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Digital National Security Archive (Chadwyck-Healey)    [Click to Connect to Resource]
Link to this Resource:http://www.lib.jmu.edu/resources/connect.aspx?id=2694&s=135
Description:DNSA contains declassified documents -- totaling more than 488,000 pages -- that have been gathered through extensive use of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The Archive is made up of 29 collections and each collection contains a diverse range of policy documents including presidential directives, memos, diplomatic dispatches, meeting notes, independent reports, briefing papers, White House communications, and more. Additionally, reference supplements including introductory material, a chronology, a glossary, an essay, and a bibliography provide context and background for each collection. Each item has been abstracted and indexed over 20 different fields to enable powerful searching. Full images of each document can be viewed in GIF or PDF format.
Coverage:1945 - 2006
Resource Type:Database
Location:Campus/Remote
Available To:JMU
No. of Simultaneous Users:Unrestricted
Full Text?:Yes
Linked Full Text?:No
Popularity(No. of Hits):51
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Types of information you can find with this resource:
Government Information
Primary Sources
Reference Information
Subjects covered by this resource:
20th Century History
A - Z (Index)
Africa, Asia, Middle East
History
Information Analysis
ISAT
Latin American History (including Carribean)
Latin American Studies
North American History
Political Science
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