Peace and Conflict Resolution
A Select Guide to Research
Bibliographies and Guides to Research | Encyclopedias and Dictionaries | Indexes and Abstracts | Organizations | Sample Books | Sample Journals | Statistics
Bibliographies
and Guides to Research
Breit, Marquita. Thomas Merton : a Comprehensive Bibliography. New York
:
Garland., 1986. BX4705.M542 B7 1986 REFERENCE
Subject: Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968--Bibliography
Bretzke, James T. Bibliography on Scripture and Christian Ethics. Lewiston,
N.Y. : Edwin Mellen, 1997.
Z 7771.5 .E84 B74 1997 REFERENCE
See especially the entries for 'war', 'peace', and
'nonviolence'.
Guides to Library of Congress Subject Headings and Classification on Peace
and International
Conflict Resolution. Edited by Judith A. Kessinger. Washington, DC : United
States Institute of Peace, 1992.
Y 3.P31:8/P31 GOVDOC REFERENCE
An indispensible first resource to facilitate subject
access in library catalogs for about peace
and international conflict resolution. Includes conflict
management, conflict resolution,
peacemaking, peacekeeping, peacebuilding, nonviolent
resistance, as well as deterrence
and militarily related information.
Kopka, Deborah L. School Violence: a Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara,
Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 1997.
LB 3013.3 K68 1997 REFERENCE
McCarthy, Ronald M. Nonviolent Action : a Research Guide. New York :
Garland, 1997.
HM278 .M32 1997 REFERENCE
Subject: Nonviolence--Bibliography
Subject: Protest movements--History--Case
studies--Bibliography
Newton, David E. Violence and the Media : A Reference Handbook.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 1996. P 96 .V5 N48 1996
REFERENCE
The Spirit of Violence : an Interdisciplinary Bibliography of Religion and
Violence.
Compiled by Christopher Candland. New York : Guggenheim Foundation, 1992.
HM 281 .C25 1992 REFERENCE
An excellent resource covering the theological
and religious justifications for violence in
major religious traditions; ritualization, psychology and
sociology of religious violence;
and global case studies drawn primarily from the modern age.
United Nations. Blue Helmets: a Review of United Nations Peace-Keeping.
New York :
United Nations Department of Public Information, 1990. JX 1981 .P7
B62 1990 REFERENCE
Encyclopedias
and Dictionaries
Charney, Israel. Encyclopedia of Genocide. Santa Barbara, CA :
ABC-CIO, 1998.
ON-ORDER.
Subject: Arms control--Encyclopedias
Subject: Disarmament--Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Human Rights. Edward Lawson, editor. Philadelphia :
Taylor & Francis, 1991.
JC571 .E67 1991 REFERENCE
Subject: Human rights--Encyclopedias
Subject: Civil rights--Encyclopedias
Gorman, Robert F. Historical Dictionary of Human Rights and
Humanitarian Organizations.
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow, 1997. JC 571 .G655 1997 REFERENCE
Subject: Human rights--Societies, etc.--Encyclopedias
Subject: Humanitarian assistance--Societies,
etc.--Encyclopedias
Great Events from History II. Human Rights Series. Frank N. Magill,
editor.
Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, 1992. JC571 .G74 1992 VOL.1-5 REFERENCE
v. 1. 1900-1936 -- v. 2. 1937-1960 -- v. 3. 1960-1971 -- v.
4. 1971-1982 -- v. 5. 1982-1991.
Subject: Human rights--History--20th
century--Chronology
The New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought. Judith A. Dwyer, editor.
Collegeville, Minn. :
Liturgical Press, 1994. BX 1753 .N497 1994 REFERENCE
Protest, Power, and Change : an Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action from ACT-UP
to Women's Suffrage. Roger S. Powers, editor. New York :
Garland, 1997.
HM278 .P76 1997 REFERENCE
Subject: Nonviolence--Encyclopedias
Statistics
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. U.S. House. Subcommittee on
International Operations
and Human Rights. (annual). Y 4.IN 8/16-15:[year] GOVDOCS
Subject: Human rights--Periodicals
Subject: Civil rights--Periodicals
Dobrin, Adam. Statistical Handbook on Violence in America. Phoenix,
Ariz. : Oryx, 1996.
HN 90 .V5 S833 1996 REFERENCE
Subject:Violence--United States--Statistics
United States Department of State. Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Significant
Incidents of Political
Violence Against Americans. Washington, D.C. : The Bureau, annual.
S 1.138/2:1995 GOVDOCREF
S 1.138/2:1996 GOVDOCREF
Electronic access: http://www.state.gov/www/global/terrorism/sipvaa95.pdf
Electronic access: http://www.state.gov/www/global/terrorism/sipvaa96.pdf
Subject: Terrorism--Periodicals
SIPRI Yearbook : World Armament and Disarmament. Oxford : Oxford
University Press.
Frequency: Annual. UA 10 .W673 [year] REFERENCE
Organizations
The Catholic Mobile: Peace. Compiled by Jerry Daring.
http://www.mcgill.pvt.k12.al.us/jerryd/cm/peace.htm
A comprehensive comilation of primary and secondary texts
including papal communications,
religious orders, and non-profit organizations concerned with
peace making and keeping .
Includes Nobel Peace Prize winners.
George Mason University. Institute of Public Policy. Program
on Peacekeeping Policy (POPP).
http://ralph.gmu.edu/cfpa/peace/peace.html
The POPP was established to understand the use of
military, humanitarian, and political
forces in the conduct of multinational peace operations.
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Guide to the Middle East Peace Process.
http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/peace/
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
http://www.sipri.se
The task of the Institute is to conduct scientific
research on questions of conflict
and cooperation of importance for international peace and
security with the aim
of contributing to an understanding of the conditions for
peaceful solution of
international conflicts and for a stable peace.
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/
U.S. Army Peacekeeping Institute. Center for Strategic Leadership. Carlisle
Barracks, PA.
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usacsl/divisions/pki/pki.htm
The PKI's efforts are grounded in the philosophy that
there are three distinct dimensions of
peace operations: the political, the military, and the
humanitarian.
United States Institute of Peace Library.
http://www.usip.org/library/
United States Institute of Peace. Digital Peace Agreements Library.
http://www.usip.org/library/pa.html
United States Institute of Peace. Virtual Diplomacy Bibliography.
http://www.usip.org/library/virtual.html
United States Institute of Peace Press.
http://www.usip.org/pubs/catalog/browse.html
Browse the subject index of all books available from the
United States Institute of Peace Press.
Indexes
and Abstracts (to find references to journal articles)
IAC
Searchbank. Computer workstations (On-campus only)
Ebsco-Host. Computer
workstations (On-campus only)
Religion Index. Computer workstations.
PAIS International in Print. New York: Public Affairs Information
Service, 1991-1995.
H96.P32 1991-current. INDEX
PAIS provides bibliographic access to public and
social policy materials for subjects that bear
on contemporary public issues and the making and evaluation
of public policy.
Social Sciences Index. New York : H.W. Wilson. v. 1-current
(1974-present) H1.A3 S62 INDEX
One of the premier indexes to scholarly research in
sociology, political science,
minority studies, urban and women's studies and related
subjects.
Journals
United States Institute of Peace. Peace Watch. Washington, DC
: The Institute, 1994-. Frequency: Six no. a year
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Electronic access: Online version:
http://www.usip.org/pubs/archives.html
Subject: United States Institute of Peace--Periodicals
Subject: Peace--Periodicals
United States Institute of Peace. Biennial Report of the United States
Institute of Peace. Washington, D.C. : The Institute, 1987-.
Y 3.P 31:1/991 GOVDOCS
Subject: Peace--Periodicals
United States Institute of Peace. The United States Institute of Peace
Journal. Washington, D.C. :
The Institute, 1988?-1994. Y 3.P 31:15/[Volume number]
GOVDOCS
Subject: United States Institute of Peace--Periodicals
Subject: Peace--Periodicals.
Continued by: Peace watch
Online Catalog
Subject Headings for Materials the Library Owns (Lookup by
Subject)
Persons as subjects
Ghandi, Mahatma
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Mandela, Nelson
Sample subjects
Arms control
Capitalism--Religious aspects
Christianity and justice
Civil rights
Conflict management--[type a country name here]
Example:
Conflict management--Africa
Conflict management--
*For individual countries [name of country]--Politics and government
Example: South
Africa--Politics and government
Crimes against humanity
Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes
Disarmament
Human rights
Human rights--[type a country name here]
Example: Human rights--China
Human rights--Guatemala
Human rights--Northern Ireland
Mediation--Study and teaching
Nationalism--Religious aspects
Nonviolence
Nonviolence--Religious aspects
Pacifism
Pacifism--Religious aspects
Peace
Peace--Religious aspects
Peace--Study and teaching
Peace movements
Peace treaties
Peaceful change
Political persecution
Social conflict
Social ethics
Social justice
Violence--Prevention
Violence--Religious aspects
Violence in children
War--Religious aspects
Sample
Books Found Using Subject Headings
Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Building Peace : a
Pastoral Reflection
on the Response to the Challenge of Peace, National Conference of Catholic
Bishops. A report on the
Challenge of Peace and Policy Developments 1983-1988. Washington,
D.C. : National Conference of
Catholic Bishops, c1988. BX1795.A85 C39 1988 STACKS
McNeal, Patricia F. Harder than War : Catholic Peacemaking in
Twentieth-Century America.
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1992. BX1795 .P43 M36
1992 STACKS
Smock, David R. Perspectives on Pacifism : Christian, Jewish, and Muslim
Views on Nonviolence
and International Conflict. Washington, D.C. : United States Institute of
Peace Press, 1995.
BL65 .V55 S66 1995 STACKS
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