes FBIS Daily Reports issued by the U.S. Government on worldwide political, economic, scientific, and cultural issues or events. The reports are translations of foreign news or government sources.
• Government Periodicals Universe
  • Index to 250 periodicals published by the U.S. government. 1988 - present.
• Digital National Security Archive
  • 63,000 of the most important declassified documents on U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945. Search the documents or explore collections of primary resources organized by top scholars.
• U.S. Government Monthly Catalog
  • Index to U.S. Government information resources providing policy & background information on U.S. foreign relations, health, and much more from June, 1976.
• Dissertations & Theses: Full Text (formerly Dissertation Abstracts)
  • ProQuest Dissertations and Theses — Full text is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. It includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses citations from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with 1 million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works.
• WorldCat
  • A catalog of library materials in all formats from libraries all over the United States and the world. Contains more than 61 million items.

Other Resources

• ROTC National Headquarters
• National Society of Scabbard and Blade
  • Joint service honor society for cadets and midshipmen.
• Where to Find Military Information
  • Well-organized list of links. Dudley Knox Library, Naval Postgraduate School.