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This guide is an introduction to the research process that, while not
being an exhaustive list of information resources available, should be helpful in getting
started in your research about Arab-Israeli relations. Below you
will find pointers to suggested research terms about Arab-Israeli relations, materials in the library catalog about
Arab-Israeli relations,
websites relevant to Arab-Israeli relations, and links to library
databases that contain information about Arab-Israeli relations.
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Suggested Research Terms
One of the really helpful things when searching for information about a topic
is a short list of terms related to a topic. We think the following terms
will help with your research about Arab-Israeli relations:
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Arab-Israeli relations
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Arab-Israeli War
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Six-Day War
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Palestinian
Liberation Organization/PLO
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Ariel
Sharon
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Menachem
Begin
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Mahmoud
Abbas
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Roadmap
for Peace
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Materials in the library catalog related to Arab-Israeli relations
We have the following materials in the library catalog related to Arab-Israeli relations:
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Websites on Arab-Israeli relations
The following websites will help you with your research on Arab-Israeli relations:
Web Sites
U.
S. Dept. of State: Roadmap to Solution of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Under direction of the "Quartet" ( United States, United
Nations, European Union, and Russia), "the roadmap specifies the
steps for the two parties to take to reach a settlement, and a timeline
for doing so". This site provides text of the "roadmap"
published on April 30, 2003 by the State Department. The
"roadmap" bruits and purports to be a lasting solution to the
Israel-Palestine conflict.
U.
S. Dept. of State: The Wye River Memorandum October 1998
Before the "Roadmap for
Peace": State Department text of the Interim Agreement signed
October 23, 1998, at the White House by Palestinian Chairman Yasir Arafat
and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The memorandum dealt with
security issues concerning the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
Middle
East History and Resources
This site's "Middle
East Historical and Peace Process Source Documents" section outlines
and discusses political, historical, and sociological aspects of the
turmoil and peace-seeking processes in the Middle East. The documents,
such as policy statements, addresses, and other reports, date from 1915.
The
Electronic Intifada
The Electronic Intifada (EI)...
publishes news, commentary, analysis, and reference materials about the
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from a Palestinian perspective."
Includes a feature on the "Roadmap for Peace".
Israel
Defense Forces (IDF)
Official site
of the Israeli Military: "The Israel Defense Forces [IDF] are
the state
of Israel's
military force.... The goal of the IDF is to protect the existence of the State of Israel and her independence, and to thwart all enemy efforts to
disrupt the normal way of life in Israel." Site available in Hebrew,
English, French, or Russian.
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Library Databases relevant to Arab-Israeli relations
The following Santa Monica College Library online databases may contain
material relevant to Arab-Israeli relations. Databases may include magazine,
newspaper and journal articles. Please note: you must be a Santa
Monica College student, faculty or staff member to use these services.
History Reference Center
A comprehensive full text history reference database that
covers both U.S. and world history. Includes historical documents and
articles from reference books, history magazines, journals, and newspapers.
Also timelines, biographies, maps, photos and video clips.
Magill On History
Includes coverage of the ancient world, also American history,
colonial and pre-colonial US and Canada; cultures and civilizations
in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, the Americas and Oceania;
Also includes coverage of the twentieth century, with special focus
on economics, science, human rights, the environment, and the arts.
Oxford Reference: History
Dictionaries and reference titles on history.
Philosophy and Religion Collection
Covers such topics as epistemology, political philosophy,
philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of
philosophy, world religions, biblical studies,
religious history. Includes more than 300 full text journals.
CountryWatch
Country Reviews provide geographical, political, economic, corporate and environmental information for every country in the world. Country Wire is compiled from the wire services on the latest political, economic, corporate, and environmental events on a country by country basis.
Academic Search Premier, MasterFile Premier
Academic Search Premier and MasterFile Premier provide
full text for over 6200 periodicals 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.
Military and Government Collection
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 350 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 450 titles.
Oxford Reference: Military History
Dictionaries and reference titles on military history.
National Newspapers (U.S.)
Searchable index for recent issues of the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and the Christian Science Monitor. Full-text for newer issues and citations for older materials. More information on coverage
Newspaper Source (Regional, National and International)
Provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers.
Ethnic NewsWatch
News, culture and history from the newspapers,
magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native
press -- English and Spanish language.
JSTOR
Back issues of over 300 scholarly journals in a wide variety of disciplines: African American Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Archeology, Art and Architecture, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, Geography, History, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Music, Middle East Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Slavic Studies, Sociology and Statistics.
Encyclopedia Americana
Includes 45,000 articles, plus thousands of hypertext
links to web sites featuring additional data. It is updated quarterly.
Encyclopedia, Funk and Wagnalls New World
Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Readers' Guide Retrospective 1890-1982
Comprehensive indexing of general-interest periodicals. Coverage includes the years 1890 through 1982.
Researched and evaluated by:
ap 04/23/03
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