Edens Library Resources for
Human Behavior & Conflict Management



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Selected Reference Books

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  • Encyclopedia of Conflict Resolution
    		•  Ref HM 136 B783 1997
  • Encyclopedia of Crime & Justice
    		• Ref HV 6017 E52 2002 (v.1-4)
  • Encyclopedia of Terrorism
    		•  Ref HV 6431 K883 2003
  • Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict
    		•  Ref HM 886 E53 1999 (v.1-3)
  • An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996
    		•  Ref D 842 J47 1998
  • International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Directory
    		•  Ref KF 190 M29 1998
  • Protest, Power, and Change: An Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action from ACT-UP to Women's Suffrage
    		• Ref HM 278 P76 1997
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States
    		•  Ready Ref HA 202
  • Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report
    		•  Ref DT 1945 S56 1999 (v.1-5)
  • World Encyclopedia of Peace
    		•  Ref JX 1944 .W67 1986 (v.1-4)

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    Suggested Subject Headings and Location of Books in Our Library

    Search the Library Catalog by keyword, subject, title, or author. Edens Library offers books and other materials on a variety of Human Behavior & Conflict Management subjects, including:
    Arbitration
    Communication in the family
    Conflict management
    Conflict management -- Cross cultural studies
    Conflict management -- Religious aspects
    Conflict management -- United States
    Conflict (Psychology)
    Dispute resolution (Law)
    Divorce mediation
    Family mediation
    Family -- Psychological aspects
    Family psychotherapy
    Family violence -- Prevention
    Group counseling    		 Group psychotherapy
    Group relations training
    Interpersonal communication
    Interpersonal conflict
    Mediation
    Negotiation
    Neighborhood justice centers -- United States
    Organizational behavior
    Peace -- Study and teaching
    Peer counseling
    Reconciliation
    Social conflict
    Violence -- Prevention

    ...Or, you can browse the following sections in the library's General Collection and Reference areas:

    H -- Social Sciences (General)
    HM -- Sociology
    HQ -- Family, Marriage, Women
    HT -- Communities, Classes, Races
    HV -- Social Pathology, Social Service, Criminology
    HX -- Socialism, Communism
    JX -- International Law, International Relations
    K -- Law (General)
    KDZ -- Law (America, North America, OAS)
    KF -- Law (United States)
    (K - KK -- Various aspects of law)
    BF -- Psychology

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    Databases for Research

    *For additional databases, see the Databases for Research page.
    *Your Columbia College email username and password are required for Remote Access. (Don't know your CC email username and password? Contact the Office of Information Technology: 786-3007)
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    Academic Search Premier


    On-Campus | Remote Access     		"The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier contains indexing for over 8,000 publications, with full text for more than 4,450 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles."
    Expanded Academic ASAP


    On-Campus | Remote Access

    For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students
    (1980 - present)

    * Comprehensive periodical database covering all academic disciplines
    * Millions of full-text articles from 2000+ scholarly, refereed and professional journals and selected general interest magazines
    * Indexing of additional professional and general periodicals

    Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection


    On-Campus | Remote Access
    "This database provides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost."
    SocINDEX with Full-Text

    On-Campus | Remote Access     		"SocINDEX with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. The database features more than 1,910,000 records with subject headings from a 19,300 term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 397 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1908, and 150 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for more than 720 books and monographs, and full text for 6,743 conference papers."
    Academic OneFile


    On-Campus | Remote Access     		Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of all academic disciplines, Academic OneFile is authoritative and comprehensive. Millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, including full-text coverage of the New York Times since 1995. Updated daily.
    Communication & Mass Media Complete

    On-Campus | Remote Access     		"Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. CMMC incorporates the content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study to create a research and reference resource of unprecedented scope and depth encompassing the breadth of the communication discipline. CMMC offers cover-to-cover ("core") indexing and abstracts for over 390 journals, and selected ("priority") coverage of 200 more, for a combined coverage of nearly 600 titles. Furthermore, this database includes full text for 285 journals."
    LexisNexis Academic


    On-Campus | Remote Access
  • Provides access to more than 6,000 news, business, and legal sources
  • Offers full-text of newspaper, magazine, journal, and wire service articles; television and radio broadcast transcripts; blog postings and other Web publications; biographical information; foreign language news publications; law reviews; federal and state cases and codes; Canadian and European Union court cases and legislation; and patents
  • Also includes LexisNexis Company Dossier; company profiles; SEC filings; country profiles; and Shepard's Citations service for federal and state court cases going back to 1789

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    SIRS Knowledge Source


    On-Campus | Not available remotely

    For advanced middle school students through adults

    * Articles, images, reference information, Web sites and more on all subjects
    * Articles selected from 2,500+ U.S. and international magazines, newspapers, government publications and reference sources
    * News, current events and organized links to evaluated Web sites
    * Includes special features on - literature, terrorism and other topics
    * Interactive textbook on citizenship with teacher resources
    * Images, maps, country profiles, primary sources and Supreme Court decisions

    *This database is only available on the Columbia College campus.


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    Periodicals (Journals, Magazines, Newspapers)

    The following periodicals, held by Edens Library, are excellent resources for exploring current topics in Human Behavior & Conflict Management. Check the Library Catalog for holdings.

    Conciliation Quarterly
    Dispute Resolution Journal
    Dispute Resolution Magazine
    Harvard Negotiation Law Review
    International Negotiation
    Journal of Dispute Resolution
    Conflict Resolution Quarterly
    Negotiation Journal
    Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution


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    Recommended Internet Sites for Human Behavior & Conflict Management

  • Professional Resources
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    Professional Resources
    American Arbitration Association (AAA) - "Dispute Resolution Services Worldwide"
    American Bar Association: Section of Dispute Resolution
    Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR)
    "The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) is a professional organization dedicated to enhancing the practice and public understanding of conflict resolution. ACR represents and serves a diverse national and international audience that includes more than 6,000 mediators, arbitrators, facilitators, educators, and others involved in the field of conflict resolution and collaborative decision-making." ACR is a merged organizaton of the Academy of Family Mediators (AFM), Conflict Resolution Education Network (CREnet), and the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR).
    CADRE: Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education
    "CADRE, the National Center on Dispute Resolution, encourages the use of mediation and other collaborative strategies to resolve disagreements about special education and early intervention programs."
    Campus Conflict Resolution Resources (Wayne State Univ.)
    "Tools for working with and learning from conflict in higher education"
    The Carter Center
    "The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering; it seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health. The Carter Center is guided by five principles: (1) The Center emphasizes action and results. Based on careful research and analysis, it is prepared to take timely action on important and pressing issues. (2) The Center does not duplicate the effective efforts of others. (3) The Center addresses difficult problems and recognizes the possibilities of failure as an acceptable risk. (4) The Center is nonpartisan and acts as a neutral in dispute resolution activities. (5) The Center believes that people can improve their lives when provided with the necessary skills, knowledge, and access to resources ... The Carter Center collaborates with other organizations, public and private, in carrying out its mission." "
    Centre for Conflict Resolution International - "Prevent and Resolve Workplace Conflict"
    CRInfo (The Conflict Resolution Information Source) for Practitioners
    "Information for Mediators, Arbitrators, Facilitators, and Other Conflict Resolution Professionals"
    Dispute Resolution Center
    "Located in the capital city of Austin, TX ...the Dispute Resolution Center is an independent, nonprofit organization that provides and promotes accessible, high-quality dispute resolution services for all people in Travis County and surrounding areas. In addition, the DRC offers Mediation Training, Customized Mediation Training and Community Education Programs designed to give individuals, businesses and communities the skills necessary to effectively mediate and resolve conflicts."
    Family Mediation Canada: Professionals
    "Family Mediation Canada is an interdisciplinary association of lawyers, social workers, human services and health care professionals, working together, creating a better way to provide for co-operative conflict resolution relating to separation and divorce, adoption, child welfare, wills and estates, parent/teen counseling, organizations, etc. ... This section provides you much information on becoming a family mediator or simply learning more about how family mediation can help your professional environment."
    The Institute for Environmental Negotiation (Univ. of Virginia)
    "IEN is committed to building a sustainable future for Virginia's communities and beyond by: bringing people together to develop sustainable solutions (Practice); providing people with learning opportunities to be creative and collaborative leaders (Capacity Building); building understanding of best collaborative practices (Knowledge Building)."
    The Institute for Global Communications: The Progressive Community
    "The Mission of IGC is to advance the work of progressive organizations and individuals for peace, justice, economic opportunity, human rights, democracy and environmental sustainability through strategic use of online technologies."
    The Institute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution
    "Confronting Conflict Locally - Building Bridges Globally" ... "The Institute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution (IIMCR) is a Washington, DC based, non-profit, 501(c)(3) institution whose mission is to promote the use of peaceful conflict resolution techniques among a generation of future leaders through the design and implementation of unique programs and services."
    Mediate.com: Dispute Resolution & Mediation Information
    "Connecting the World to Mediation since 1996" ... "The most visited dispute resolution site on the Internet. Everything about Mediation and Mediators. Over 1,400 articles & resources, dynamic web site systems and promotional opportunities."
    Mediation Network of North Carolina (MNNC)
    "The mission of the Mediation Network of North Carolina is: (a) to strengthen and support community mediation programs in North Carolina to facilitate communication, understanding, reconciliation and settlement of conflict in communities, courts and schools; (b) to promote voluntary resolution of disputes by use of an orderly process of mediation and conciliation by trained mediators; (c) to promote policy on issues which affect and strengthen community mediation programs; (d) to promote education, training, and research on mediation issues; (e) to enhance public awareness of mediation as an alternative and/or adjunct to judicial resolution of disputes; (f) to solicit, accept and receive funds from any and all private and public sources to be used in furtherance of the goals of the Mediation Network of North Carolina; (g) to assist in development of new community-based mediation programs; (h) to act as a clearinghouse for exchange of information and services among community mediation programs; and, (i) to promote practices which enhance standards of practice and quality of service provided by member centers."
    National Association for Community Mediation (NAFCM)
    "The National Association for Community Mediation (NAFCM) is a membership organization comprised of community mediation centers, their staff and volunteer mediators, and other individuals and organizations interested in the community mediation movement. Membership benefits include funding possibilities, networking, research, publications, a membership directory, and more. From coast to coast and beyond, NAFCM enjoys a unique position as the only national non-profit organization dedicated solely to community-based mediation programs."
    The Peace Center: Non-violent Conflict Resolution
    "Education in Conflict Resolution and Violence Prevention" ... "The Peace Center is located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. We have been working for community peace and social justice since 1982. Our programs are designed to help reduce violence and conflict in our schools, homes and communities through a multicultural, community-based approach. We are dedicated to furthering peace by understanding and managing conflict in our community, our nation and our world." ... "Our Vision: A diverse community committed to living together in justice and peace." ... "Our Mission: To educate, empower and support individuals and organizations in efforts to prevent violence, promote peaceful resolution of conflict and foster inclusive, equitable and safe communities locally, nationally and worldwide."
    RESOLVE: Results Through Consensus
    "A resource for people who want results through consensus - to solve a problem, resolve a dispute, tap the knowledge and creativity of diverse stakeholders or lead a collaborative effort" ... "RESOLVE is one of the premier, [non-profit] public policy dispute resolution organizations in the United States and internationally, with expertise in the full range of "alternative dispute resolution" and consensus-building processes and a commitment to understanding how these tools can enhance public decision making ... RESOLVE is known for its ability to help parties produce results on the toughest issues, for enhancing the capacity and competence of others in dealing with conflict, and for intellectual leadership to advance current knowledge about the effective use of ADR and consensus-building processes in public decision making."
    South Carolina Council for Conflict Resolution (SCCCR)
    SCCCR's mission is "to spread the practice of efficient and peaceful alternative means of resolving conflicts." Their vision "is that of a world that enables social and political structures to use open communication, freedom to debate, and the skills of principled negotiations for settlements, to demand the right to resolve their disputes responsibly and peacefully, and to channel the energy of their conflicts into the tilling of a cultural soil where all people can be allowed to grow strong by embracing the power of difference and diversity."
    United States Institute of Peace
    "The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan federal institution created by Congress to promote the prevention, management, and peaceful resolution of international conflicts."
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    Research and Study
    ADR Resources: Mediation Essays, Mediation Forms, and Mediation Materials
    "This mediation and dispute resolution resources site contains substantial on-line materials for alternative dispute resolution and mediation."
    Alternative Dispute Resolution / Conflict Management Resource Guide
    (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Head Start Information & Publication Center)
    Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies at Fresno Pacific University
    Offers graduate education in conflict management and peacemaking leading to the MA degree or graduate certificate, as well as intervention and consulting services.
    Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) (Univ. of Colorado, Boulder)
    "In an effort to establish more complete and valuable information to impact violence-related policies, programs, and practices, CSPV works from a multi-disciplinary platform on the subject of violence and facilitates the building of bridges between the research community and the practitioners and policy makers. CSPV has a threefold mission. First, the Information House serves to collect research literature and resources on the causes and prevention of violence and provides direct information services to the public by offering topical searches on customized databases. Second, CSPV offers technical assistance for the evaluation and development of violence prevention programs. Third, CSPV maintains a basic research component through data analysis and other projects on the causes of violence and the effectiveness of prevention and intervention programs."
    Conflict Research Consortium (Univ. of Colorado)
    "The Conflict Research Consortium is a multidisciplinary program of research, teaching, and application, focused on finding more constructive ways of addressing difficult, long-term, and intractable conflicts, and getting that information to the people involved in these conflicts so that they can approach them in a more constructive way. A joint university-community program, the Consortium unites researchers, educators, and practitioners from many fields for the purposes of theory-building, testing, disseminating, and applying new conflict management techniques. These efforts are designed to lead to an improved understanding of conflict dynamics, along with better methods for confronting and managing intractable conflicts and reaching good decisions."
    CRInfo: The Conflict Resolution Information Source
    "A Comprehensive Gateway to Conflict Resolution Resources" ... "Providing links to Web, Print, and Organizational Resources for:" Adversaries, Bystanders, Students, Educators, Practitioners, Researchers.
    Hate Crime Statistics 2005
    "This site chronicles thousands of "criminal incidents that law enforcement agencies reported -- as motivated by a bias against a race, religion, disability, ethnicity, or sexual orientation."
    Mediate.com: Dispute Resolution & Mediation Information
    "Connecting the World to Mediation since 1996" ... "The most visited dispute resolution site on the Internet. Everything about Mediation and Mediators. Over 1,400 articles & resources, dynamic web site systems and promotional opportunities."
    PARC: Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts (Syracuse University)
    "An interdisciplinary center within the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, dedicated to enhancing knowledge about social conflicts -- their nature, course of development, and possible resolution -- through theory building and research, education, and practice. To these ends work at PARC is organized into four streams of research. These streams and their current projects are: Applied Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management; International Conflicts and their Management; Social Movements and Strategies of Conflict; Environmental, Public Participation and Conflict Studies."
    The Peace Center: Non-violent Conflict Resolution
    "Education in Conflict Resolution and Violence Prevention" ... "The Peace Center is located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. We have been working for community peace and social justice since 1982. Our programs are designed to help reduce violence and conflict in our schools, homes and communities through a multicultural, community-based approach. We are dedicated to furthering peace by understanding and managing conflict in our community, our nation and our world." ... "Our Vision: A diverse community committed to living together in justice and peace." ... "Our Mission: To educate, empower and support individuals and organizations in efforts to prevent violence, promote peaceful resolution of conflict and foster inclusive, equitable and safe communities locally, nationally and worldwide."
    Public Dispute Resolution Program - UNC-Chapel Hill site on public policy dispute resolution.
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