1. News Division CE Course SLA Annual Conference 2001 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Presented by: BJ Fox Military Librarians Division, SLA bjfox@dtic.mil (703) 767-8041

2. GOOD RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH ON MILITARY TOPICS

3. 1. DEFENSELINK: http://www.defenselink.mil/ a. Photos of the Office of Secretary of Defense personnel b. DOD Organization Chart with key personnel locator; Publications section goes to www.odam.osd.mil c. Current biographies of General Officers and SES d. Military exercises and Deployments, ex. KFOR- (Kosovo Force) e. American Forces Information Services has news articles, imagery, and special reports through Defenselink--http://www.defenselink.mil/afis/cmd_info.html

4. 2. “WHERE TO FIND MILITARY INFORMATION” excellent portal from the Naval Postgraduate School: http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/militaryinfo.htm MILITARY MAPS: http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/mapcollection.htm

5. 3. AIR WAR COLLEGE MILITARY QUICK PORTAL: http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-port.htm *GOOD JOB OF PULLING TOGETHERINFORMATION LINKS

6. 4. HOW TO GET IT: A GUIDE TO DEFENSE-RELATED INFORMATION RESOURCES: http://stinet.dtic.mil/htgi

7. 5. REFERENCE DESK AT DEFENSE TECHNICAL INFORMATION CENTER (DTIC) : 1-800-225-3842; 703-767-8268 DTIC "RESOURCES”: STINET; AULIMP; GILS; HTGI http://www.dtic.mil

8. 6. DOD Hotline: 1-800-424-9098 Defense Hotline, The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301- 1900; 703-604-8569; FAX 703-604-8567 hotline@dodig.osd.mil

9. 7. DOD INFORMATION OPERATOR: 703-545-6700

10. 8. REPORTERS REFERRED TO NAVY INFORMATION DESK, CHIEF OF NAVAL INFORMATION: 703-697-6265

11. 9A. Public Affairs: Air Force-- http://www.aetc.randolph.af.mil/pa/http://www.aetc.randolph.af.mil/pa/ DOD-- OASD (PA) Rm 2E773, Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1400; 703-695-0169 CIA-- 703-482-2030; http://www.odci.gov

12. 9B. Public Affairs continued: News releases from the office of Assistant Secretary of Defense, Public Affairs-- http://www.defenselink.mil/news http://www.defenselink.mil/news a. news photos b. news archives to 1994. speeches. contracts signed; you can search this section to learn of subsidiary groups and relationship with large companies

13. 10. GOOGLE Google UncleSam-- http://www.google.com/unclesamhttp://www.google.com/unclesam Google Web Directory-- http://directory.google.comhttp://directory.google.com

14. 11. DEFENSE ALMANAC FOR MILITARY STATISTICS: http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/almanac/ Organization, People, Money, Forces and Weapons

15. 12. THE SERVICE ALMANACS: Army Green Book, October issue: http://www.ausa.orghttp://www.ausa.org USAF Almanac in the May issue of Air Force Magazine: Journal of the Air Force Association: http://www.afa.orghttp://www.afa.org Proceedings, U.S. Naval Institute, May issue: http://usni.orghttp://usni.org Marines Almanac (GPO): http://www.usmc.mil/marines.nsfhttp://www.usmc.mil/marines.nsf

16. 13. AIR UNIVERSITY LIBRARY: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/aulv2.htm

17. 14. NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL LIBRARY: http://nps.navy.mil/~library/

18. 15. NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY'S RUTH H. HOOKER RESEARCH LIBRARY: http://infoweb.nrl.navy.mil/

19. 16. NAVAL WAR COLLEGE LIBRARY: http://www.nwc.navy.mil

20. 17. NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY: http://www.ndu.edu/ndu/library/library.html

21. 18. ARMY WARCOLLEGE LIBRARY: http://www.awc.army/library

22. 19. EXPERTS IN NAVY HISTORY: NAVY LIBRARY (202)433-3170 NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER (202) 433-4131

23. 20. SERVICE CASUALTY OFFICES: ARMY--1-800-892-2490 DOD-- http://web1.whs.osd.mil/mmid/mmidhome.htmhttp://web1.whs.osd.mil/mmid/mmidhome.htm

24. 21.VA OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS: (202)273-5400 FACT SHEETS: (202)273-5707

25. 22.U.S. FORCES TRAVEL GUIDE TO U.S. MILITARY INSTALLATIONS: http://www.militaryliving.com European and U.S. Military Road Atlas

26. 23. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY: CD FROM DEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE OR HARDCOPY; (703)696-3774

27. 24. U.S. ARMY MILITARY HISTORY INSTITUTE: http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usmhi/

28. 25. AIR FORCE HISTORICAL RESEARCH CENTER, MAXWELL AFB: http://www.au.af.mil/au/afhra/ Collocated with Air U.

29. 26. AIR FORCE HISTORY SUPPORT OFFICE(AFHSO) AT BOLLING AFB, REFERENCE AND ANALYSIS DIVISION: http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil

30. 27. AIR FORCE NEWS AGENCY FOR AF FACTSHEETS (AIRCRAFT, SPACE, WEAPONS) http://www.af.mil/news/indexpages/fs_index.html

31. 28.GRAYLIT NETWORK: http://www.osti.gov/graylit Search documents with a single query across databases of several Federal agencies. Over 100,000 full-text technical reports.

32. 29. U.S. MARINE CORPS ARCHIVES: http://www.mcu.usmc.mil/mcrcweb/archive.html

33. 30. CIA WORLD FACTBOOK: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

34. 31. FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS: http://www.fas.org/index.html, especiallyhttp://www.fas.org/index.html http://www.fas.org/man/company/index.html Conducts analysis and advocacy on science, world conflicts, military policy, weapons and weapons systems, and military contractors. Publishes country profiles, national security news, and leads to Fact Files online.

35. 32. INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTERS (SPONSORED BY DTIC; SEE BOOKLET): http://iac.dtic.mil

36. 33. DEPT OF DEFENSE DICTIONARY OF MILITARY AND ASSOCIATED TERMS, MARCH 1994; AMENDED 1 SEP 2000; JT PUB 1-02; US ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AND NATO TERMS: http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/

37. 34. DVIC CUSTOMER SERVICES--IMAGERY AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC: http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/dvic/cust_serv.htm

38. 35. DEFENSE SPECIAL REPORTS ONLINE: http://www.defenselink.mil/specials

39. 36. DEFENSE PRISONER OF WAR/MISSING PERSONNEL OFFICE: http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/

40. 37. CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES(CNA): http://www.cna.org/newsevents/default.html