This site is selective. It is designed as a starting point that highlights the top recommended resources for research in Human Rights. For a complete guide to UW human rights resources, see the Human Rights Education and Research Network.
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Expanded Academic Index - Magazine and journal articles in most subjects |
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Research Library Complete - Magazine and journal articles in most subjects |
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PAIS International - indexing and abstracting for scholarly journals and other resources; includes English, French, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish sources. |
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UW Libraries Catalog - includes books, journals (not articles), videorecordings, microfilm, and more |
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Summit Catalog - joint catalog of Northwest academic libraries; users may request items directly from the Summit Catalog |
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Human Rights Film Directory - search this database to find human rights videos and DVDs held in the UW Libraries |
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Project Muse - current volumes of journals related to many topics, including human rights. |
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JSTOR - back issues of major journals on many topics related to human rights. |
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Amnesty International - international organization seeks to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of human rights, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. |
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Human Rights Watch - Human Rights Watch is the largest human rights organization based in the US; Human Rights Watch researchers conduct fact-finding investigations into human rights abuses in all regions of the world. |
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United Nations Human Rights - UN website provides information on the United Nation and the creation of a comprehensive body of human rights law, which provides an internationally protected code of human rights. |
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LexisNexis Academic - U.S. and international newspapers, wire services, and more |
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Human Rights Watch: Human Rights News - daily news releases related to international human rights issues. |
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ACLU - what’s new in national human rights issues from the American Civil Liberties Union. |
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