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This research guide highlights some sources used for locating information. Consult with a Reference librarian for further assistance or for help in locating the information needed.

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Handbooks
The following Reference Sources should be helpful in locating background information:
Allah's Oil: Mideast Petroleum
Doyle Circulating HD/9576/.N36/E35/1976
Atlas of the Islamic World since 1500
Doyle & Mahoney REF/DS/35.6/.R6/1982
Biological Warfare: Modern Offense and Defense
Doyle Circulating UG/447.8/.B565/2000
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Middle East and North Africa
Mahoney REF/DS/44/.C37/1988
Chemical and Biological Weapons in our Times
Mahoney Circulating UG/447/.L447/2000
The Children are Dying: the Impact of the Sanctions on Iraq
Mahoney Circulating HD/9016/.I732/C48/1996
Reports by UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Ramsey C
Crusade: the Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War
Mahoney Circulating DS/79/.724/.U6/A887/1993
Cultural Atlas of Islam
Doyle & Mahoney REF/DS/36.85/.A39/1986
The Death Lobby: How the West Armed Iraq
Doyle Circulating UF/505/.I72/T56/1991
The Eleventh Plague: the Politics of Biological and Chemical Warfare
Doyle & Mahoney Circulating UG/447.8/.C6523/1997
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
Mahoney REF/DS/43/.E53/2004
The Greatest Threat: Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the Growing Crisis of Global Security
Doyle Circulating DS/79.755/.B88/2000
The Gulf War Reader: History, Documents, Opinions
Mahoney Circulating DS/79.72/G85/1991
Instant Empire: Saddam Hussein's Ambition for Iraq
Doyle Circulating DS/79.66/.H87/H46/1991
Iraq's Crime of Genocide: the Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds
Mahoney Circulating DS/70.8/.K8/I37/1995
Iraq; a Country Study
Doyle Circulating DS/70.6/.I734/1990
Federal Research Division, Library of Congress
Iraq Since 1958: from Revolution to Dictatorship
Doyle Circulating DS/79.65/.F37/1987
The Kurdish Revolt: 1961-1970
Doyle Circulating DS/51/.K7/O22/1973
A Line in the Sand: Saudi Arabia's Role in the Gulf War
Doyle Circulating DS/79.724/38/N93/1995
The Middle East
Doyle & Mahoney REF/DS/63.1/.M484/2000
The New Biological Weapons: Threat, Proliferation, and Control
Doyle Circulating JZ/5830/.D36/2001
Oil and Security in the Arabian Gulf
Doyle Circulating HD/9576/.P52/O38/1981
Out of the Ashes: the Resurrection of Saddam Hussein
Doyle Circulating DS/79.75/C63/1999
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
Doyle & Mahoney REF/DS/35.53/.O95/1995
Persian Gulf War almanac
Mahoney REF/DS/79.78/.S862/1995
The Prize: the Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
Doyle & Mahoney Circulating HD/9560.6/.Y47/1990
Republic of Fear: the Inside Story of Saddam's Iraq
Doyle Circulating DS/79.65/.K494/1990
The War Against Iraq
Doyle Circulating DS/79.723/.N37/2001
War and the Media: Propaganda and Persuasion in the Gulf War
Doyle Circulating DS/79.72/.T39/1992
War Crimes: a Report on United States War Crimes against Iraq
Doyle Circulating DS/79.736/.W37/1992
Call Numbers to Browse:

DS 79   DS 300's

The following Reference subscription Electronic Databases can also be helpful:
Encyclopedia Britannica Online  
Opposing Viewpoints CountryWatch
CQ Researcher

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Books      Top
The SRJC Library Catalog lists books under author, title and subject. (Any wording specific to handout goes here.) The following subject headings should contain useful information:

ARMS CONTROL - VERIFICATION - IRAQ

IRAQ - HISTORY - 1958

ARMS TRANSFERS - IRAQ

IRAQ - MILITARY POLICY
BIOLOGICAL ARMS CONTROL

IRAQ - POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT- 1991

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS - IRAQ KURDS - IRAQ
CHEMICAL ARMS CONTROL KUWAIT - FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS
CHEMICAL WARFARE
DISARMAMENT
PERSIAN GULF REGION
   - POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
ECONOMIC SANCTIONS - IRAQ PERSIAN GULF WAR, 1991
FOOD SUPPLY - POLITICAL ASPECTS - IRAQ
GENOCIDE - IRAQ
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY AND TRADE
   -POLITICAL ASPECTS
HUSSEIN, SADDAM, 1937-

SECURITY, INTERNATIONAL

IRAN-IRAQ WAR, 1980-1988
IRAQ-KUWAIT CRISIS, 1990-1991
UNITED NATIONS,
SPECIAL COMMISSION ON IRAQ
IRAQ - ARMED FORCES
   - WEAPONS SYSTEMS
UNITED STATES. ARMY - HISTORY
      -PERSIAN GULF WAR, 1991
IRAQ - ETHNIC RELATIONS WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION - IRAQ

red marker iconAccess the SRJC Library Catalog at:http://library.santarosa.edu Select the "Exact Subject Heading" Search Type and type in any of the subject headings.

Magazines and Newspaper Articles      Top
The library subscribes to a variety of electronic databases to help you locate articles in popular magazines, scholarly journals and newspapers. The following databases should contain information on your subject:
Expanded Academic ASAP(Info Trac) All ProQuest Databases
ProQuest Research Library SIRS Researcher
ProQuest Newspapers ProQuest Religion
ProQuest Research Library - Multicultural Module
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The library has print copies of the following magazines of particular interest:

Foreign Affairs Foreign Policy
Middle East Journal Middle East Report
New Statesman World Press Review
World Monitor U.S. News and World Report
To locate other titles subscribed to by the SRJC Libraries (in print and in electronic databases) go to the:
Library Periodicals List

Web Resources      Top
The following selected websites should be helpful in finding information:

SRJC Internet Resources by Subject:
Conflict with Iraq http://www.santarosa.edu/library/Refs/iraq.shtml
Librarians' Internet Index:
Conflict with Iraq
http://search.lii.org/index.jsp?tn=1title,description,publisher,creator,allTags,keywords,extra_words,searchableid&tv=Conflict%20with%20Iraq&ss=1
The World Wide Web has no standards, quality and reliability of Information and can vary greatly.
Access How To Evaluate Information Resources: http://www.santarosa.edu/library/guides/eval.shtml

Associations and Organizations      Top
Use these websites to locate organizations and associations:

Associations on the Net http://www.ipl.org/div/aon
This guide offers access to many scholarly and trade organization/association websites. The directory lists broad categories allowing you to select more narrow subheadings.
Scholarly Societies Project http://www.scholarly-societies.org/subjects_soc.html
This website provides access by subject to national and international societies with scholarly, academic, or research goals. There are strict guidelines for resource inclusion and a URL stability ranking for each website.
Citing Sources    Top
For assistance in using the citation style required by your instructor, check the following citation guides:
MLA (Modern Language Association)
APA (American Psychological Association
Other Styles:(Chicago, Turabian, CBE, and more.)
red marker iconAccess any of these guides from: http://www.santarosa.edu/library/Refs/cite.shtml

 
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