Iraq Conflict Research Guide

This guide provides an introduction to selected resources containing information on the Iraq conflict.  Below is a list of print, online, and Internet resources with descriptions of the type of information supplied.  Please contact the Reference Desk on the 2nd floor of Mitchell Memorial Library, (662) 325-7667, or Email a Librarian for further assistance.

Country Information

Reference Resources

Europa World Year Book. London : Europa Publications, Annual. 
Ref JN1 .E85

Entries provide basic demographic, economic, and political information on countries.  The Iraq entry includes a lengthy history of UN resolutions and international sanctions.

Middle East:  Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, 2001. 
Ref DS 63.1 .M5426 2000 [Undergraduate Research Center]

This book provides an overview of the causes of conflict in the Middle East.  Includes a section of essays on the use of UN sanctions against Iraq.

Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001. 
Ref DS35.53 .O95 2001 Volumes 1-4

A four volume set with thematic and country entries, this encyclopedia contains short, signed encyclopedic descriptions.  Most entries have an accompanying bibliography.

Internet Resources

Amnesty International Report: Human Rights in Iraq

http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aireport/index.html

Amnesty International publishes an annual report on the state of human rights in Iraq. Online coverage begins with 1993.

CIA World Factbook: Iraq

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html

Prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency, this resource provides online access to the Iraq entry in the CIA World Factbook.

Iraq:  A Country Study

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/iqtoc.html

The Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress provides online access to this data collected and written in 1988. The country profile was last updated in August 2006.

Iraq Maps

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/iraq.html

The Perry-Castaneda Library at the University of Texas, Austin offers online access to various Iraqi maps, available in either pdf or html file formats.

 

Major Internet Portals

These web sites serve as meta-guides to resources about Iraq and the Iraq-US conflict.

Terrorism: A Navy Department Library Research Guide

http://www.history.navy.mil/library/guides/terrorism.htm

The Navy Department Library’s research guide provides access to related resources, with particular emphasis on US documents and position papers.

 

Iraq (Portals To the World)

http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/iraq/iraq.html

The Library of Congress' Portals to the World project provides extensive coverage of available Internet resources for countries and selected topics.  The Iraq web site provides a comprehensive listing, with annotations, of web sites pertaining to Iraq.

 

Iraq War Debate

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/iraqwar.html

Developed by the Documents Department at the University of Michigan Library, this meta-site provides an extensive overview of resources pertaining to the Iraqi conflict.  Note that this resource also includes links open only to UM users; however, many of these same resources may also be found on the Mississippi State University Libraries' web page.

Librarians Internet Index: Websites You Can Trust

http://search.lii.org/index.jsp

The Librarians' Internet Index (LII) is a publicly-funded website which features thousands of high-quality websites carefully selected, described, and organized by a team of librarians.

 

Viewpoints/Opinions

Alternative Resources on the US-Iraq Conflict

http://www.pitt.edu/~ttwiss/irtf/iraq.html

Developed by the International Responsibilities Task Force and the American Library Association, this meta-site lists a number of web sites providing alternative viewpoints on the Iraqi conflict

No War With Iraq

http://www.thenation.com/directory/view.mhtml?t=040307

Sponsored by the journal The Nation, this website documents the anti-war movement in the United States and abroad.

Pew Research Center

http://people-press.org/

The Pew Research Center is an independent research group that studies attitudes toward the press, the US political system and selected public policy issues.  Selected reports are available online.

Public Agenda Online

http://www.publicagenda.org/aboutpa/aboutpa.cfm

Public Agenda is a nonpartisan opinion research and civic engagement organization helping Americans explore and understand critical issues.

 

United Nations Resources

Security Council Resolution 1441

http://www.un.org/Docs/scres/2002/sc2002.htm

The United Nations Security Council provide online access to resolution 1441, Adopted November 8, 2002.

 

UN News Centre

http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=50&Body=Iraq&Body1=inspect

The UN News Centre is a one-stop guide to essential resources on United Nations issues in the news.

UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC)

http://www.un.org/Depts/unmovic/

: This site documents the work of UNMOVIC from its creation on December 17, 1999 until its termination on June 29, 2007. The mandate of UNMOVIC was to verify Iraq’s compliance to rid itself of weapons of mass destruction and to ascertain that Iraq did not reacquire the same weapons prohibited to it by the Security Council.

United Nations Oil for Food Programme

http://www.un.org/Depts/oip/

The Office of the Iraq Programme documents the United Nations Oil for Food program.

 

United Nations Research Guide

http://library.msstate.edu/resources/guides/unitednations.asp

Extensive research guide documenting the UN collection available online and at the Mississippi State University Libraries.

 

United States

CRS Reports on Iraq
http://fpc.state.gov/c7690.htm

This site provides access to the Congressional Research Services Reports, distributed by the State Department's Foreign Press Centers.

Government Views of Iraq
http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/Divisions/Government/Iraqbib.html

This site maintained by the City College of New York Libraries concentrates on government documents and information from the U.S. Executive Branch.

Iraq: A Decade of Deception and Defiance

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/09/20020912.html

A September 2002 report by the Whitehouse provides documentation of Iraq defiance of UN resolutions.

Iraq Update

http://usinfo.state.gov/mena/middle_east_north_africa/iraq.html

The British Government has prepared a massive report on the state of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

 

Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/02/uk_dossier_on_iraq/html/full_dossier.stm

Massive report, prepared by the British Government, on the state of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Note that the 55 page report is available online as a pdf file.

President Says Saddam Hussein Must Leave Iraq Within 48 Hours
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030317-7.html

This release from the Office of the Press Secretary includes remarks made by the President in his Address to the Nation, March 17, 2003.

News

ABC News: Coverage of Iraq
http://abcnews.go.com/International/IraqCoverage/

Coverage is provided by ABC News.  

Sponsored by Newseum, an interactive news archive, this site provides access to the front pages of over 200 national and international newspapers for March 20-March 22, 2003.

 

This page created and maintained by Deborah Lee, Associate Professor/Coordinator of Library Instructional Services and the Corporate and Statistical Research Center.
Created 3/17/03.