Article Databases / Indexes
General Databases / Indexes
- Academic Search Complete (about)
- Expanded Academic ASAP (about)
- JSTOR (about)
- OhioLINK Quick Search (about)
- OmniFile Full Text Mega (about)
- Research Library (about)
Subject-Related Databases / Indexes
- Constitutions of the Countries of the World (online)
Covers the constitutions of 192 nations and features the full text of these unique documents. Includes English translations that have been prepared by expert linguists familiar with judicial terminology. Included are notes that examine recent amendments and highlight pertinent historical, legal, political and economic information not found in other sources.- Contemporary Women's Issues (1992-6/30/2006) (online)
The database provides full-text access to global information on women. Journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies are easily accessed through CWI. Information on women in over 190 countries is compiled in a single collection bringing together such disciplines as sociology, psychology, health, education, business administration and political science.- Ethnic NewsWatch (online)
Full text articles from newspapers and periodicals published by the ethnic and minority press in America, some dating back to 1985.- Gender Studies Database (online)
Gender Studies Database, produced by NISC, combines NISC's popular Women's Studies International and Men's Studies databases with the coverage of sexual diversity issues. GSD covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. This database includes more than 696,750 records with coverage spanning from 1972 and earlier to present.- GenderWatch (online)
Full text collection of journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings and governmental n-g-o and special reports devoted to women's and gender issues. Contains materials dating back to the 1970's. Incorporated the publication Women "R."- Legal Collection (online)
This database contains full text for nearly 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals. The Legal Collection is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.
Books
Searching for Books
Books, as all library materials, can be found through the Library's Catalog using Title, Author, Subject, Keyword, or other numeric index searches.
Using the Library's Catalog, students can check on an item's location, availability, and bibliographic information. The Library's Catalog is University wide; however, all searches can be limited to only materials owned by the RWC Library.
RWC students can borrow all available materials from any of the University of Cincinnati Libraries, as well as all available materials through the OhioLINK Catalog. The OhioLINK Catalog is a statewide library catalog consisting of library materials from colleges, universities, and public libraries throughout Ohio. To request materials from libraries other than the RWC Library, use the convenient online request option to request available materials.
Common Subject Headings
- Child labor
- Children’s rights
- Civil rights
- Democracy
- Discrimination
- Freedom of expression
- Gays
- Genocide
- Homosexuality
- Human rights
- Human trafficking
- International law
- International relations
- Lesbianism
- Lesbians
- Poverty
- Prostitution
- Sex crimes
- Social rights
- Torture
- Transsexuals
- Women’s rights
RWC Books
- Gender and Human Rights - Stacks K3230.W6 G46 2004 (print)
- International Human Rights Law: Returning to Universal Principles - Stacks K3240 .G53 2008 (print)
- Inventing Human Rights: A History - Stacks JC585 .H89 2007 (print)
New Political Science & Law Titles with Reviews
Citation & Style Guides
- Citation Resources (online)
Dictionaries & Thesauri
- Historical Dictionary of Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations - REF JC571 .G655 2007 (print)
Encyclopedias
General Encyclopedias
- Oxford Reference Online (online)
The Core Collection is a huge and comprehensive resource that contains over 100 dictionaries and reference titles covering the complete subject spectrum: from General Reference and Language to Science and Medicine, and from Humanities and Social Sciences to Business and Professional.- World Book Web (online)
World Book Web is a suite of online research tools that delivers encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video, complemented by current periodicals and related Web sites. All the databases are editor-screened for authenticity and age-appropriate content.Subject Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties - REF KF4747.5 .E53 2006 (print)
- Great Debates at the United Nations: An Encyclopedia of Fifty Key Issues 1945-2000 - Stacks KZ4968 .G67 2001 (print)
- The Human Rights Encyclopedia - Langsam REF JC571 .L523 2001 (print)
- International Encyclopedia of Human Rights: Freedoms, Abuses, and Remedies - Langsam REF JC571 .M3243 2000 (print)
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (online)
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy was designed from its inception (September 1995) as a dynamic reference work. In a dynamic reference work, each entry is maintained and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts in the field. All entries and updates are refereed by the members of a distinguished Editorial Board before they are made public. Consequently, this dynamic reference work is responsive to new research. You can, however, cite fixed editions which are made on a quarterly basis and stored in the Archives.
Handbooks
Journals
Journals, as all library periodicals, can be found through the Library's Catalog using Title, Subject, Keyword, or other numeric index searches. Using the Library's Catalog, students can check on an journal's location, availability, and holdings.
Full-Text Journals
All full-text journals can be found through the Library's Full Text Journal List using Title or ISSN searches, or browsed by subject.
Web Sites
The Arts
- Americans for the Arts
- Freemuse
- Manifestos.net
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Nobel Laureates in Literature
- Painters for Human Rights
- PBS
- PEN American Center
- Poets Against War
- Poets.org - Academy of American Poets
General
- Human Rights Library - University of Minnesota
- Inter-American Human Rights Database - Washington College of Law
Organizations
United Nations and Government
- Human Rights - United Nations
- United Nations Documentation: Research Guide
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - U.S. Department of State
This page was last updated on 12/16/2008 by Lauren Wahman.