The Libraries have a trial for the Digital National Security Archive which includes collections of declassified government papers. Among the 38 current collections are:
- The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
- El Salvador: War, Peace, and Human Rights, 1980–1994
- Afghanistan: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1973–1990
- China and the United States: From Hostility to Engagement, 1960–
- South Africa: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1962–
- Presidential Directives on National Security, Part 1: From Truman to Clinton
- Kissinger Telephone Conversations: A Verbatim Record of U.S. Diplomacy, 1969-1977
- U.S. Military Uses of Space, 1945–1991
You can search within the documents and their bibliographies, by date and topic, and by an overall keyword search. The database provides comprehensive indexing and full-text is available via scanned documents.
This trial runs through April 6th, 2012. Contact Barbara Morgan, Law Librarian, at 413-545-6850 with questions or comments.