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Start with what you have, such as your syllabus and the sources contained in the bibliographies of readings. Or find one source and consult the bibliography. For example:

Myrick, Nathan. Music for Others: Care, Justice, and Relational Ethics in Christian Music. Oxford University Press, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197550625.001.0001.

The following handbooks and encyclopedias may provide helpful background information for your applied paper.

Bercovitch, Jacob, V. A. Kremeniyuk, and I. William Zartman. The Sage Handbook of Conflict Resolution. Sage, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4135/9780857024701 

Bohlman, Philip Vilas. The Cambridge History of World Music. Cambridge University Press, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1017/CHO9781139029476 

Burgess, Heidi, and Guy M. Burgess. Encyclopedia of Conflict Resolution. ABC-CLIO, 1997. https://doi.org/10.5040/9798400630460

Carter Hallward, et al. The Sage Handbook of Peace and Conflict Studies. Sage, 2025. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781036204440 

Forsythe, David P. Encyclopedia of Human Rights. Oxford University Press, 2009.  https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780195334029.001.0001 

Hampson, Fen Osler, Alpaslan Özerdem, and Jonathan Kent. Routledge Handbook of Peace, Security and Development. Routledge, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351172202.

Morgan-Ellis, Esther M., and Kay Norton. The Oxford Handbook of Community Singing. Oxford University Press, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197612460.001.0001.

Omer, Atalia, R. Scott Appleby, and David Little. The Oxford Handbook of Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding.  Oxford University Press, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199731640.001.0001 

Richmond, Oliver P., and Gëzim Visoka. The Oxford Handbook of Peacebuilding, Statebuilding, and Peace Formation. Oxford University Press, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190904418.001.0001 

Roy, Sudeshna. The Handbook of Conflict and Peace Communication. Wiley Blackwell, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119246442.

Young, Nigel. The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace. Oxford University Press, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780195334685.001.0001

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