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Finding Articles and Using Databases for Human Rights
What kind of research is found in databases?
Popular communication ~ informs and entertains the general public through articles in magazines and newspapers. Magazines like Newsweek, Ms., and Mother Jones are examples of popular sources.
Scholarly communication ~ disseminates research and academic discussion among professionalswithin disciplines through scholarly andpeer-reviewed journals and books/book chapters.Journals such as The Journal of Human Rightsand Human Rights Quarterly are examples ofscholarly sources.
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If there is no PDF or HTML link to the full text in the
database you are using, use UConn Links. It is a major
tool for locating the online full text of an article or
book. Also allows easy request of materials |
(Access to journals and databases is restrictedto members of the UConn community. Off campus users will need to log in to UConn's Virtual Private Network(VPN) to access the resources below.)
Need journal articles on Human Rights? Start with these databases
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Gale Academic Onefile (formerly InfoTrac)
Includes most disciplines (multidisciplinary) with good coverage of both popular and scholarly publications.
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Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Articles and reports on international affairs. Includes scholarly articles, papers from university research institutes and non-governmental organizations, foundation-funded research projects, and conference proceedings.
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PAIS International
Summaries articles in political, economic, and social issues. Covers the public and social policy literature of business, economics, finance, law, international relations, public administration, government, and political science.
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World Development Indicators (WDI)
Provides statistics on the economies of over 200 developing countries, including time series data on agriculture, manufacturing, health indicators, education, natural resources, and foreign investment. From the World Bank World Development Indicators. 1960s-current.
More Databases for Human Rights
Human Rights General
- LexisNexis Academic
- Academic Search Premier
- JSTOR
- CQ Researcher
- ABI/Inform Global
- Europa World Yearbook
- Factiva
- Global Insight
- Hein Online
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Gale Academic Onefile
- PAIS International
- World Development Indicators (WDI)
Poverty, Economic Issues, Labor, Fair Trade
- PovertyNet, World Bank Group
- Privatization Link, World Bank Group (now part of FDI.net)
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Global Insight
- EconLit through EbscoHOST
- Europa World Yearbook
- Hein Online
- LexisNexis News
- PAIS International
- ABI/Inform Global
- International
Financial Statistics
Data Sets
- Human Development Index (HDI)
- CIRI Human Rights Data
- The World Bank Group
- World Development Indicators (WDI)
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Source OECD
- Global Development Finance (GDF)
- World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER)
- Global Reporting Initiative Reports
Database (GRI)
- World Bank Africa Database (CD-Rom at Reference Desk)
- International Financial Statistics (now available online!)
- UNICEF ChildInfo
- See also UConn's Social Science and Geospatial Data Services for more data sets on specific topics including economics, education, religion, health, labor, and social indicators.
War, Conflict and Terror
- LexisNexis Academic
- Academic Search Premier
- Gale Academic Onefile
- PAIS International
- Hein Online
- Military and Intelligence Database
- Homeland Security Digital Library
- Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Health
- PubMed
- Scopus
- AidSearch
- Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption
- HAPI (Health & Psychosocial Instruments)
- POPLINE
- Social Work Abstracts PLUS
- Social Services Abstracts
- Global Insight
Gender and Sexuality
- Women’s Studies International
- Sociological Abstracts
- PsycInfo
- LGBT Life with Full Text
- Academic Search Premier
- Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) through "Web of Science"
- Defining Gender 1450 - 1910
- New York Times Historical
- CQ Researcher
- Alternative Press Index
- Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
- Women and Social Movements in the United States
- ABI/Inform Global
- Issues & Controversies@Facts.com
Race and Ethnicity
- HRAF Collection of Ethnography
- Sociological Abstracts
- PsycInfo
- Academic Search Premier
- Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) through "Web of Science"
- Alternative Press Index
- CQ Researcher
- ABI/Inform Global
- ICPSR - Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
- Anthropological Literature
Education
- Education: A SAGE Full Text Collection
- ERIC (via EBSCOhost)
- Child Development & Adolescent Studies
- PsycINFO
- Academic Search Premier
CD-ROM Materials (resources available in the Library only; inquire at the Reference Desk, Level 1)
Human Rights
Journals
Online Access via eJournal
Locator
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databases to use to locate articles
- Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law
- BMC International Health and Human Rights
- Buffalo Human Rights Law Review
- Columbia Human Rights Law Review
- Ethics and International Affairs
- Harvard Human Rights Journal
- Human Rights
- Human Rights Brief
- Human Rights Case Digest
- Human Rights Quarterly
- Human Rights Review
- International Journal of Human Rights
- International Journal of Refugee Law
- International Journal of Transitional Justice
- Journal of Human Rights
- New York Law School Human Rights
Annual
- New York Law School Journal of Human Rights
- OCHA News (ceased in 2004)
- Refugee Survey Quarterly
- South African Human Rights Yearbook
- Yale Human Rights & Development Law Journal
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