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Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding

Using books for your research

Most of the books in our collection are scholarly, nonfiction works and are excellent resources if you want a longer overview of a topic or idea. While many of our books are physical books which you can come to the library to checkout, the majority of our collection is actually made up of eBooks which are digital versions of books which you can access online, anytime, using you CSUDH username and password. Some other terms it is useful to know about when consider what kind of book might be most useful to you are:

  • Monograph: This is a scholarly term for a book about one topic. Often monographs will provide deep analysis on their topic by a single author.
  • Edited book: Many scholarly books are a collection of chapters selected by the book's editors. Each chapter will usually be written by a different author(s) and will give you a more in-depth analysis of one particular aspect of this book's main topic.

Books & eBooks

Looking for books? Use OneSearch to find books we have here in the library and online. Most of our physical books are located on the 3rd and 4th floors of Library South. Materials requested online can be picked up from our 24/7 library lockers

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Using Subject Headings to Find Books

Subject headings allow you to search library catalogs for materials on a particular topic. Often subject heading searching can be more productive than searching by simple keywords. Listed here are some subject headings relevant to NCPR. To search subject headings, use the advanced search function of the CSUDH Library Catalog. Choose Subject rather than the Any Field next to the search box. 

Some subject headings relate to the resolution of conflict: 


Conflict management 
Crisis management 
Disarmament 
Dispute resolution 
Family mediation 
Interpersonal conflict 
Intervention (international law) 
Mediation
Negotiation 
Nonviolence 
Pacific settlement of international disputes 
Pacificism 
Peace 
Reconciliation 
Restorative justice
Social justice 
Violence prevention

Or you may want to approach the topic from the angle of the conflict that needs to be resolved: 

Boundary disputes 
Conflict of generations 
Culture conflict 
Ethnic conflict 
Interpersonal disputes 
Marital conflict 
Social Conflict 
War

 

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

If a book or article isn’t available through one of the library’s subscriptions, you can request it through Interlibrary Loan. Interlibrary Loan is a resource sharing service with libraries across the country that provides research materials at no cost to you. If you're requesting an article or book chapter, you'll receive a copy as a PDF. 

First, check to see if it's available in OneSearch or another library database. Look for the Find It @ CSUDH Lib button. 

Find it @ CSUDH Lib button.

You can also borrow books from other CSU campuses and have them delivered to the CSUDH Library. Look for the Request through CSU+ option in OneSearch

For more information about borrowing books from the library, check out the Library's "Borrowing Materials" page.