Subject Guides
Human Rights & IGMAP
Guide Contents
Helpful Guides
Finding Articles & Gray Literature
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SAGE Research Methods Books and Reference
Hundreds of titles provide a quick definition of methods to comprehensive exploration of concepts and methods.
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Political Science CompleteScholarly articles and other literature that is international in scope covering all areas of Political Science.
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PAIS IndexCovers issues in public affairs and policy issues through selective coverage of a wide variety of international sources. Coverage: 1915 - present.
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Policy File IndexTimely information and reports from public policy think tanks, nongovernmental organizations, research institutes, university centers, advocacy groups, and other entities.
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Education Source UltimateFull text for more than 1,700 journals, 550 books and conference papers, citations for over 4 million articles including book reviews and over 100,000 controlled and cross-referenced names of educational tests.
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HeinOnlineCovers important legal documents including the files from the Brennan Center for Justice Publications at NYU School of Law, American Enterprise Institute, a vast Civil Rights and Social Justice Library, documents covering immigration law and policy in the US, documents covering the legal history of LGTQBA+ rights, documents from the Open Society Justice Initiative and more.
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ProQuest CongressionalAccess to legislative publications including Congressional Hearings (parts A-D), U.S. Bills and Resolutions (2014-2018), laws, reports, documents, prints, the Federal Register, the Code of Federal Regulations, and member and committee information.
Primary Sources & Reports
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Amnesty InternationalSource of the Human Rights Reports, covering developments in 160 every year. Search for "Amnesty International Report year). The site has from 1993/94 forward.
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Human Rights Studies OnlineA research and learning database providing comparative documentation, analysis, and interpretation of major human rights violations and atrocity crimes worldwide from 1900 to 2010. The collection includes primary and secondary materials across multiple media formats and content types for each selected event.
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U.S. Declassified Documents OnlineThis collection is made up of U.S. government documents obtained from presidential libraries. These libraries receive declassified documents from various government agencies, including the White House, the CIA, the FBI, the State Department, and others.
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Digital National Security Archive
Declassified U.S. government documents, providing vital primary source material to advance research in twentieth and twenty-first century history, politics, and international relations, covering events from the Berlin Crisis to post-9/11 U.S. intelligence.
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Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1941-1996
Issued by the U.S. Government. Translations of broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from nations around the world . The United States' principal record of political and historical open source intelligence. For more recent coverage, see the World News Connection Archive.
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Human Rights WatchThe definitive non-governmental organization devoted to tracking human rights conditions worldwide. Web site contains annual reports from 1996 to the present, thematic reports, and current news releases, updated daily. Can browse by country or theme.
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HURISDOCS: ToolsLinks to Human Rights databases and tools for analyzing information.
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Country Reports on Human Rights PracticesU. S. State Department reports submitted to Congress annually that summarize the individual, civil, political, female, and worker rights in all countries of the world. Website covers 1999 - present.
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Human Rights Library (University of Minnesota)Searchable site of 65,000 documents relating to human rights, from UN documents to treaties and regional documents. Updated through 2023.
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Civil Rights Digital LibraryRich list of visual and moving images relating to the U.S. Civil Rights movement that are freely available to use.
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USC Shoah Visual History Archive
Contains video testimonies of survivors and witnesses of genocide, crimes against humanity, and related persecution.
Finding Books on Human Rights
Example Searches
"human rights movements" "human rights" AND country "children's rights" "international law" "humanitarian law"
"emmigration and immigration" "crimes against humanity" "genocide"
search for specific groups (for example "Indigenous Peoples")
search on specific group identifier ("gay rights," "transgender people")
Example books from our collection:
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