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Resources Related to Iraq, Kuwait and Saddam Hussein

Searching Wallace Library's Einstein Catalog provides information relating to Iraq, Kuwait or Saddam Hussein. Remember, you can do a keyword search or a subject search to locate information on a topic. When doing a keyword search, you can make use of Boolean searching by combining your search words with the words and, or, not. Advanced searching will allow you to set some limitations to your search results. Below is a sampling of titles along with their call numbers and the floor location.

Arab American Voices. E184.A65 H36 2000, Reference Area, 1st floor.
Area Handbook for Iraq. DS70.6 .S6, 4th floor.
The Foreign Policies of Middle East States. JZ1670 .F67 2002, 4th floor.
Gender and Citizenship in the Middle East. JQ1758.A92 G45 2000, 4th floor.
A History of Iraq. DS79 .T75 2000, 4th floor.
Iraq, A Country Study. D410 .A732, no. 49, Reference Area, 1st floor.
Iraq: Its People, Its Society, Its Culture. DS70.6 .H3, 4th floor.
Kurds, Turks, and Arabs; Politics, Travel and Research in Northeastern Iraq, 1919-1925, DS51 .M7E4, 4th floor.
Kuwait : A Nation's Story. DS79.72 .V56 1992, Oversized Collection, 4th floor.
Kuwait by the First Photographers. DS247.K85 F33 1999, Oversized Collection, 4th floor.
Kuwait's Foreign Policy : City-State in World Politics. DS247.K88 A87 1990, 4th floor.
The Pursuit of Victory: From Napoleon to Saddam Hussein. D214.B66 1996, 4th floor.
Saddam Hussein and the Crisis in the Gulf. DS79.66.H87 M55 1990, 4th floor.
Saddam Hussein: A Political Biography. DS79.66.H87 K37 1991, 4th floor.
The War Over Iraq: Saddam's Tyranny and America's Mission. E183.8.I57 K75 2003, 4th floor.

Research Databases:

Click on the above link for the complete list of the RIT Library's Online Databases. Suggested databases are listed below.

Military and Government Collection: Formerly Military Library. Collection includes military and government related titles, trade publications and newsweeklies. Designed to bring current news this database contains: searchable full text for nearly 270 periodicals including Army Times, Navy Times, Naval Institute Proceedings and Joint Forces Quarterly abstracts and indexing for over 430 periodicals and 240 pamphlets.

JSTOR: The journals listed below are available in full-text through the JStor database.
Journal of Military History 1989-1999
Military Affairs 1941-1988
Journal of the American Military Institute 1939-1940
Journal of the American Military History Foundation 1937-1938

Academic Search Elite: Provides information on a wide range of academic areas including business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education and multi-cultural topics. It features full text for over 1,200 journals with many dating back to 1990, abstracts and indexing for over 3,000 scholarly journals, and coverage of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Christian Science Monitor.

America: History and Life: Covers United States and Canadian history from pre-history to present.

ArticleFirst: Describe items listed on the table of contents pages of approximately 12,600 journals in science, technology, social science, business, the humanities, etc.

Congressional Quarterly Researcher: The CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environmnet, health, education and science and technology.

Contemporary Women's Issues: Focuses on timely and relevant topics and meaningful issues for women, including health, human rights, the work place, legal status, and more.

Country Watch: Up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world: political, economic, and business information.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online: Complete 32 volume Encyclopaedia Britannica containing more than 215,000 entries.

Ethnic News Watch: Full-text collection of news, culture and history from ethnic, minority and native press searchable in both English and Spanish.

FirstGov: A centralized place to find information from 20,000+ local, state, and U.S. Government Agency websites.

Historical Abstracts: Covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present. Excludes North America.

Lexis-Nexis Academic: Access to full-text legal, medical, business, biographical and news and information from over 5000 sources.

Philosopher's Index: Covers philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology and as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.

SIRS Government Reporter: The ideal resource to locate information issued by the U.S. government on domestic and international affairs, scientific research, business developments, government procedures and military issues.

Wilson Social Sciences Full Text (part of OmniFile): Covers the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work, sociology, etc.

World News: African and Middle Eastern news, Asian, Pacific Rim and Australian news, Canadian news, European news, Mexican, Central American and South American news, United States news.

Internet Resources Relating to Middle East:

History of Iraq: Component of the Country Reports website where country information from around the world is provided. This site is a valuable resource for students, teachers, business use and travelers.

The World: Daily international news magazine with a special edition on the history of Iraq.

Encyclopedia of the Orient: Contains numerous historical articles, maps and images.