9/11 Terrorist Attacks: Philosophy

Library research guide for 9/11 terrorist attacks

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This page collects library databases and special collections for students studying philosophy.

Philosophy journals

Humanities International Complete from EBSCO
Searches 2,000+ humanities journals and and books from U.S. and international sources. Includes creative works including poetry, fiction, and works of art.
JSTOR from JSTOR
Broad collection of full-text scholarly journals (approximately 2700 titles). Discipline coverage uneven and usually does not include the most-recent three years.
Philosopher's Index from ProQuest
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Index of a broad spectrum of philosophical sources, including more than 1,600 journals; books and anthologies; and more. Mostly 1940 - present.

Provides global coverage, with source publications from more than 135 countries, and in more than 35 languages.

Foreign dissertations

Dissertations - CRL Foreign Doctoral Dissertations from Center for Research Libraries
Searches dissertations from foreign universities held at the Center for Research Libraries (in Chicago). No online full-text, but available through Interlibrary Loan.

Be sure to read the introductory information on the site, because there are special search features and because their cataloging is ongoing. Thus all their holdings are not accessible here, though you can use other means to locate uncatalogued material.
Dissertations and Theses Global from ProQuest
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Searches doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Extensive North American coverage, lesser European coverage. Full-text availability varies by author's permission.
Dissertations from Great Britain - EThos: Electronic Theses Online Service from EThos
Searches dissertations from Great Britain. Most downloadable, in some cases others are available within 30 days for a fee.

Special collections and university archives

Kathy Kelly papers, 1977- [ongoing]
A Chicago-based peace activist who cofounded Voices in the Wilderness/Voices for Creative Nonviolence in 1996, anchoring its leadership team from the beginning. She has been arrested on several occasions for acts of nonviolent resistance to US military policy, including planting corn on missile silo sites in Missouri in 1988, for which she was sentenced to one year in federal prison. Her peacemaking efforts in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Haiti, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, and Lebanon have led to numerous honors and her continuing nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize
Milwaukee Pledge of Resistance Records, 1981-2004
Records of a peace organization (originally part of a national network) formed in opposition to the United States government's support of the "Contras" in Nicaragua. Included are correspondence, minutes, publications, reports, press releases and other records documenting the group's nonviolent resistance to US military intervention in Latin America, the Middle East, and elsewhere. James M. Barrett, formerly professor of Biology at Marquette University, served for many years as coordinator and editor of its newsletter
Voices in the Wilderness records, 1996-2005
Records of a Chicago based campaign, initiated by a small number of peace activists, including Kathy Kelly, who remained a coordinator until the end. It utilized the means of nonviolent direct action, such as civil disobedience and fasting, to oppose economic sanctions and war against Iraq. The group organized over seventy delegations to Iraq which brought donations of medicine and toys to children in hospitals in open violation of the US/UN sanctions and US law. The Treasury Department responded by imposing a $20,000 fine. Refusing to pay the penalty as a matter of principle, Voices in the Wilderness closed its doors in the summer of 2005, reorganizing under the name Voices for Creative Nonviolence