Research Guides: International Conflict Resolution, Military Affairs, & Security: Find Other Resources

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Reference materials provide a good, working knowledge of key issues and sub-topics and provide ideas for other sources to explore. Beyond this list, you should know that all of the following types of materials can be helpful reference material for your research: almanacs, atlases, bibliographies, dictionaries, directories, encyclopedias, handbooks, and indexes.

General Reference Materials:

Gale virtual reference library: Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Oxford Reference online: Contains the texts of more than 100 reference titles published by Oxford University Press.
The SAGE Handbook Research Methods

Directories:

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, & Handbooks

Dictionary of Conflict Resolution
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
Encyclopedia of Governance: Information on topics surrounding governance for the period between the collapse of the post-war consensus and the rise of neoliberal regimes
Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts.
Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict.
Handbook of Best Practices on Small Arms and Light Weapons: Provides a set of guidelines developed by the Forum for Security and Co-operation (2003).
Historical Dictionary of Arms Control and Disarmament :Call Number: JZ 5645 .L38 2005
Historical Dictionary of Multinational Peacekeeping: Online and print available, call number: JZ 6374 .M38 2004
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences: Articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences.

Research Methodology & Writing

The SAGE Handbook Research Methods
Design, Evaluation, and Analysis of Questionnaires for Survey Research
Explores updates on the statistical knowledge and development of survey questionnaires, including analyzing the important decisions researchers make throughout the survey design process.
Handbook of Interview Research: Emphasizes the dynamic and reflexive dimensions of the research interview.
Writing Public Policy: A Practical Guide to Communicating in the Policy Making Process
Qualitative Inquiry Through a Critical Lens: E-resource that highlights work being done in qualitative inquiry through a variety of critical lenses such as new materialism, queer theory, and narrative inquiry.

Other Reference Material

Annual Review of Global Peace Operations: From the The Center on International Cooperation. Availability of the online version is generally delayed by 3 years.
Defense Almanac: Provides statistics and information on the organization, staff, funding, and equipment of the U.S. Dept. of Defense.
Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2007: Prepared by the Congressional Research Service, provided by the Federation of American Scientists.
Inventory of International Nonproliferation Organizations and Regimes: A regularly-updated public reference covering all international organizations, treaties, & agreements relevant to WMD disarmament and nonproliferation.
Federation of American Scientists: Include arms sales monitoring, biological weapons, cyberstrategy, intelligence reform, military analysis, monitoring emerging diseases, and more.
GlobalSecurity.org - Reliable Security Information: Source for reliable news and security information.
Peace Agreements: Chronology and full texts of selected peace accords and processes from around the world, from INCORE
Peacekeeping Maps: From the UN Cartographic Section. Maps are in PDF format, for both current deployment and an archives section for previous missions.
Peacekeeping Resource Hub: Policy, Lessons Learned and Training for the Peacekeeping Community (UN)
The Atlas of War and Peace: Call Number: G 1046 .R1 S6 2003g
United Nations Disarmament Yearbook.
Nation-building: A Reference Handbook: Call Number: E 840 .W38 2004 (available for scan & deliver)
Nuclear Threat Initiative: Features daily news and in-depth resources/analysis on the threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.
World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers: The annual report from the Dept. of State, Bureau of Arms Control

International Conflict Resolution, Military Affairs, & Security: Find Other Resources

Find Reference Materials

Gale virtual reference library: Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, & Handbooks

Research Methodology & Writing

Other Reference Material