Peace Studies
what are these?
Databases
Academic OneFile
This database provides access to peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Includes extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
Academic Search Premier
The world's largest scholarly, multidiscipline, full-text database designed specifically for academic institutions. It contains indexing and abstracts for over 8,450 journals, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. Over 3,600 journals are peer-reviewed.
Communication and Mass Media Complete
CMMC offers cover-to-cover ("core") indexing and abstracts for more than 400 journals, and selected ("priority") coverage of 200 more, for a combined coverage of more than 600 titles. This database includes full text for 292 journals, a sophisticated Communication Thesaurus and over 3,000 Author Profiles, with biographical data and bibliographic information.
Facts on File World Digest News
A digest of world news with coverage going back 40 years. Articles are hyperlinked so the researcher can follow the thread forward and backward in time. This database includes biographies, historical documents, selected topical editorials from across the U.S., and background articles written specifically for the World News Digest.
Global Road Warrior
Provides business and travel information for countries around the world. Sections include Country Facts, Society & Culture, Health & Medical, Technical/Electrical and more. Also included is a Resource Guide that provides useful and practical information on how to do basic things such as making a phone call into or out of a foreign country.
Google Scholar
Use this link to have Google Scholar recognize you as a George Fox user, and link you to our full text subscriptions. Google Scholar indexes a broad array of scholarly literature.
JSTOR
Backfiles of hundreds of important journals in the arts and sciences.
Political Science Complete
Contains full text for over 400 journals, and cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 800 journals, (including top-ranked scholarly journals), many of which are unique to the product, such as British Politics, Ethnopolitics and the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy. PSC has a worldwide focus, reflecting the globalization of contemporary political discourse.
TopicSearch
Explores social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms.
Web resources
Center for Systemic Peace
Supports scientific research and quantitative analysis in many issue areas related to the fundamental problems of violence in both human relations and societal development.
International Peace Research Association
Composed of a network of scholars, practitioners and decision-makers from all continents, IPRA has been pursuing interdisciplinary research into the most pressing issues related to sustainable peace since 1964.
Links from Peacemaker's Trust
Links to resources for education and training for peacemaking.
Peace & Justice Studies Association
The Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) is a non-profit organization formed in 2001 and dedicated to bringing together academics, K-12 teachers and grassroots activists to explore alternatives to violence and share visions and strategies for peacebuilding, social justice, and social change.
Peace Science Society
Begun in 1963 as the Peace Research Society (International) when Walter Isard convened a group of scholars at Malmo, Sweden, it reorganized in 1973 under the umbrella of the Peace Science Society and has been housed at Cornell, Binghamton, and Penn State respectively, always directed towards the goal of peace analysis and conflict management.
United Nations Peace and Security Council
Gateway to programs supported by the United Nations in support of peace.
UN Refugee Agency
News, full text documents, and statistics about refugees. Searchable and browsable by country.
US Institute of Peace
"An independent, nonpartisan federal institution created by Congress to promote the prevention, management, and peaceful resolution of international conflicts."
Finding books
By subject search
Below are some links to various subject searches in the catalog. The subject search is a specific and helpful way to find materials about your area of interest. Explore these or try some of your own subject searches using the "Subject" tab in Foxtrax. For more information on "power searching" by subject, ask your reference librarian.
Pacifists
Peace
Peace Biblical teaching
Peace-building South Asia.
Peace movements United States History
Peaceful change (International relations)
Women and peace
Zones of peace
By call number
If you want to browse for books in the library, use the call numbers below to find the subject areas that are of interest to you. You can use them to browse the reference section or the main stacks. The Library of Congress website may have a more detailed outline of call numbers for your subject area.
| JC | Political theory. Theory of the state. |
| JF | Constitutional History and administration. |
| JK | United States |
| JL | British America. Latin America. |
| JN | Europe |
| JQ | Africa. Asia. Australia. Oceania. |
| JV | Colonies and colonization. |
| JX | International law. International Relations. |
| JZ | International Relations. |
| K | Law |
| KZ | Law of Nations |
| U | Military science (General) |
| UA | Armies: Organization, distribution, military situation |
| UB | Military administration |
| UC | Maintenance and transportation |
| UD | Infantry |
| UE | Cavalry. Armor |
| UF | Artillery |
| UG | Military engineering. Air forces |
| UH | Other services |
Google Search: Peace Studies
This Google Custom Search engine searches quality, discipline specific web sites selected by the librarians.