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• Historical Abstracts
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• InterAction: American Council for Voluntary International Action
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• NGO Global Network
• NGO Research Guide - Duke
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• tip: use an encyclopedia for a quick overview, to develop vocabulary for searching, & for further sources
  
  
• Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics
• Encyclopedia of the United Nations & International Relations - Clapp Ref JZ1977 .O8213 1990
• International Conflict: A Chronological Encyclopedia of Conflicts & Their Management, 1945-1995 - Clapp Ref D842 .B46 1997
• International Relations: A Political Dictionary - Clapp Ref JX1226 .P55 1995
• Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World
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Try a subject search to find books on this topic in the library catalog, such as:

• international relations
• world politics

Try keyword searches with phrases like

• united nations world politics
• united states diplomacy
• united states world politics

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Librarians for International Relations

Jacqueline B. Fitzpatrick
Research & Instruction, x3497

Graham Henderson
Collections, x3514

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