{"id":536,"date":"2014-08-12T09:45:32","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T09:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/?p=536"},"modified":"2014-08-12T09:45:32","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T09:45:32","slug":"new-online-resource-for-sps-peace-research-abstracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/2014\/08\/12\/new-online-resource-for-sps-peace-research-abstracts\/","title":{"rendered":"New online resource for SPS: Peace Research Abstracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Library has recently subscribed to the online database <em><strong>Peace Research Abstracts<\/strong><\/em>. This is a comprehensive database for peace and conflict resolution research and is a particularly useful resource for those studying International Relations and Politics.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/08\/PeaceResearchAbs.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-539\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/08\/PeaceResearchAbs.png\" alt=\"PeaceResearchAbs\" width=\"1024\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/08\/PeaceResearchAbs.png 1024w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/08\/PeaceResearchAbs-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/08\/PeaceResearchAbs-500x122.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>Peace Research Abstracts<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to peace research, including conflict resolution, international affairs, peace psychology, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The index contains more than 267,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline, such as:\u00a0<em>Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Conflict Resolution, International Journal of Refugee Law<\/em>, etc.<\/p>\n<p>You can access <em><strong>Peace Research Abstracts<\/strong><\/em> through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/schools-departments\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-a-z\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Databases A-Z list<\/strong><\/a> on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/is\/library\" target=\"_blank\">Library website<\/a> or via the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/schools-departments\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-subject-a-z\" target=\"_blank\">Databases by Subject<\/a> pages for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/schools-departments\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-subject-a-z\/international-relations\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>International Relations<\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/schools-departments\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-subject-a-z\/database-politics\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Politics<\/strong><\/a>. Access is available both on and off-campus.<\/p>\n<p>When you access the database you will be taken directly to the <em>Advanced Search<\/em> screen but you can choose a <em>Basic Search<\/em> option if you wish. You can save searches and search results and create alerts but to do this first click on the <em>Sign In<\/em> link at top of screen and create a personal username and password by clicking on the \u201cCreate a new account\u201d link (you may have already done this as the database is hosted on a site \u2013 EBSCO \u2013 that the Library has access to a number of resources through). This personal username and password are not connected to your EASE log in.<\/p>\n<p>Access is only available to students and staff of University of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p><em>Caroline Stirling &#8211; Academic Support Librarian for Social and Political Science<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Library has recently subscribed to the online database Peace Research Abstracts. 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