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Education Unlimited A+ Summer

EU A+ Summer Precollege - Summer 2014 - Instructor: John Kephart III
Last Updated: 10-Nov-2014

A summer college level camp focussing on NSA and surveillance: The resolution will be: Should the surveillance authority of the NSA be restricted. Government policies of electronic surveillance will be especially studied in the context of liberty and civil rights versus security.

 

Background/Reference Sources

Use these sources to help you pick a topic and to provide context to your argument. Note the Library Location of these materials. Many are in the Social Science Resource Center reading room on the 1st floor of Green West (Bing Wing).

Encyclopedia of intelligence and counterintelligence / edited by Rodney P. Carlisle.
Armonk, N.Y. : Sharpe Reference, c2005.
Green Library » Jonsson Social Sciences Reading Room » JF1525 .I6 E64 2005 V.1
2 vols., Appendix has documents, such as excerpts from 9/11 Commission Report.
Encyclopedia of United States national security / Richard J. Samuels, editor.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2006.
Green Library » Jonsson Social Sciences Reading Room » UA23 .E571274 2006 V.1
2 vols., includes acronyms, bibliography, index, and timeline. See Reader's guide for narrowing your topic.
Online privacy : a reference handbook / Robert Gellman and Pam Dixon.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2011.
Green Library » Information Center » KF1263 .C65 G45 2011
(Contemporary world issues series)
The Patriot Act : a documentary and reference guide / Herbert N. Foerstel ; foreword by Sanford Berman.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008.
Green Library » Jonsson Social Sciences Reading Room » KF9430 .F64 2008
Researching national security and intelligence policy / Bert Chapman.
Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2004.
Green Library » Jonsson Social Sciences Reading Room » UA23 .C5135 2004
Includes tips on finding information about independent, congressional, military, and intelligence agencies and research think tanks.
Spies, wiretaps, and secret operations : an encyclopedia of American espionage / Glenn P. Hastedt, editor.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2011.
Green Library » Information Center » JK468 .I6 S68 2011 V.1

Selected Searchworks Subject Terms

Try these subject terms to find books related to a specific topic. Use the limiters on the left of the results page to further limit by topic or date. 

Electronic surveillance government policy United States
National security United States
TOPICS include "Privacy, Right of" (45 results)  and "electronic surveillance"  (30 results) (hint: subtopics are in reverse numerical order)

Suggested Databases

Search these databases for articles on your topic.

Academic search premier [electronic resource].
Ipswich, MA : EBSCO Pub.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Add additional databases - "CHOOSE DATABASES" by search box: Communication and Mass Media Complete, Left Index, The Nation, The National Review
Congressional Research Service reports [electronic resource] / hosted by UNT Libraries.
[Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas Libraries
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Find reports by subject or keyword.
ProQuest. Research library [electronic resource].
[Ann Arbor, Mich.] : ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
"Select databases" (upper left-hand corner of screen) to add: AltPress Watch, PAIS (public policy and political science)

Selected websites

Electronic Frontier Foundation: defending your rights in the digital world
See NSA Spying against Americans , which includes a blog. Other Deeplinks - topics at the bottom of the page: Privacy, Security, State Surveillance & Human Rights. See also Students against Surveillance, and Stanford University's branch.
Pew Research Center
See various projects of the Center, including  Pew Internet and American Life Project - see TOPICS including privacy, safety, national security, and related topics. July 14, 2014 report: Global opposition to U.S. surveillance and drones.