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 | This is an introduction to a selection of Library and Web resources available for research in the area of Peace and Justice
Jeanne Armstrong
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Reference Books for Background Information
- Global geopolitical flashpoints : an atlas of conflict / Anderson, Ewan W.
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference JC319 .A52 2000
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- Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) is a comprehensive index to millions of biographical sketches in more than 2,700 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world. Consortium (8 Libraries) Shares 8 Simultaneous Users.
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- American social leaders and activists / Hamilton, Neil A., 1949-
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HV27 .H345 2002
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- Biographical dictionary of internationalists / Kuehl, Warren F., 1924-
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference JC361 .K79 1983
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- Biographical dictionary of modern peace leaders
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference JX1962.A2 B56 1985
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- Pacific Northwest women of peace : directory
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference JX1965 .P3 1985
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- Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia of arms control and disarmament
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference JX1974 .E57 1993
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- Encyclopedia of the American military : studies of the history, traditions, policies, institutions, and roles of the armed forces in war and peace
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference UA23 .E56 1994
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- Encyclopedia of violence, peace, & conflict
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HM291 .E625 1999
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- The human rights encyclopedia
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference JC571 .L523 2001
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- International encyclopedia of human rights : freedoms, abuses, and remedies / Maddex, Robert L., 1942-
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference JC571 .M3243 2000
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- Protest, power, and change : an encyclopedia of nonviolent action from ACT-UP to women's suffrage
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HM278 .P76 1997
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- The peace and nuclear war dictionary / Ali, Sheikh Rustum.
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference U263 .A434 1989
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- World encyclopedia of peace
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference JZ5533 .W67 1999
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- Encyclopedia of international peacekeeping operations / Ramsbotham, Oliver.
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference JZ6374 .R36 1999
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- The ABC-CLIO companion to the American peace movement in the twentieth century / Lunardini, Christine A., 1941-
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference JX1961.U6 L83 1994
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- A handbook of American diplomacy / Sweeney, Jerry K.
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference E183.7 .S97 1993
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- Handbook of international relations
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference JZ1242 .H365 2002
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- War and peace literature for children and young adults : a resource guide to significant issues / Walter, Virginia A.
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference U21.2 .W3445 1993
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- Human rights : sixty major global instruments introduced, reprinted, and indexed
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference K3238 .H859 1992
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- Statistical Sources/Demographics
- The Encyclopedia of global population and demographics / Ness, Immanuel.
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HB871 .N43 1999
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This comprehensive and completely up-to-date two-volume encyclopedia focuses on the world's population overall as well as in each of the 195 countries and 32 territorial units of the world. Using the most current information available, the set depicts the state of the world's population at the end of the twentieth century, and includes projections for the next fifty years.
- Global Trends 2015
• Location: Haggard 2 Government Information PREX 3.2:2001006939;
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The National Intelligence Council (NIC), identifies major drivers and trends that will shape the world of 2015. The key drivers identified are:
(l) Demographics.
(2) Natural resources and environment.
(3) Science and technology.
(4) The global economy and globalization.
(5) National and international governance.
(6) Future conflict.
(7) The role of the United States.
- The Military balance
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference UA15 .L65
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- SIPRI yearbook : world armaments and disarmament
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference UA10 .I55
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Locating Books in the Western Libraries
Keyword Searching
A keyword search enables you to search the texts of catalog entries without using the official subject headings. Choose Keyword from the catalog menu and enter the word or phrases that describe your topic. For example, select Keyword Search and enter: conflict mediation africa
This keyword search will retrieve the following book (among others):
Creative approaches to managing conflict in Africa : findings from USIP-funded projects / edited by David R. Smock.
Y 3.P 31:19/NO. 15 (Wilson 2E-Gov Information)
Subject Headings:
Conflict management -- Africa
Pacific settlement of international disputes
Mediation, International
Locating Articles (from Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers)
- Access World News: Go to the World Map
Access World News provides extensive coverage at local, state, regional, national and international levels. This fully searchable Web-based resource features the vast majority of U.S. newspapers by circulation, along with almost one thousand local and regional titles, the majority of which are unavailable elsewhere. Access World News offers over a thousand international news sources from scores of countries on six continents, translated into English when written in other languages.
- EBSCO (All Databases)
EBSCO (All Databases) is a combination of Academic Search Complete (a scholarly, multi-disciplinary database, with more than 10,000 journals, with more than 5,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed journals) and Business Source Complete (a full-text index to journals in business, management, marketing, etc.)
- Alternative Press Index
API Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change. Coverage is international and interdisciplinary indexing over 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Includes selected abstracts from research journals. Subjects covered include: animal rights, anarchism, civil rights, democracy, environmental issues, feminism, gay and lesbian issues, labor, national liberation, socialism – theory and practice, and indigenous peoples. Site License.
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- America: History and Life / ABC-Clio
• Dates covered: 1964-current
A bibliographic database indexing scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. The scope includes citations and abstracts of journal articles, dissertations, as well as book and media reviews. 6 Simultaneous Users.
- Anthropology Plus
• Dates covered: 1900-current
Anthropology Plus combines Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index from the Royal Anthropological Institute (UK), providing international indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, and edited works from the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, material culture, folklore and interdisciplinary studies.
- ATLA (American Theological Library Association) Religion
• Dates covered: 1946-current
An index to religious and theological literature, containing thousands of citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews from three print indexes: Religion Index One, Religion Index Two, and Index to Book Reviews in Religion. Site License.
- BAS (Bibliography of Asian Studies Online)
• Dates covered: 1971-current
BAS references western language monographs, articles and book chapters on all aspects of Asian Studies published since 1971. BAS includes the most important 100+ periodicals in Asian Studies.
- Contemporary Women's Issues
• Dates covered: 1992-current
Provides full-text access to global, interdisciplinary information on women, located within journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit, governmental, and international agencies. 4 Simultaneous Users.
- Ethnic Newswatch and ENW: a History
• Dates covered: 1990-current
Ethnic NewsWatch is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Designed to provide the "other side of the story," ENW titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press. Coverage begins in 1990. Included is Ethnic NewsWatch: a History, with retrospective coverage from 1960-1989. 2 Simultaneous Users.
- Global NewsBank
News articles from broadcasts, news agency transmissions, wire services, newspapers, magazines and government documents covering politics, economics, culture, business, science, technology and the environment from Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Pacific Rim, Central and South America, and the Middle East. Site License.
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- HeinOnline
HeinOnline is a legal research collection that features full-text searching of the complete historical run of scholarly legal and criminal justice periodicals. Other sources covered in full-text include published and unpublished treaties; The Federal Register (1936-present), U.S. Supreme Court Reports, and U.S. Attorney General Opinions. The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations CFR)is available full-text from inception in 1938 through the 1983 edition. Site License.
- Historical Abstracts
• Dates covered: 1954-current
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Historical Abstracts Includes abstracts and citations of books, journal articles, books, and dissertations on world history from 1450 to the present, excluding the United States and Canada. Political, diplomatic, economic, religious, social, cultural, and intellectual history, as well as the history of science, technology, and medicine are represented. 6 Simultaneous Users.
- Ingenta Connect
Ingenta (including UnCover) is a service listing the table of contents of 28,000 journals in all subject areas. It is searchable by journal and article title, by author, and by keywords.
- JSTOR
JSTOR provides searchable full-text access to backfiles of core scholarly journals in many fields including African American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Language & Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology, and Statistics. There is a gap, usually from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the content available in JSTOR. Site License.
- PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HB1.A1 P822
• Dates covered: 1972-current
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PAIS contains over 400,000 citations and abstracts of journal articles, books, book chapters, conference proceedings, government documents, and statistical directories. Site License.
- Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)
• Dates covered: 1990-current
Indexes the journal literature in the social sciences. Building on the list of cited sources for each reference, this index can search for works that have cited a specific author or article. Available via the Web of Science. Print index 1966 to date, Reference AI3.S614.
Consortium (12 Libraries) Share 15 Simultaneous Users.
- Sociological Abstracts
• Location: HM1 .S67 (Wilson 1 East)
• Dates covered: 1963-current
Provides indexing with abstracts of the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines. Available in print and online. Online includes Sociological Abstracts and Social Planning, Policy, and Development Abstracts (SOPODA). Site License.
Alternative and Mainstream News Sources
Selected Journal Titles
- Journal of Interamerican studies and world affairs
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Locating Videos and Other Media
Web Sites
- Fellowship of Reconciliation
Links, articles, and other resources. "The Fellowship of Reconciliation seeks to replace violence, war, racism, and economic injustice with nonviolence, peace, and justice. We are an interfaith organization committed to active nonviolence as a transforming way of life and as a means of radical change. We educate, train, build coalitions, and engage in nonviolent and compassionate actions locally, nationally, and globally."
- Human Rights Watch
"Human Rights Watch is the largest human rights organization based in the United States. Human Rights Watch researchers conduct fact-finding investigations into human rights abuses in all regions of the world. Human Rights Watch then publishes those findings in dozens of books and reports every year, generating extensive coverage in local and international media. This publicity helps to embarrass abusive governments in the eyes of their citizens and the world. Human Rights Watch then meets with government officials to urge changes in policy and practice -- at the United Nations, the European Union, in Washington and in capitals around the world. In extreme circumstances, Human Rights Watch presses for the withdrawal of military and economic support from governments that egregiously violate the rights of their people. In moments of crisis, Human Rights Watch provides up-to-the-minute information about conflicts while they are underway."
- Peace X Peace: Connecting Women for Peace
Peace x Peace "empowers women as the most effective means to enrich lives locally and promote peace globally. We connect women's groups ("Circles") in the United States with women's Circles everywhere in the world--directly via the Internet--for the exchange of information and personal experiences that typically result in mutually supportive actions.
- Nuclearfiles.org (Nuclear Age Peace Foundation)
The Nuclear Files web site is a creation of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, an international education and advocacy organization which focusing on issues of international peace and security. Available at this site are primary resources relating to the nuclear age. Documents can be sorted by date and subject.
- Peace Resource Center
"The University of Minnesota Human Rights Center, with a generous grant from the Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation and the United States Institute of Peace, presents the Peace Resource Center. The Peace Resource Center hosts documents and links to further the peace movement around the world through action, education, and information."
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