INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS

note:
- broaden topic to: rights if original search found nothing (and browse the Table of Contents and/or Index to possible titles)
- add another term if necessary to narrow search
eg./ civil rights
- check subject headings of items found for other search terms as needed
eg./
prisoners and prisons
atrocities

Browse:

• 320s - Political Science
       eg./  Human Rights Encyclopedia (3 vol)
• 330s - Economics
• 340s - Law
       eg./  Human Rights at Work [Ontario] (single vol)
• 360s - Social Issues

WCI eBOOKS COLLECTION

Infotrac / Gale eBooks password required
or select from below given titles and then go to WITHIN THIS PUBLICATION

• Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice
• Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
• Encyclopedia of Sociology
• Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology

see also:
Cities and Countries Page
Encyclopedias Page

VAUGHAN PUBLIC LIBRARIES (Books / Videos)

• use KEYWORD search
• use WCI search as example
• use "SEARCH FILTERS" to delimit location
• sort results if necessary

• most search engines will extrapolate variations of a word if the "main" word is used (eg./ the singular vs. plural form of a word)
• use quote marks " ..." to enclose phrases as necessary

for violation by theme, type the theme in quotes and "human rights" in quotes, each with a + sign attached to the string:
eg/
+"child labor" +"human rights"

you may search Google now:

MAGAZINE, NEWSPAPER & JOURNAL DATABASES

• Select preferred package of databases:
  from YRDSB's Trillium Databases (Home access requires password)

  • including Ebscohost's Canadian Points of View

  or directly from
    - InfoTrac by Thomson / Gale - includes all our Gale ebooks (Home access requires password)
   - or -
              from Vaughan Public Libraries - Online Databases (VPL membership required)

• Select appropriate database(s) within preferred package

• Choose "Advanced Search" tab

• Ensure Fulltext selected

• type keyword(s):

  • combine keywords needed with AND operator

  • search most important keywords in Subject field (or broaden search to default fields if necessary)

  • use truncation as required

  • cluster similar concepts if necessary to optimize on line limitations

  • check assigned subject headings of highly relevant articles for alternate keywords

  • no one perfect strategy -- play around for the one that works best for given search

Infotrac articles may be emailed directly to user

eg./
child labor
- add a secondary term with the boolean and if needed to narrow search (additional terms may be in Default or Subject fields as required)
eg./
child labor and asia*

Official UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights Home Page
Amnesty International
Amnesty International - Human Rights Library
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Formulation of Human Rights Violation as an International Crime
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - World
Selected Statistics on Human Rights Violation in the USA
U.S. Department of State - Human Rights

Training Manual For Human Rights Monitoring
Human Rights for All - Sample

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