The resources listed below are part of a presenation i gave entitled Homeland Security Resources: Security Through the Power of Information at the DTIC 2011 Annual Conference. It is by no means comprehensive but will be updated as time permits and recommendations are welcome.
AGENCIES
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
**DHS Department Subcomponents and Agencies
**Who became part of DHS
**Coast Guard
Department of Defense (DOD)
**Air Force
**Army
**Marine Corps
**Navy
**NORTHCOM
**NORAD [North American Aerospace Defense Command]
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
US Fire Administration
Maritime Administration (MARAD)
White House Homeland Security
CENTERS/INSTITUTES
Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Center for Terrorism Risk Management Policy
Combating Terrorism Center
Counter-Terrorism Training and Resources for Law Enforcement
Dept of State, Office of the Coordinator of Counterterrorism
Emergency Management Institute (EMI)
Emergency Response & Research Institute
Homeland Defense and Security Resources
Homeland Security Institute
Illinois Law Enforcement Media Resource Center
Institute of Defense Analyses (IDA)
Institute for Homeland Security Studies
International Institute for Counter-Terrorism
Terrorism Research Center
DISASTER RESOURCES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
DisasterAssistance.gov
DIMRC - Disaster Information Management Research Center
FEMA – Federal Emergency Management Agency
Firstresponder.gov
NLM Emergency Access Initiative
Ready.gov
US Computer Emergency Readiness Team
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA)
Public Health and Medical Emergency Support/National Medical Information System
NORTHCOM
DATABASES
AGRICOLA
DTIC Online
EM-DAT – International Disaster Database
Energy Citations Database
FEMA Library
First Responder Knowledge Base
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
**GAO Topics collection
Global Terrorism Database
Health Library for Disasters [HELID]
National Agricultural Safety Database
National Counterterrorism Center Worldwide Incidents Tracking System (WITS)
National Criminal Justice Research Service (NCJRS)
National Emergency Training Center—Learning Resource Center
National Technical Information Service
National Vulnerability Database
PPRI Disaster and Emergency Management Information Network
SEARCH (National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics)
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Thomas (Library of Congress) [congressional information]
TRIS Online [Transportation]
Uniform Crime Reports
WMD Terrorism Database
Worldwide Incidents Tracking System (NCTC)
WorldCat [worldwide union catalog]
HAZMAT
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
DOT Hazardous Materials Safety Office
Haz-Map Database [Occupational exposure to Hazardous Agents]
TOXMET
JOURNALS & JOURNAL INDEXES
Specific Journals [all free to search but some cost to download]
American Journal of Disaster Medicine
Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice and Science
Critical Studies on Terrorism
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
Disaster Prevention and Management
Disasters
Emergency Access Initiative
FBI Law Enforcement
Homeland Security Affairs Journal
HSI Journal of Homeland Security
Intelligence and National Security
International Journal of Emergency Management
International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence
International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters
International Journal of Terrorism and Political Hotspots
International Security
Journal of Emergency Management
Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
Studies in Intelligence
Terrorism and Political Violence
Free journal search sites
Medline Plus
PubMed
SCIRUS
Scitopia
Publisher sites [searching is free but access to article or chapters include a cost]
ACM Digital Library
ForensicNetBase/LawEnforcementNetBase
IEEExplore
InformaWorld
Ingenta
PolicyFile
ScienceDirect [Elesvier]
SAGE Online
SPIE Digital Library
SpringerLink
Wiley Online Library
DOCUMENT SITES
Conflict 21 – Terrorism Studies
Department of Energy OpenNet System
DOE Information Bridge
DTIC Online
DTIC Special Collections
First Responder Knowledge Base
Government Accountability Office (GAO) Topic collections
Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL)
Homeland Security Standards Database
LLIS -- Lessons Learned Information Sharing
National Criminal Justice Research Service (NCJRS)
National Emergency Training Center's [NETC] Learning Resource Center
Thomas (Library of Congress) [congressional information]
US Fire Administration – Fire Academy Publications
Collection sites for hard to find documents
Document Cloud
Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
Government Attic
Public Intelligence
Wikileaks
SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS
WIDGETS
DIRMRC widgets for Finding disaster orgs, oil spills and health, health resources for Haiti
Department of Defense News widgets
MOBILE TOOLS
Crisis Mapping and Early Warning
Lost People Finder
People Locator
REMM -- Radiation Emergency Medical Management
SAVER – System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders
WISER -- Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders
BLOGS
On the Homefront (HSDL)
HSDL HS Blog Search
Homeland Security Watch
Counterterrorism Blog
NORAD and USNORTHCOM Blog
TSA Blog
COMMERCIAL RESOURCES
CQ Homeland Security
International Security & Counter-Terrorism Reference Center
Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre
ProQuest
Ebsco
Lexis Nexis
STRATFOR
MAPS
FEMA Maps
Global Incidents Maps
NOAA Natural Hazard Interactive Maps
USGS Emergency Operations
Perry-CastaƱeda Library Map Collection
STATISTICS
Bureau of Justice Statistics
CDC Statistics
FAA Accident and Incident Data
Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center
FedStats
National Center for Health Statistics
Office of Immigration Statistics
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Uniform Crime Reports
US Fire Administration Statistics
CONGRESSIONAL
CRS (Congressional Research Service)
**FAS CRS collection
**Foreign Policy Center collection
**Open CRS
**University of North Texas collection
Government Printing Office
Thomas (Library of Congress)
LEGAL INFORMATION
FindLaw’s Special Coverage – War on Terrorism
GPO
Judicial Branch Resources
Lexis Nexis
Terrorism Law & Policy
JURIST Legal News & Research—Terrorism Law & Policy
Thomas (Library of Congress)
Westlaw
INTELLIGENCE
CIA
FBI
SITE (Search for International Terrorist Entities) Institute
STRATFOR
Terrorism Research Center