Reference Books and Annuals

Reference Books | Annual Publications

The Libraries has a collection of Reference Books and Annuals to provide background information and overviews of topics in Military Studies. Here are a few:

Reference Books

The Complete Encyclopedia of Arms & Weapons
Call number: U815.B55, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library

Defense and Security : A Compendium of National Armed Forces and Security Policies
Call number: UA10.D432 2005, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library

Dictionary of American Military Biography
Call number: U52.D53 1984, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library

Encyclopedia of Arms Control and Disarmament
Call number: JX1974.E57 1993, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library

Encyclopedia of International Peacekeeping Operations
Call number: JZ6374.R36 1999, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library

An Encyclopedia of Naval History
Call number: V27.B86 1998, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library

Encyclopedia of the American Military : studies of the history, traditions, policies, institutions, and roles of the armed forces in war and peace
Call number: UA23.E56 1994, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library

Ground Warfare : An International Encyclopedia
Call number: D25.A2G76 2002, Arts & Humanities Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Patee Library

International Military and Defense Encyclopedia
Call number: U24.I58 1993, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library

Jane's Aerospace Dictionary
Call number: TL509.G86 1988, Engineering Library Reference Collection, 325 Hammond Building

Jane's All the World's Aircraft
Call number: TL501.J3 Q, Engineering Library Reference Collection, 325 Hammond Building

Jane's Fighting Ships
Call number: VA40.F5 Q, Engineering Library Reference Collection, 325 Hammond Building

The Oxford Companion to Military History
Call number: D25.A2O94 2001, Arts & Humanities Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Pattee Library

The Penguin Encyclopedia of Weapons and Military Technology : Prehistory to the Present Day
Call number: U800.M326 1993, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library

United States Intelligence : An Encyclopedia
Call number: JK468.I6U57 1990, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library

Women and the Military : An Encyclopedia
Call number: U21.75.S54 1996, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library

Women and War : A Historical Encyclopedia from Antiquity to the Present
Call number: U24.W69 2006, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library

The Military Balance Call number: UA15 .L65, 3rd Floor Paterno Library, Latest edition in the Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library
Also available online to researchers with a Penn State Access Account.

Sipri Yearbook
Call number: UA10 .I55, 3rd Floor Paterno Library, Latest edition in the Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library

Strategic Survey
Call number: U162 .S77, 3rd Floor Paterno Library
Also available online to researchers with a Penn State Access Account.