International Security

Course Number:

PLS 424

Articles & eResources

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)

Policy briefs, journal articles and books related to international affairs.

Indexes over 1700 political science journals.

Journals, books, governmental and non-governmental reports from over 120 countries are indexed.

LexisNexis Academic

Hundreds of newspapers, but also a legal section for laws and court decisions.

LexisNexis Congressional

Index to hearings and other congressional publications.

HeinOnline

Full text of the Congressional Record, as well as a rich collection of legal journals.

Academic Search Complete

Good general resource for journals on all topics.

JSTOR

Full text for 116 political science journals, as well as many in area studies and other disciplines.

WorldCat

Cataloged holdings of over 9,000 libraries, with a direct link to the interlibrary loan (ILLiad) system.

Digital National Security Archive - (DNSA)

Declassified documents relating to security and international relations.

Google Scholar

This free and growing collection of links to articles and books also provides information about the number of times a publication has been cited. From off-campus, links to full text may not work. Be sure to use the library's "Have a citation? Looking for a journal?" search to see if we can provide it.

Using the Library Catalog

Click here to search the Library Catalog

The library catalog and WorldCat use Library of Congress Subject Headings. The list of authorized subject headings is available online from the Library of Congress Classification/Subject Headings database. However, you can also start with keyword searches to gather some relevant titles, then look at their subject headings to discover the official terms to use.

Here are some subject headings related to international security. If Randall Library has no materials under some of these headings, try using WorldCat, the union catalog of 9,000 libraries.

Security, International

Arms control
Arms race
Border security
Civil defense -- United States
Disarmament
International police
International relations (very broad term)
National security
Peace (very broad term)
Peace-building
Peacekeeping forces
Security assistance program
Security sector
Space security
Strategic culture
War