Regional Conflicts and Cooperation  

Even as it is designated Southeast Asia, closer study of the region reveals few (if any) characteristics that are common across its various countries. The region is ethnically and religiously diverse; neither is there a single dominant language spoken in the region. The presence of these disparate groups coexisting in such proximity has led to conflicts, some of which went back centuries, such as Thailand-Myanmar relations (e.g., Myanmar (Burma) sacking of Thai capital Ayudhya 1767) and Vietnam-Cambodia relations. As the countries in the region each gained independence post-World War II, tensions continued and/or heightened as they grappled with the intricacies of safeguarding their respective self-interests.

This guide attempts to point users to resources and potential sources of information pertaining to conflict in the SEA region, as well as, the measures that have been taken over the years to manage such conflicts.

Books and texts are often mainstays of resource guides as these provide introductory and comprehensive information on a particular topic. In the creation of this libguide however, effort was also made to recommend resources that are highly accessible, such as, ebooks, journal and newpaper articles, authoritative websites, among others. Please find below a brief write-up of the resource formats, as well as, how to access them.

• Print materials from both the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library, as well as, NLB's Public Libraries. Just click on the given links to activate NLB's online catalogue showing availability of the items. Apart for the reference books at the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library, books recommended in this guide can be reserved online and brought to the library branch of your choice for a small fee of $1.55 (just click on "Reserve this item").
  
  
• Journal Articles from the library's eResources service (http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg). Most of the recommended journal articles are found in Proquest Central and JSTOR as these databases are accessible from home. Just click on the given links to be brought to the relevant section of the eResources site. Thereafter, register (if you are new to the service) or log-in >> click on the relevant database (e.g., JSTOR, Proquest Central) >> conduct a search using the article's title.
  
  
• Newspaper articles from the Factiva database, as well as, the NewspaperSG database. Factiva is available via our eResources service and articles within can be accessed in the same manner as that for journal articles (described above). Newspapers from NewspaperSG can be accessed via (http://newspapers.nl.sg). Articles from 1831 - 1989 can be accessed from home (direct links to the articles are provided) while those after 1989 can only be accessed onsite at the libraries.
  

For more detailed information on accessing our print resources and electronic databases, please go to the section on "Accessing the Resources" in this same guide.

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