LibGuides: Peace Studies: Finding Secondary Sources

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America: History and Life
Scholarly citations and articles covering world history. Type chem* to find the words chemist and chemical. Use quotes, "Linus Pauling", so the terms are searched as a phrase. Can limit by language (recommended). Can limit by Historical Period.
Coverage Dates: 1964 -

In general, start your searching with just one or two keywords. Add more as needed.
Be sure to try your topic in more than one database.
Read citations and abstracts to get ideas of different keywords to represent your topic.
If the full text of the article, is not available, click to check if OSU subscribes to the journal or to place an interlibrary loan request (ILL).

Historical Abstracts
Scholarly citations and articles covering world history. Type chem* to find the words chemist and chemical. Use quotes, "Linus Pauling", so the terms are searched as a phrase. Can limit by language (recommended). Can limit by Historical Period.
Coverage Dates: 1955 - present
JSTOR
A multi-disciplinary archival collection of full-text scholarly journal articles. Type chem* to find the words chemist and chemical. Use quotes, "whooping cough", so the terms are searched as a phrase. Under the advanced search, check mark articles to limit to scholarly articles.
Coverage Dates: - Varies by Journal

Project Muse
Launched in 1995 by the Johns Hopkins University Press in collaboration with the Milton S. Eisenhower Library at John Hopkins University, Project MUSE is an interdisciplinary collection of high quality, peer reviewed journals.
Google Scholar
Uses the Google search engine to search for scholarly materials from around the world such as peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports. Google Scholar searches a variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities. Some articles are available in full-text through links to OSU's journal subscriptions.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
Full-text and abstract/index: 1975-present

War and Terrorism

INIS
INIS provides a comprehensive information reference service for literature on the peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology. To do this, INIS processes most of the world's scientific and technical literature that falls within its subject scope and maintains a database which currently contains over 2.2 million bibliographic references, making it the world's most comprehensive information source on the peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology. INIS includes the Nuclear Science Abstracts database, with coverage from 1948-1974.
War and Terrorism (Gale OneFile)
Researchers accessing the more than 1.7 million articles in Gale OneFile: War and Terrorism will gain valuable insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale. This definitive collection for analysts, risk management professionals, and students of military science, history, and social science is comprised of more than 200 subject-appropriate, full-text periodicals that are updated daily.

Finding Books

Use 1Search to find books located at OSU Libraries. While OSU is under remote instruction, OSU Libraries is purchasing and borrowing books as we can.

Home delivery of print books, while OSU is teaching remotely for all campus courses. Yes, this means mailing of print books (when available and when we can't get as an ebook) to your home.

Tip! Use the date limits in 1Search and elsewhere to see if there are materials published during the time your are studying.

Google Books: Use the advanced search and limit by publication date, full view, and public domain to find primary sources.

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Alternative Press Index
Alternative Press Index (API) indexes journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from international alternative, radical, and left periodicals. API covers theories and practices of socialism and revolution along with the topics of Ecology, Democracy and Anarchism, Feminism and Organized Labor, Indigenous Peoples and Gays/Lesbians. Use 360 Link to Full Text to request articles.
Coverage Dates: 1991 - present

Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni User Guide

Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis (including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790) with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.

Newspaper Source
Full text to U.S. and international newspaper and magazine articles of over 140 U.S. and international newspapers.
Coverage Dates: 1984 - present

New York Times
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Oregon State University Libraries and Press’ New York Times online subscription provides access to domestic and international news, educational videos, podcasts, blogs, interactive multimedia, and much more. Unlimited access provided for content newer than 1980 and older than 1923. (Access to content within the date range 1923-1980 is limited to 5 articles per day.)
Oregonian (Historical and Current Collection)
Research Portland history through the Oregonian Collection with coverage from 1861 through current issues. Study trends, issues, events, advertisements, companies and more through historical and current full newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Available remotely 24/7 on any device.

Washington Post Full text coverage from January 1, 2014 - Current; Index coverage from February 16, 1980 - Current

Oregon Index
The Oregon Index is a selective index to Oregon newspapers, and to Oregon items in selected other publications. The database does not contain full-text information.
Coverage Dates: 1974 - 2004
Wall Street Journal
Full-text of the Wall Street Journal from 1986.

America's News
Research diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with curricular areas such as Political Science, English, Sociology, Humanities, Business, International Studies and more. Features reliable, credible information from a wide variety of local, regional and national news sources including the Oregonian. Available remotely 24/7 on any device.
America's News Magazines
Explore and stay informed on local and national topics, people and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S., including Philadelphia Magazine. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.
Oregon News Sources (Newsbank)
Access to selected local Oregon newspapers, college newspapers and blogs. Includes Albany Democrat-Herald, Argus Observer, Blue Mountain Eagle, Corvallis Gazette-Times, Curry Coastal Pilot, The Oregonian, Portland Examiner, Register-Guard, and many more.

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