Peace Studies
Start your research
Use this guide as a starting point to find information for your assignments. Discover the best keywords and databases to use for your topic by asking a librarian for a Subject Search.Key databases
HeinOnline Full Text
HeinOnline includes 1,200 law journals on all aspects of the environment, history, politics, business, public policy, government, international issues and criminal justice. Check HeinOnline Titles for a full list. User's Guide (pdf) | Videos and PowerPoints
JSTOR Full Text
JSTOR contains the full-text journals across the disciplines from archaeology to zoology.
Wiley Online Library Full Text
The Wiley Online Library includes current journals in a wide range of disciplines.
Gale Databases Selected Full Text
The Gale Databases cover the arts and humanities, social sciences, science and technology. They includes peer-reviewed journal articles, ebooks and online encyclopedias.
ProQuest Full Text
ProQuest includes academic and non-academic content in a wide range of fields, from arts, literature, and social science to business, science, technology, and medicine.
Taylor & Francis Full Text
Taylor & Francis journals cover the humanities, economics, management, geography, environmental sciences and the social sciences.
SAGE Premier Full Text
SAGE Premier includes 550+ journal titles in business, humanities, social sciences, science, technology and medicine with full-text back to 1999.
EconLit Selected Full Text
EconLit abstracts the academic literature in all aspects of economics.
Sociological Abstracts Selected Full Text
Sociological Abstracts offers international coverage of sociology and related disciplines, both theoretical and applied.
Informit 
Selected Full Text
The Informit databases cover a range of topics, including architecture, education, engineering and technology, environment, history, hospitality and tourism, Indigenous peoples, law and crime, social sciences and sports. Many are in full-text.
Informit holds Australian and Asian information. Try the Humanities & Social Sciences Collection, Australian Public Affairs Full-Text, AGIS Plus Text (Attorney General's Information Service), AFPD (Australian Federal Police Digest), MIHILIST (Australasian military history), BERITA (Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and ASEAN database) and MAIS (Multicultural Australia & Immigration Studies).
NewsBank Full Text
NewsBank has the full-text of more than 100 newspapers from Australia and overseas.
ScienceDirect Full Text
Science Direct offers full-text access to over 200 Elsevier journals.
Web of Science
The Web of Science abstracts the scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Collaborating with Community-Based Organizations Through Consultation and Technical Assistance
Covering Violence: A Guide to Ethical Reporting About Victims and Trauma
Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Encyclopedia of Terrorism
Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace & Conflict
Handbook of Human Rights Law
Practical Facilitation: A Toolkit of Techniques
Oxford Reference
Oxford Reference offers a range of dictionaries and encyclopedias listed by subject.
Try the Oxford Companion to American Military History, Dictionary of Contemporary World History, Oxford Companion to Military History, Oxford Essential Dictionary of the US Military, Oxford Companion to World War II, Guide to Countries of the World, Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World and Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics.
SAGE Knowledge
SAGE Knowledge is a set of multidisciplinary encyclopedias.
Titles include Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice, International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies, Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence, Encyclopedia of Political Communication, SAGE Handbook of Conflict Communication, Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, Handbook of International Relations, SAGE Handbook of Nations and Nationalism, and Encyclopedia of Social Problems.
Web sites and Internet resources
AccessAsia is a collection of specialist research on current Asian-Pacific policies, including military issues, foreign relations and human rights.
ATNS (Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements) is a collection of agreements made between Indigenous Australians and others within Australia or overseas.
Australian Department of Defence reports and publications
Australian Development Gateway is a Government website suporting sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region.
Australian Policy Online (APO) gathers public policy reports, commentary and research articles on policy issues facing Australia.
DefenseLINK The official website of the US Department of Defense, this site offers daily news and press releases, images, Department of Defense publications, and links to other sites.
Global Policy Forum monitoring policy-making at the United Nations
ISN (International Relations and Security Network) provides open access information for professionals working in international relations and security
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance Published by the Department of Peace Studies of Bradford University, this online journal contains over 3000 articles.
The Middle East Peace Process World Resource Centre Links to research organisations, useful sites, and various governments involved in furthering the peace process in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Peace & Conflict Studies Internet Guide developed by the University of Sydney Library.
Peace Palace Library's bibliographies for international law on various topics such as the World Trade Organization, Indonesia, terrorism and humanitarian issues.
The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research News, analysis, commentary news, links and other resources from an organization promoting peaceful conflict-resolution and new approaches to political, social and economic issues.
United Nations
United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees This site hosts news, latest issues, statistics, programmes and fundraising. Updated daily.
United Nations Treaty Collection
Yearbook of the United Nations from 1946