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Arms Control
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 arms control.
Below you will find pointers to suggested research terms about the arms
control, materials in the library catalog about arms control,
websites relevant to the arms control, and links to library databases
that contain information about arms control. Please use our email reference service,
contact us at (310) 434-4254, or visit us in the library at the reference
desk if you need further assistance.
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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 arms control:
When searching for books in our library, it is best to remain fairly
general, and therefore you would use simple words or phrases (although
several of the more compicated searches produced results in the book
catalog as well)..
arms control
disarmament
When searching in journal databases or on the
Internet, you may want to narrow your search by combining more than one
term.
biological and (weapons or war*)
chemical
and (weapons or war*)
"national
defense"
"national
security"
nuclear and (weapons or war*)
"small
arms"
treaties
and (arms or disarmament)
"weapons
of mass destruction"
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Materials in the Library Catalog about Arms Control.
Click on the key phrases below to view lists of sources
available at the SMC Library:
Often, the best place to begin your research is the
reference area. Here you can become quite knowledgeable about a
topic and its vocabulary in a relatively brief time. The following titles found in the reference area
of the SMC Library all
have significant articles or statistics on arms control and various
notions of war and peace that could impact arms control .
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Websites on Arms Control
The following websites will help you with your research on arms
control:
- Federation of American Scientists Arms Sales
Monitoring Project
This program "works for restraint in the global production and trade
of weapons." Searchable site includes information about the project's
campaign areas (such as terrorism, subsidies, small arms, landmines,
and ballistic missiles),as well as numerous publications. Offers arms
sales statistics, and links to related organizations and information.
From the Federation of American Scientists.
http://www.fas.org/asmp/.
- Chemical
and Biological Arms Control Institute
Addresses "the challenges to global security and stability in the
early 21st century, with a special, but not exclusive focus
on the elimination of chemical and biological weapons. The Institute
not only emphasizes issues of immediate national concern, but also
focuses on security problems that reflect the dynamics of a new global
environment, take shape from the complex interaction of security,
science, and technology, and present demanding decision making
challenges to national and international leaders in the decades
ahead.”
http://www.cbaci.org/
- Federation
of American Scientists
“The Federation of American Scientists conducts analysis and
advocacy on science, technology and public policy, including national
security, nuclear weapons, arms sales, biological hazards, secrecy,
education technology, information technology, energy and the
environment. FAS is a privately-funded non-profit 501c3 organization
whose Board of Sponsors
includes 58 of America's Nobel laureates in the sciences.” http://www.fas.org/
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Library Databases Relevant to Arms
Control.
The following databases all contain material relevant to arms
control.
Databases may include magazine,
newspaper and journal articles, as well as the full text of books
(NetLibrary). Please note: you must be a Santa
Monica College student, faculty or staff member to use these
services.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ABI/INFORM
Business news and information from more than 410 full text journals.
Coverage includes all subject areas related to business.
Business Source Premier
Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 8200 serials.
Coverage includes all subject areas related to business.
Regional Business News
Regional Business News provides full text coverage for
regional business publications. Includes coverage of 75 business
journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and
rural areas within the United States.
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.
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.
Ethnic NewsWatch
News, culture and history from the newspapers,
magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native
press -- English and Spanish language.
Science Full Text Select
Coverage includes popular science magazines as well as professional journals. Also covers The New York Times Science Section. Full text coverage begins in January 1995.
Researched and evaluated
by:
Michael Colling, Librarian 4/11/02
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