Conflict Research Consortium

General Reference Sites

The U.S. Census Bureau: Provides straight population stats, demographics relevant to current debate, leading economic indicators, and software tools to help you extract info from its daunting databases.
mediate.com -- Information and Resources Center: This site is where consumers, mediators, and mediation organizations can meet. It is an internet listing service for mediators.
Argus/University of Michigan Clearinghouse: The Argus website is a clearinghouse for "subject oriented Internet resources guides." Hyperlinks provide access to different guides which are collections of abstracts related to certain broad categories (e.g., environment, etc). These abstracts describe a specific resource, be it a newsgroup, network, etc.
Recommended Conflict Resolution Related Web Links: A page of useful web links to conflitct resolution related fields and issues.
Library of Congress: Browse through the massive catalog at the Library of Congress, as well as a guide to the U.S. Copyright Office, and an expansive database of current legislative information. Be sure to take in the myriad paintings and sculptures inside the Library while you're there.
The Why Files: Created by the National Institute for Science Education at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, this site is for people who want to explore the science behind the news dig deeper into the science, math, and technology that increasingly affect your life.
ARTFL Project: Roget Form: Easy-to-use, digital version of Roget's Thesaurus. Search on a phrase, word or synonym, and it immediately jumps to the corresponding section of the thesaurus' text--with your entry highlighted and easily accessible hypertext links to related sections.
GPO Access: Access to full text versions of U.S. Government Printing Office publications including the Federal Register, the Congressional Record, the Senate and House calendars, and the United States Code.
Technology and Medicine History of Science: A subsite of the WWW Virtual Library, this site contains a biographical dictionary, documents on technology, a directory of scientific institutions, and electronic journals.
RAND Institute For Civil Justice Homepage: The mission of the Institute is to make the civil justice system more efficient and more equitable. The ICJ facilitates change in the civil justice system by analyzing trends and outcomes, identifying and evaluating policy options, and bringing together representatives of different interests to debate alternative solutions to policy problems.
University of Ottawa, Canada Human Rights Centre
The Internet Public Library: This project represents the useful roles played by libraries and librarians.
Britannica On-Line: Electronic version of the standard encyclopedia including: articles not yet in print, the Britannica Book of the Year and Webster's Dictionary. Full access for home use requires a $25 registration fee and $150 per year subscription, but you can apply for a free trial period or check out the brief on-line demo.
Library of Congress World Wide Web Home Page: Home page of U.S. Library of Congress providing net access to collection materials and information about the Library. Numerous links, including paths to online books of "country studies", listing of newspaper and government publications, Federal and Supreme Court rulings and opinions, Federal regulations, etc.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: Digital version of the references book, with much easier electronic searching. Check for keywords or pick authors from chronological and alphabetical listings.
The Journal of Strategic Studies: The Journal of Strategic Studies, with its broad approach and coverage of both contemporary and historical issues including a strong and well-established review section, publishes articles of permanent worth as well as fostering new thinking in the field.

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For more information contact: Guy Burgess, Co-Director, Conflict Research Consortium, Campus Box 327, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0327 Phone: (303)492-1635; Fax: (303)492-2154; E-Mail: crc@colorado.edu