Anti-Racism Research & Resource Guide

• Machine Bias: There’s software used across the country to predict future criminals. And it’s biased against Blacks.

  By: Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Surya Mattu and Lauren Kirchner | ProPublica | 2015
• Dealing with Bias in Artificial Intelligence: Three women with extensive experience in A.I. spoke on the topic and how to confront it.

  By Craig S. Smith | New York Times | 2019
• Art Project Shows Racial Biases in Artificial Intelligence System

  Written by: Meilan Solly | Smithsonian Magazine | 2019
• Rashida Tlaib isn’t the only one who thinks race biases facial recognition results.

  Written by: Rachel Siegel | Washington Post | 2019

• Dissecting racial bias in an algorithm used to manage the health of populations

  By: Ziad Obermeyer et al. | Science | 2019
• Race and Rights in the Digital Age

  By: Catherine Powell | AJIL unbound | 2018

• Calling Out Racism in the Scientific Community | Science Friday | 12 min.

  Weeks of protests across the U.S. and around the world have led many people to reflect on racial injustice in their own lives and communities. In academia, Black academics and STEM professionals used this momentum to call out institutional racism in the research community."
• Protests Shine Light On Facial Recognition Tech Problems | Science Friday | 24 min.

  "In a special extended interview, listen to Ruha Benjamin and Deborah Raji discuss practical steps for developing artificial intelligence technologies in a way that leads to more equity and equal justice—whether it’s tech companies being ready to slow down, or government standards that take racial justice into account."

• Emerald Library

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  Searches a wide range of management and library & information services journals, as well as a range of engineering, applied science and technology journals. Coverage: 1994 - present, varies by title.

• Web of Science

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  Covers the citation indexes: Science, Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities, Book Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index, and Emerging Sources Citation Index, and Journal Citation Reports

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  Also includes BIOSIS Citation Index, Data Citation Index, Current Contents Connect, Derwent Innovation Index. Medline (1950-present), Current Chemical Reactions, Index Chemicus, and Zoological Records.
• Computer Science

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  Leading business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries, including computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, and the application of technology.

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  Made available by the NOVELNY program, which makes resources available to everyone in NYS.  For NYS residents outside of NYS, please see the website for more detail.  For links to all NOVELNY databases, please see the NOVELNY webpage. 

• Racial Equity Data Hub

  "Data anyone can use to end racism in their community. To end inequalities, biases, violence, and disenfranchisement, we must first see where they are present. Data is a critical tool in the fight for justice and equity in the United States."

• Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA)

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  Covers health, social services, economics, politics, race relations and education.

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  Comprehensive source of social science and health information for the practical and academic professional. ASSIA currently contains over 375,000 records from over 500 journals published in 16 different countries, including the UK and US.