Research Guides: Human Rights: Books & Articles

Books

Beyond the Boycott by Gay W. Seidman; G. Seidman
Call Number: Main Library Stacks (HD8943 .S44 2007)
ISBN: 9780871547613
Publication Date: 2007-09-01
The Evolution of International Human Rights by Paul Gordon Lauren
ISBN: 9780812221381
Publication Date: 2011-03-17
Remaking Rwanda by Scott Straus (Editor); Lars Waldorf (Editor)
ISBN: 9780299282646
Publication Date: 2011-04-18
Human Rights and Memory by Daniel Levy; Natan Sznaider
Call Number: Main Library Stacks (JC571 .L49 2010)
ISBN: 9780271037387
Publication Date: 2010-08-10

Library Catalog

Brandeis's library catalog and more!

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WorldCat
Catalog of books in libraries around the world.

Use WorldCat to request materials at nearby libraries in the Boston Library Consortium (a partnership of major university libraries in the Boston area).

General Databases

Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text news, business, industry and legal information from major newspapers and magazines.

Dissertations

Subject Databases

Human Rights Studies Online
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.
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
More than 400,000 scholarly journals, books, government documents, newspapers, gray literature, and other resources on policy and international affairs.
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
A comprehensive source on theory and research in international affairs, from Columbia University, includes a wide range of scholarship (journal articles, books, working papers, and more) from 1991 onwards.
Historical Abstracts
A scholarly database with more 1700 journals, covering the history of the world from 1450 onwards.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Newspapers, magazines, and journals from American ethnic, minority, and native communities, from 1960 to the present.
HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index)
A premier database of scholarly literature on Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Latinos in the United States, from 1970 to the present.
Women’s Studies International
A scholarly database with the latest research in women’s and feminist studies, from 1972 to the present.
LGBT Life
Includes scholarly and popular publications on the LGBT community, include many peer-reviewed journals, from the late 1960s to the present.
Digital National Security Archive
The most comprehensive set of declassified government documents available, spanning from WWII to the present.
SocINDEX
Sociology research including ethnic & racial studies.

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

If we don't have the book, article, or other material you need, we can probably get it for you! Learn more about using our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service to request books and articles from other libraries.

WorldCat Discovery (OCLC) This link opens in a new window
WorldCat is an online catalog for libraries around the world. Use it to request materials from other libraries, and pick them at Brandeis Library. There is no charge to you for this service!