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CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) covers
theory and research in international affairs from documents published from 1991 to
present and is updated monthly. It includes conference
proceedings, findings from university research
institutes, reports, studies, conference proceedings and policy briefs.
CIAO also includes abstracts, case studies and full text volumes and selected
chapters of books, journal articles from six journals, and working
papers.
How to Search CIAO
To search: type your term in the 'search ciao' box that
appears on the right side of the page. You may enter a keyword and/or
phrases.
Using Iraq as a keyword will return pages with the word
Iraq.
Typing in Iraq war will return pages with either Iraq or
war.
Putting a + directly in front of words in a phrase will
return pages with both words. Searching for +Iraq +war will
retrieve pages with both words.
Searching for nuclear disarmament | proliferation will return
pages with either the word 'nuclear' or the word 'disarmament' and the
word 'proliferation'.
Truncation: Searching for disarm* will find pages
containing disarm, disarmament, disarmaments, etc.
To limit your search to a certain type document,
click the box next to working papers, policy briefs, case studies, books
or journals. For an explanation of these type documents, click help.
You may also limit your search by subject and/or dates by
selecting from the drop down menu in the 'search ciao' box.
Advanced searching allows you to search for key words and
phrases within the body of the document, the title, author and
contributing institution fields. In advanced searching, Boolean
searching is available using the words and, or,
and not. Choose the desired Boolean operator from drop down menus provided.
Search results are displayed by relevance in descending order.
To print an article or paper, use your browser's print button.
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