Library Guides: Military Studies: Find Articles

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This guide is designed to facilitate research in Military Studies, which is roughly defined as the technique, psychology, practice and other phenomena which constitute war and armed conflict. It emphasizes resources in three areas — Aerospace Studies, Military Affairs, and Naval Science. In addition, it lists material related from many subjects related to military science, such as history, diplomacy, law, and politics, among others. It includes resources, both print and electronic, that are available from the University Libraries.

Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Index This link opens in a new window
bibliographic coverage of journal articles, conferences, and technical reports in aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences.
The Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Index (formerly the Aerospace Database) provides bibliographic coverage of basic and applied research in aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences. The database also covers technology development and applications in complementary and supporting fields such as chemistry, geosciences, physics, communications, and electronics. In addition to periodic literature, the database also includes coverage of reports issued by NASA, other U.S. government agencies, international institutions, universities, and private firms. Coverage: 1962-present.
Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals (AULIMP) This link opens in a new window
Indexes articles, news items, and editorials in approximately 80 English-language military and aeronautical periodicals.
A subject index to significant articles, news items, and editorials from English language military and aeronautical periodicals. The Index contains citations since 1988 and is updated continuously.
America: History & Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Index to articles, books and book reviews for United States and Canadian History.
Search for articles on all aspects of the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Articles from national, state and local historical journals are covered, as well as historical articles in major humanities and social science journals. Also includes citations to reviews, books, and dissertations. Keywords: African-American, Afro-American, Black, Hispanic, Latino, Colonial, Pennsylvania, Native Americans, women, gender, revolution, revolutionary war, civil war, Vietnam War, Cold War, World War I, World War II, Immigration, Immigrants, labor, agriculture, culture, society, politics, religion, economic, military, historiography.
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) This link opens in a new window
Scholarly articles, papers and book chapters from research institutes, including the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies (Columbia University).
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) is a comprehensive source for research in international affairs. It includes full text of selected books on international affairs, working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences. It also, contains abstracts and some full text of selected journal articles

Defense Technical Information Center
Provides access to citations of unclassified documents from DTIC Technical Reports Collection, as well as the Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals, Staff College Automated Military Periodical Index, Department of Defense Index to Specifications and Standards, and Research and Development Descriptive Summaries.
National Defense University
"The National Defense University is the premier center for Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) and is under the direction of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff."

Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Index to articles, books, and book reviews for all areas of history except the United States and Canada.
Search for articles and other publications on world history from 1450 to present, (except for the United States and Canada which are indexed in the companion work, America: History and Life). The database includes articles in journals worldwide, including a selection of major social science and humanities journals. Also included are references to dissertations and books.
Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) This link opens in a new window
HSDL is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security. It provides quick access to homeland security policy and strategy related documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources from various universities, organizations and local and state agencies.
The Homeland Security Digital Library is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Office of Grants and Training and the Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security. The HSDL is the nation's premier tool for homeland security policy and strategy research. The collection includes homeland security strategy, policy and research documents published by: Federal, state and local government agencies; International governments and institutions; and Research institutions, universities, think tanks.
NTRL (National Technical Reports Library) This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary database that serves as a central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information.
NTRL is the preeminent resource for accessing the latest US government sponsored research, and worldwide scientific, technical, and engineering information.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Covers international serials literature in political science, international relations, law, and public administration/policy.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts is building on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts, published by IFI / Plenum, 1975-2000, and ABC POL SCI, published by ABC-CLIO, 1984-2000. The database provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy. The serials list of the new database is actively under construction, with a focus on expanding international coverage. As of February 2004 approximately 1,432 titles are being monitored for coverage; this list will continue to grow.