Try the following subject searches to find books and other resources for this assignment. A hard copy of the The 9/11 Commission Report is on Reserve in the Library at the Reserve Desk on M-Level Call Number is HV6432.7.N38 2004.

Buildings Protection or Buildings Blast Effects or Building Bombproof

Forensic Engineering

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks 

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001

Structural Failure

World Trade Center (New York, NY)

Why the Towers Fell [videorecording] / produced and directed by Garfield Kennedy and Larry Klein ; a BBC/WGBH Boston co-production.
Eisenhower AV Center  Call Number DVD 768

To check out this video go to A-Level and request DVD 768.

To find journal articles I suggest the following databases:

Engineering Aspects: Compendex, Applied Sci/Tech and General Science Full Text
terms to consider: structural analysis, yield stress, stress analysis, dynamic loads, structural loads, strength of materials, buckling, high temperature effects, bearing capacity, impact resistance, etc.

Psychological Aspects: PsychInfo
terms to consider: terrorism, terrorist attacks, violence, reactions, memory, emotions, psychological adjustment, etc.

Sociological/Political Aspects: terms to consider: terrorism, threat, political culture, authoritarianism, cultural effects, etc.

There are a large number of transcripts from news organizations on Lexis/Nexis Academic. The transcipts provide the full text of the news show.

After entering Lexis/Nexis go into the Guided News tab. Change the drop down box to News Transcipts. Select which source you want to search from the next drop down box. Change the date; the default is the previous six months.

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