ASSOCIATES (vol. 8 no. 2, November 2001) - associates.ucr.edu
by
Brad Eden, Ph.D.
Head, Bibliographic and Metadata Services
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
beden@ccmail.nevada.edu
Given the events of September 11, 2001, and its subsequent ramifications on our lives, I have compiled a short list of important sites and articles on this event. I was in the middle of the Nevada wilderness, attending a library leadership retreat, when this happened. It was almost surreal having the retreat staff bring in a TV from the local town to watch the news stories in between sessions, given that we were totally isolated from both society and from technology during this week.
All of the links were active as of October 24, 2001, and I will state that I am not responsible for the validity or accuracy of the information presented in these websites. I hope that all of you are working through the aftermath of these events, and that these websites will assist in information-gathering and healing.
When the Twin Towers Fell
One month after the event, MIT structural engineers explain why the twin towers
collapsed
http://www.scientificamerican.com/explorations/2001/100901wtc/
Screensaver: We Will Not Forget!
http://www.screensaver.com/wwnf.htm
Collection of Web resources on the events of September 11, 2001
http://www.llrx.com/newstand/wtc.htm
The September 11 Web Archive
This site represents an extraordinary effort to create an archive of digital
data related to the events and
aftermath of September 11, 2001. Visitors may submit sites. A collaboration
among the Library of Congress,
the Internet Archive, and WebArchivist.org.
http://september11.archive.org/
Television Archive: A Library of World Perspectives Concerning September 11th,
2001
An incredible project that has put online the video and audio recordings from
television broadcasts worldwide of the events of the September 11, 2001 tragedy.
Currently coverage is through September 17 with a program guide allowing selection
of specific dates and times. Broadcasts are from the US, the UK, Greece, Canada,
China, Iraq, Qatar, France, Japan, Russia, Palestine, and Mexico. Also included
is a chronology of events, analyses of the crisis coverage from experts, and
a page of links to "scholarly, journalistic and advocacy-oriented perspectives
on television news, the events of September 11 and their consequences, and broadcasting
in the Arab world."
http://client.alexa.com/tvarchive/html/
September 11, 2001 Documentary Project
http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/nineeleven/nineelevenhome.html
Finally, here's a short webliography of resources that might be useful re: anthrax and bioterrorism. All of the articles have links directly to the full-text.
Anthrax: Chapter from Textbook of Military Medicine
Source: Walter Reed Army Medical Center
http://www.nbc-med.org/SiteContent/HomePage/WhatsNew/MedAspects/Ch-22electrv699.pdf
Anthrax: A Possible Case History
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no4/inglesby.htm
Anthrax as a Biological Weapon: Medical and Public Health Management Consensus
Statement from the American Medical Association
Journal of the American Medical Association
Vol. 281 No. 18, 1999.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v281n18/fpdf/jst80027.pdf
Bioterrorism Alleging Use of Anthrax and Interim Guidelines for Management
-- United States, 1998
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
February 05, 1999 / 48(04);69-74
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056353.htm
Center for Disease Control.
http://ww1.lfmn.com/s/s.asp?q=3931273l1c189774r1936e1R2040
Improving Civilian Medical Response to Chemical or Biological Terrorist Incidents
Interim Report on Current Capabilities. Includes a 5 page bibliography.
http://www.nap.edu/books/NI000850/html/index.html
Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: Assessing the risks.
Office of Technology Assessment -ISC-559,
Washington, DC: August 1993. 127 pages .pdf file. Includes numerous charts,
tables, predicted outcomes.
http://www.anthrax.osd.mil/Site_Files/articles/INDEXeducational/proliferation.pdf
Finally, this edition of Emerging Infectious Diseases (July-August, 1999) contains
several articles that might be of value.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no4/contents.htm
