HIST 4960: Twentieth Century United States Peace Movements Guide
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Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, research reports, statistical directories, and more about public affairs worldwide. Coverage is from 1914 and is updated monthly.
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The following are some online databases and Web sites that might help you locate primary documents for events that took place in the 20th century.
Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective
Indexes core journals published in the 20th century in North America and Europe. Coverage 1907-1984.
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North American Women's Letters and Diaries
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Indexes the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States from 1890 to 1982. Some of these periodicals published short stories and book reviews.
Print: AI 3 .R48 (Ref.) 1904-98
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Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000: Scholar's Edition
A collection of full text books, pamphlets, articles, documents and images of American women's reform movements over the last 400 years including special subjects such as African-American Women and the Equal Rights Debate in the 1920s. Includes the bibliographic dictionary Notable American Women 1907-1950.
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Librarian's Comment: Includes a number of collections regarding women's peace efforts in the 20th century.
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Web Resources
A global network to eliminate nuclear weapons; lists over 1,000 organizations across the globe involved in the effort; good links to other organizations under Abolition 2000 Links.
American Friends Service Committee
A Quaker organization which includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service.
Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards. It has around a million members and supporters in 162 countries and territories.
A nationwide Christian movement that seeks justice for the world's hungry people by lobbying our nation's decision makers.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
According to their Web site, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace "is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States. Founded in 1910, its work is nonpartisan and dedicated to achieving practical results."
Center for Defense Information
A private, non-governmental, research organization that believes that strong social, economic, political, and military components and a healthy environment contribute equally to the nation's security. CDI seeks realistic and cost effective military spending without excess expenditures for weapons and policies that increase the danger of war.
Center for the Advancement of Nonviolence
Housed in Los Angeles, the mission of this organization is to build a culture of nonviolence and peace through education, research, advocacy and institutional transformation. Click on the Nonviolence Links on the left-hand side of the screen to find hundreds of useful Web sites related to nonviolence and peace issues.
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
Founded in 1948 to protect and promote the rights of conscientious objectors to war; long-term goals include demilitarizing schools and communities, improving conditions for military personnel who come to realize their objections to war, and eliminating the Selective Service System.
Click on the link for On Earth Peace on the left-hand side of the home page to learn about this Brethren organization dedicated to following Jesus Christ's teachings and heritage of peace.
A U.S. national grassroots organization working to abolish war, protect citizen rights and freedoms, and help solve the problems facing humanity, with the help of the other nations in the world.
The mission of this organization is to encourage discussion, development, and dissemination of ideas that will free humanity from the fear of war. The emphasis is on barring armed aggression and eliminating nuclear and other weapons of mass murder through enforceable international law. The site features links to articles, press releases and a host of related Web sites.
Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
FCNL is a Quaker lobby in the public interest that seeks to bring the concerns, experiences, and testimonies of the Religious Society of Friends to bear on public policy decisions in Washington, DC. One of the issues they promote is nonviolent dispute resolution and the peaceful prevention of armed conflict and genocide, through the United Nations and appropriate governmental groups and NGOs.
Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
An institute housed at the University of Notre Dame whose objectives are not only to educate a growing number of U.S. and international experts to prevent violence and to promote peace, but also to operate as a multifaceted training, research, and policy institute in which each activity supports the other.
A good site to visit for current information and commentary on peace and nonviolence. It offers excellent links to hundreds of peace organizations in the U.S. and around the world.
This is the national Catholic peace movement of 14,000 members who are committed to the gospel imperative of seeking peace through nonviolence.
Peace and Conflict Studies: Yahoo
This page on Yahoo contains links to many sites on conflict resolution, human rights, war reporting, education, and conferences and organizations related to peace studies. Many links contain brief summaries of the site's content.
Peace, Nonviolence and Just War
Part of the Church of the Resurrection's (a Catholic Church in Rochester, MN) Web site, focusing on Christian methods towards achieving peace. Includes links to related Web sites and definitions of "just war."
Hosted by the University of Minnesota Human Rights Center, this site offers documents and links to further the peace movement around the world through action, education, and information.
Soka Gakkai International-USA (SGI-USA)
An American Buddhist organization whose mission is to contribute to peace, culture and education based on the philosophy and ideals of the Buddhism of Nichiren.
Provides links to many of the activities of the United Nations' NGOs; includes excellent weekly press briefings and press releases.
United States Institute of Peace
An independent institution, funded by Congress, aimed at strengthening the nation's capacity to promote peaceful resolution to international conflict. This Web site includes full text articles. The Institute's Library is building a digital collection of peace agreements, and has a collection of international peace agreements from the past eleven years, accessible online.
This is a nonprofit, educational and humanitarian organization dedicated to the abolishment of war. VFP was founded in 1985 by ex-service men and women committed to sharing the horrors they experienced. It includes pieces written by veterans along with published articles and press releases.
The mission of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is to advance initiatives to eliminate the nuclear weapons threat to humankind, to foster the global rule of law, and to build a legacy of peace through education and advocacy. It covers such issues as the abolition of nuclear weapons, peace education, international law and security, missile defense, and science and sustainable technology.
Style Guides
Z 253 .C57 15th 2003 (Reference Desk Collection)
This a detailed and comprehensive guide to papers, articles, theses, and dissertations used by WMU's Department of Political Science. Consult this for the proper format for your research paper references. Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term papers, Theses, and Dissertations (LB 2369.T8 1996 Ref Desk Coll) is a condensation of this source. WMU Libraries has compiled the following concise guide: Turabian Style Guide that you may consult for citation tips.
Librarian's Comment: You may also want to consult the Quick Guide to the Chicago Manual of Style.
For assistance in citing online sources in the Chicago style, see the Web site Using Chicago Style to Cite and Document Sources.
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