Jane Willms, who has worked in the areas of environment and development since 1983, began assembling the library in 1991. All of the material cited in the Database is housed at University College, University of Toronto, within the Peace and Conflict Studies program. Entries are updated regularly. A special coding system was developed that permits complex Boolean searches of the Database to produce subsets of items relating to specific issues. The codes are subject specific, so you may find them helpful in searching the collection.
Users can conduct searches using either our coding system, keywords, names or titles.
The coding system was developed specifically for the purposes of environmental security research at the Peace and Conflict Studies Program. Most of the items cited in the Database can be found through local research libraries. This database is made available as an aid to research, we are not a library. If you have difficulty locating an item locally, however, we might be able to assist you. We will respond with an estimate of photocopying, copyright permission and mailing costs.