New Human Rights Books at Babbidge Library

Posted on September 6, 2007 by Jean Cardinale

Sorry for the lack of updates this week. The beginning of the semester is extremely busy for library staff as well!

New Human Rights Titles in Babbidge Library:

European Convention on Human Rights: Achievements, Problems, and Prospects. S.C. Greer, 2006.

People’s History of the European Court of Human Rights. Goldhaber, Michael D. 2007.

Securitising Russia: The Domestic Politics of Putin. Bacon, Edwin, 2006.

Nazi War Crimes, US Intelligence, and Selective Prosecution at Nuremberg: Controversies Regarding the Role of the Office of Strategic Services. Salter, Michael, 2007.

Travesty: The Trial of Slobodan Milosevic and the Corruption of International Justice. Laughland, John, 2007.

Humanitarian Imperialism: Using Human Rights to Sell War. Bricmont, J. 2006.

American Torture: From the Cold War to Abu Graib and Beyond. Otterman, Michael, 2007.

Finding Articles from a Citation

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Jean Cardinale

UConn Libraries are pleased to announce the new and improved Citation Linker/Full Text Article Finder. It can aslo be found on the library website Most Used Databases page. (Look for the UConn Links button: )

The Citation Linker is a great tool because it allows you to quickly determine if the library has full text access to a particular article. All you have to do is type in the citation information, and voila!

Human Rights Film Collection at UConn

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Jean Cardinale

The Human Rights Film Collection has been updated and expanded for the new academic year to include almost 400 films. An annotated pdf listing of films (55 pages, 429 KB) is now available on the human rights research guide’s film page. Films are listed in alphabetical order by title and include summary information, call number, format, and location.

Unfortunately, the bulk of the films are VHS cassette tapes, but we are continually updating the collection to include more DVDs. Most titles purchased since 2002 are in DVD format. To browse the film collection in person, go to the media room on the 3rd floor of Babbidge Library.

A small sampling of titles from the Human Rights Film Collection:

The 3 Rooms of Melancholia/ Millennium Film, a film by Pirjo Honkasalo. 2004. DVD.

Reveals the psychological devastation the Chechen conflict has inflicted on children. DK 511 .C37 T4 2004

All About Darfur. written, produced and directed by Taghreed Elsanhouri. 2005. DVD.

Includes interviews with ordinary Sudanese in outdoor tea shops, markets, refugee camps and living rooms to illuminate the deeply rooted prejudices at the heart of the current ethnic violence. DT 154.6 .A45 2005.

Hunger in America/ produced by Martin Carr; written by Peter Davis. DVD

A researched study of hunger and malnutrition in the United States, focusing on communities in Alabama, Arizona, Washington DC and Texas. There is also analysis of US government food programs, including farm subsidies, food stamps, and surplus food. HV 696 .F6 H85

The Torture Question. Written, produced and directed by Michael Kirk; a Frontline coproduction with Kirk Documentary Group, Ltd. ; WGBH Educational Foundation. DVD

Episode of the PBS series, Frontline, which explores decisions made in Washington, D.C. in the immediate aftermath of September 11th which led to policies which allowed for prisoner abuse in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, and Iraq.

For more films, please see the complete film listing.

New Human Rights E-Books for Undergrads

Posted on August 17, 2007 by Jean Cardinale

Human rights in the United States: a dictionary and documents, by Rita Cantos Cartwright and H. Victor Condé. (UConn access available here.)

Globalization and health, edited by Ichirō Kawachi, Sarah Wamala. (UConn access available here.)

Human rights worldwide: a reference handbook, by Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat. (UConn access available here.)

Which rights should be universal? by William J. Talbott. (UConn access available here.)

Human rights in the ’War on Terror’, edited by Richard Wilson. (UConn access available here.)

New and Recent Human Rights Books in Babbidge Library

Posted on July 19, 2007 by Jean Cardinale

Beyond sovereignty : Britain, empire and transnationalism, c. 1880-1950 / edited by Kevin Grant, Philippa Levine and Frank Trentmann. DA16 .B556 2007

Ethics in action : the ethical challenges of international human rights nongovernmental organizations / edited by Daniel A. Bell, Jean-Marc Coicaud. JZ4850 .E84 2007

Global justice, global institutions / edited by Daniel Weinstock. JC578 .G57 2007

Globalization and health [electronic resource] / edited by IchiroÌ„ Kawachi, Sarah Wamala. E-book Guantanamo Bay and the judicial-moral treatment of the other / edited by Clark Butler. Greater Hartford Library HV6432 .G825 2007

Handbook of restorative justice / edited by Gerry Johnstone and Daniel W. Van Ness. HV8688 .H35 2007

Native Americans and the environment : perspectives on the ecological Indian / edited and with an introduction by Michael E. Harkin and David Rich Lewis GF501 .N37 2007

Protecting The Human Rights of Comfort Women, Serial No.110-16, February 15, 2007, 110-1 Hearing, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Babbidge Federal Documents-Level B, Call Number Y 4.F 76/1:H 88/66

Writing toward hope: the literature of human rights in Latin America / [edited by] Marjorie AgosiÌn. PQ7083 .W75 2007

Human rights abuses and systemic racism through the criminalization of survival: an ethnographic exploration of juvenile detention in a New England city/ William T. Armaline. Babbidge Theses-Level A Call Number: Thesis S63 2007 Arma

Philosophical thinking about death and dying / Vincent Barry. BD444 .B37 2007

Cultural relativism in the face of the West : the plight of women and children / Bret L. Billet. JC571 .B542 2007

Freedoms and solidarities : in pursuit of human rights / Judith Blau and Alberto Moncada. JC571 .B5518 2007

Complex political victims / Erica Bouris. JC571 .B6725 2007

Finding common ground : reconciliation in divided societies/ Erin Daly and Jeremy Sarkin. JC571 .D332 2007

International human rights / Jack Donnelly. JC571 .D753 2007 Echoes of violence : letters from a war reporter / Carolin Emcke. D860 .E5313 2007

The Ministry of Special Cases / Nathan Englander. PS3555.N424 M56 2007

Human rights and wrongs : slavery, terror, genocide / Helen Fein. Greater Hartford Library JC571 .F423 2007

The concise guide to global human rights / Daniel Fischlin, Martha Nandorfy. JC571 .F58 2007

Justice and the social contract : essays on Rawlsian political philosophy / Samuel Freeman. JC578 .F697 2007

The terrorist conjunction : the United States, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and al-QaÌ„’ida / Alfred G. Gerteiny ; foreword by Jean Ziegler. Stamford Library HV6431 .G47 2007

Inventing human rights : a history / Lynn Hunt. JC585 .H89 2007

Imperialism and human rights : colonial discourses of rights and liberties in African history / Bonny Ibhawoh. KQC572 .I24 2007

From civil rights to human rights : Martin Luther King, Jr., and the struggle for economic justice / Thomas F. Jackson. Greater Hartford Library E185.97.K5 J34 2007

Genocide : modern crimes against humanity / Brendan January. Dodd Research Center C4693 (Reading Room Use Only)

Human rights in turmoil : facing threats, consolidating achievements / by SteÌphanie Lagoutte, Hans-Otto Sanoand Peter Scharff Smith. K3240 .L34 2007

The challenge of human rights : origin, development, and significance / Jack Mahoney. JC571 .M25 2007

War crimes and just war / Larry May. B105.W3 M39 2007

Making sense of human rights / James W. Nickel. JC571 .N49 2007

Latina activists across borders : women’s grassroots organizing in Mexico and Texas / Milagros PenÌƒa. Greater Hartford Library HN49.W6 P46 2007

Toward a theory of human rights : religion, law, courts /Michael J. Perry. JC571 .P4215 2007

Detainee operations at Guantanamo Bay : hearing before the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, hearing held June 29, 2005. Babbidge Federal Documents-Level B. Call Number: Y 4.AR 5/2 A:2005-2006/37

Examination of a fundamental human right : the 2006 International Religious Freedom Report : hearing before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, December 21, 2006. Babbidge Federal Documents-Level B Call Number: Y 4.IN 8/16:EX

China‘s national and local regulations on religion : recent developments in legislation and implementation: roundtable before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, November 20, 2006. Babbidge Federal Documents-Level B Call Number: Y 4.C 44:R 27/6

Cannibal Island : death in a Siberian gulag / Nicolas Werth; foreword by Jan T. Gross ; translated from the French by Steven Rendall. DK771.O2 W4713 2007

State terrorism in Latin America : Chile, Argentina, and international human rights / Thomas C. Wright. Greater Hartford Library

New tool for finding full text journal articles

Posted on July 13, 2007 by Jean Cardinale

Our Womens Studies librarian has developed a brief video tutorial which shows how to use the UConn Links tool to locate journal articles full text. http://www.lib.uconn.edu/using/tutorials/instruction/Viewlets/UConnLinksGen/UConnLinksGen_viewlet_swf.html

If you are using a database and find a citation for an article that you want, all you have to do is click on the UConn Links button and it will determine if we have access to the article full text in a different database, and if so, it provides the link to take you there. If not, it directs you to a window to request the article through Document Delivery/Inter-Library Loan (ILL).

Human Rights Database Locator

Posted on July 10, 2007 by Jean Cardinale

Human Rights has been added to the library’s research database locator: http://rdl.lib.uconn.edu/bySubject.php

With this new resource, the Top 5 databases for human rights are now together in one place, as well as links to the human rights subject guide, and 10 more databases for general human rights research.

For more specialized human rights subject research, see the journal articles page on the human rights research website: http://www.lib.uconn.edu/online/research/bysubject/humanrights/hrdatabases.html, and scroll down for links to suggested resources for selected human rights topics, including economic rights, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, war and conflict, health, and education.

New Human Rights Research Guide!

Posted on June 27, 2007 by Jean Cardinale

I’ve developed a new human rights research guide to showcase human rights resources at UConn. Please check it out and let me know what you think!

http://www.lib.uconn.edu/online/research/bysubject/humanrights/index.html

My sincerest gratitute to UConn’s women’s studies librarian, Kathy Labadorf, who provided me with the design template.

New Human Rights Books and Films at Homer Babbidge Library

Posted on June 6, 2007 by Jean Cardinale

Summer is a great time for research, and Babbidge Library has a number of new resources available for human rights.

Human Rights General

Mahoney, John. Challenge of Human Rights: Origin, Development and Significance. JC571 .M25 2007

Fisclin, Daniel. Concise Guide to Global Human Rights. JC571 .F58 2007

Li, Xiaorong. Ethics, Human Rights and Culture: Beyond Relativism and Universalism JC571 .L52828 2006

Andreassen, Bard. Development as a Human Right: Legal, Political, and Economic Dimensions. JC571 .N636 2003

Delaet, Debra L. Global Struggle for Human Rights: Universal Principles in World Politics. JC571 .D374 2006

Landman, Todd. Studying Human Rights. JC571 .L249 2006

Perry, Michael J. Toward a Theory of Human Rights: Religion, Law, Courts. JC571 .P4215 2007

Child Labor

Wiener, Myron. Child and the State in
India: Child Labor and Education Policy in Comparative Perspective. HD6250.I42 W45 2000

Williams, Mary E. Child Labor and Sweatshops. HD6231 .C455 2006

Hindman, Hugh D. Child Labor: An American History. HD6250.U3 H53 2002

Cigno, Alessandro. Economics of Child Labour. HD6231 .C47 2005

Cathryne L. Schmitz. Child Labor: A Global View. HD6231 .C453 2004

Conflict and Peacebuilding

Bouris, Erica. Complex Political Victims. JC571 .B6725 2007

Mertus, Julie. Human Rights and Conflict: Exploring the Link Between Rights, Law, and Peacebuilding. JC571 .C68727 2006

Daly, Erin. Finding Common Ground: Reconciliation in Divided Societies. JC571 .D332 2007

Govier, Trudy. Taking Wrongs Seriously: Acknowledgment, Reconciliation, and the Politics of Sustainable Peace. JC578 .G68 2006

Rothbart, Daniel. Identity, Morality, and Threat: Studies in Violent Conflict HM1121 .I34 2006

Economic Rights

Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda. Economic Rights in Canada and the
United States. JC599.C2 E36 2006

Fair Trade

Fridell, Gavin. Fair Trade Coffee: The Prospects and Pitfalls of Market-Driven Social Justice. HD9199.D44 F75 2007

Nicholls, Alex. Fair Trade: Market-Driven Ethical Consumption. HF1379 .N53 2005

Littrell, Mary Ann. Social Responsibility in the Global Market: Fair Trade of Cultural Products. HD2341 .L58 1999

Gender Issues

Billet, Bret. Cultural Relativism in the Face of the West: The Plight of Women and Female Children. JC571 .B542 2007

Genocide

Prunier, Gerard.
Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide. DT159.6.D27 P78 2005

Global Development

Peerenboom, R.P.
China Modernizes: Threat to the West or Model for the Rest? JC599.C6 P43 2007

Labor

Reynolds, David B. Taking the High Road: Communities Organize for Economic Change. HN65 .R477 2002

Reynolds, David B. Partnering for Change: Unions and Community Groups Build Coalitions for Economic Justice. HD8072.5 .P375 2004

Gold, Michael Evan. Introduction to Labor Law. KF3319 .G62 1998

Living Wage

Pollin, Robert. Living Wage: Building a Fair Economy. HD4918 .P65 2000

Glickman, Laurence B. Living Wage: American Workers and the Making of Consumer Society. HD6983 .G475 1999

Weinbaum, Eve S. To Move a Mountain: Fighting the Global Economy in
Appalachia. HD5708.55.U62 A558 2004

Levin-Waldman, Oren M. Political Economy of the Living Wage: A Study of Four Cities. HD4975 .L428 2005

Quigley, William P. Ending Poverty as We Know it: Guaranteeing a Right to a Job at a Living Wage. HD4975 .Q54 2003

Race Issues

Harrison, Faye V. Resisting Racism and Xenophobia: Global Perspectives on Race, Gender and Human Rights. JC571 .R4752 2005

Jung, Moon-Kie. Reworking Race: The Making of Hawaii’s Interracial Labor Movement. HD8083.H3 J86 2006

New Films on Human Rights

Transnational Tradeswomen. 2006. HD6073.B92 A85 2006

A documentary by former construction worker, Vivian Price, depicting the contemporary and historical roles of women in the construction industry in
Asia. Women have been performing construction work in
Asia for centuries; however industrialization is not benefiting women, as their jobs are being replaced by machinery. The film shows that technological progress does not always result in gender equality or the alleviation of poverty.

In the Tall Grass. 2006. KTD182.9 .I5 2006

This documentary of post-genocide Rwanda depicts the Hutu and Tutsi in
Rwanda’s unique reconciliation process: Gacaca, a network of grassroots community courts. The film explores the challenges for countries transitioning from violence to peace.

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