Peace and Conflict Studies - key resources
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  | Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) Designed for academic institutions, this database provides coverage of multidisciplinary academic journals. It supports research in the key areas of academic study by providing peer-reviewed journals, full-text periodicals, reports, books, and more. |
| Economist: Historical Archive (Gale Cengage) A complete searchable copy of every issue of the Economist from 1843. The Economist delivers reports of international political, business, scientific, technological and cultural developments, with dispatches from all over the world. The archive includes full-colour images, multiple search indexes, exportable financial tables, a gallery of front covers, supplements, special reports and surveys. |
| Factiva A global business information and research tool that aggregates content from a wide range of resources such as newspapers, journals, magazines and newswires. Content is generally full-text although coverage is sometimes selective. |
| Gale Academic OneFile (Gale Cengage) Provides indexing/abstracting for journals and reference sources with many articles available in full-text. Coverage includes the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes coverage of the New York Times back to 1985. |
| General OneFile (Gale Cengage) A general reference database that includes full-text journal titles as well as newspaper indexes, travel guides, radio transcripts, and links to video files. |
| International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) (ProQuest) An online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research with a focus on anthropology, economics, politics and sociology. This database includes bibliographic references to journal articles, books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. |
| ProQuest Central A leading electronic database providing indexing/abstracting and full-text access to scholarly and general interest publications. It combines information from a number of online databases with subjects covering: business, law, education, computing, science, technology, engineering, arts, medicine, and religion. |
| SpringerLink Full-text, peer reviewed journals, books, and reference works. Subjects include: architecture, design, behavioral science, biomedical and life sciences, business, economics, chemistry, materials science, computer science, earth and environmental science, humanities, social sciences, law, mathematics, statistics, medicine, physics, and, professional and applied computing. |
| Taylor & Francis Online A collection of full text journals in humanities, social sciences, science and technology from Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Psychology Press, including access to back issues from 1997 where available. |
 | UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia Provides in-depth information on war and minor conflict, non-state conflicts and one-sided violence since the 1970s. |
Peace and Conflict Studies - additional resources
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| ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) A comprehensive business database covering economic conditions, corporate strategies, management theory, management techniques, business trends, competitive landscape and product information, accounting and finance. Includes all content found in ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry, and ABI/INFORM Archive. |
| Academic Video Online (AVON): Premium (Alexander Street) A multidisciplinary video collection delivering thousands of video titles spanning anthropology, history, business, counselling, dance, ethnic studies, gay and lesbian studies, film, opera, religion, theatre, and more. AVON includes documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, and raw footage. Users will find award-winning films, as well as the most frequently used films for classroom instruction, plus newly released films and previously unavailable archival material. Content is available from over 500 producers. |
| Business Source Complete (EBSCOhost) Provides indexing and abstracts for scholarly business journals. Coverage includes full-text journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. |
| CSS (Center for Security Studies) An independent source of news and analyses on security issues. Administered by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), CSS provides free access to full-text online publications, interactive learning content, and annotated links to specialised websites relevant to international relations and security. Was previously the ISN (International Relations and Security Network). |
| Current Contents Connect (Web of Science) A multidisciplinary, current awareness database that provides access to complete tables of contents, abstracts, bibliographic information, and abstracts from the most recently published issues of leading scholarly journals, as well as from relevant, evaluated websites. |
| DagDok: Guide to UN Documentation Presents an overview of the various types of documents and publications issued by the United Nations and provides guidance on how to work with them, linking you to the official webpages of the United Nations. |
| Global Issues Library (Alexander Street) The Global Issues Library indexes key current and historical issues affecting the world, and humanity. The collection includes deep primary sources, essays, case studies, commentary, documentaries and historical news footage. |
| GreenFILE (EBSCOhost) A database covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. |
| HeinOnline Provides international coverage of law and law-related periodicals, for example: Law Journal Library, Legal Classics, Treaties & Agreements, English Reports, U.S. Statutes at Large, and, World Constitutions Illustrated. |
| Historical Abstracts (EBSCOhost) Historical coverage of the world from the fifteenth century forward (excluding US & Canada). An important bibliography for the study of history and related social sciences and humanities. Includes indexing of articles from more than 2,600 journals. |
| Humanities International Complete (EBSCOhost) Provides full-text of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. This database includes all data from Humanities International Index plus unique full-text content. |
| Index New Zealand (INNZ) A searchable database that contains abstracts and descriptions of articles from New Zealand periodicals and newspapers. The periodicals range from academic research journals to magazines. |
| JSTOR Provides full-text access to back issues (delay in coverage generally 3-5 years) of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics and other fields of the humanities, social sciences, and life sciences. The Library's access includes all Arts & Sciences Collections, the Life Sciences Collection, Business IV, and the Ireland Collection. |
| Military and Intelligence (Gale OneFile) Search scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of past and present military affairs. |
| OECD iLibrary The online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) featuring its books, papers and statistics and is the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data. |
| Oxford Handbooks Online The Oxford Handbooks series brings together leading scholars to write articles that survey the current state of scholarship in their field. The collection contains the following subject areas: Archaeology, Business & Management, Classical Studies, Criminology, Economics & Finance, History, Linguistics, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion and Sociology. |
| Project MUSE Provides digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community. A source of complete, full-text versions of scholarly journals with over 120 publishers currently participating. |
| Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science Core Collection) Provides access to the bibliographic and citation information from the world's leading social sciences journals across 50 disciplines. Cover-to-cover indexing ensures access to every significant item from a journal, including original research articles, reviews, editorials, chronologies, abstracts, and more. Select this database from the 'Editions' filter. |
| Te Puna A web-based search service giving access to the bibliographic details of what is held in New Zealand and international libraries. |
| War and Terrorism (Gale OneFile) Gain valuable insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale. |
| Wiley Online Library A collection of full-text scientific, technical, medical, social science and business journals published by Wiley. |