September 11th Information Guide

The following links provide information relevant to events involving the Afghanistan conflict and the September 11th tragedies. These links were compiled from a variety of resources and are credited as such.

If you require any further assistance in locating additional information online or in print, please call the Reference Department at (845)341-5461 or submit a question through our online reference service (answers arrive Mon-Fri during library hours). If you know of other online resources that may be of use, please submit them here.

General Information and Gateways

• Afghanistan Country Study - Courtesy of Illinois Institute of Technology
• America's War Against Terrorism - from the University of Michigan
• Attack on America: Osama bin Laden, the Taliban and Terrorism
• Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections
• September 11th and Beyond - Gateways site. Copyright 2002 by Librarians' Index to the Internet
• September 11th Digital Archive - Saving the histories of September 11, 2001
• September 11th Resources - Directory Compiled by Jessica Baumgart, Jennifer Jack and others at the Special Libraries Association.
• Witness and Response: September 11 Acquisitions at the Library of Congress
• The World Trade Center Attacks - Official Documents - compiled by Columbia University





Coping with Disaster

Local Resources:
• Project Liberty - Feel Free to Feel Better - Through Project Liberty, free counseling services are available to anyone affected by the terrorist attacks of September 11 in the metropolitan New York City region.

Resources for Parents, Teachers and Children:

• AAP Offers Advice on Communicating with Children about Disasters
• Calm young children; explain to older kids
• Children, Stress, and Natural Disasters: School Activities for Children
• Connect for Kids: Aftershocks of a National Trauma: Helping Kids Cope
• Cornell expert advises parents on how to help children cope with news of terrorist attacks
• Disaster Handouts & Links
• Disaster Recovery: Children's Needs
• Helping Children After a Disaster
• Helping Children Handle Disaster-Related Anxiety
• Helping Children Understand Crisis and Trauma
• Helping Parents Talk to Their Kids About Violence: Resources for Parent Educators
• How to talk to children about disaster (current newspaper article)
• National Association of School Psychologists: Coping with a National Tragedy.
• Recognizing Stress in Children
• Responding to Children after a Crisis: What Parents and Adults Can Do
• Talking to Children about Violence and Other Sensitive and Complex Issues in the World
• Talking to Kids about Tragedy: How to Respond to Fears, Questions
• Talking with Kids about Violence
• Tips for Talking to Children about Disasters
• Tragic Times, Healing Words
• What to Tell Children about Terrorist Bombings

  [Credits: "Coping" links compiled by Polly Farrington, P.A. Farrington Associates; Mary Fellows, UHLS; Sue Rokos, MVLA; Katharine Winderlin, WSWHE BOCES; Becky Wright-Sedam, SALS]






Government Web Sites

• America Responds to Terrorism - From Firstgov.gov
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Office of Homeland Security
• U.S. Department of State: International Information Programs - The State Department's response to terrorism page.





September 11th - Donations & Assistance

• WTC Relief Info - Website created by the NYS Attorney General's Office to help victims find help, donors find reliable charities, and organizations coordinate relief efforts.