{"id":61,"date":"2007-12-19T14:35:43","date_gmt":"2007-12-19T14:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/humanrightsresearch.wordpress.com\/2007\/12\/19\/searching-for-human-rights-materials-on-the-internet\/"},"modified":"2007-12-19T14:35:43","modified_gmt":"2007-12-19T14:35:43","slug":"searching-for-human-rights-materials-on-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/humanrights\/2007\/12\/19\/searching-for-human-rights-materials-on-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Searching for Human Rights Materials on the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve received more questions about finding human rights articles online.<\/p>\n<p>For those conducting academic research (UConn Human Rights Minors, this means you!)\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rdl.lib.uconn.edu\/subjects\/2096\">subcription databases<\/a>, available through\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/rdl.lib.uconn.edu\/subjects\/2096\">library&#8217;s website<\/a>,\u00a0such as Gale Academic OneFile, Lexis Nexis, and CIAO, are the best places to look for human rights articles.\u00a0 Another option is to browse through peer-reviewed human rights journals, such as the Journal of Human Rights, Human Rights Quarterly, etc.\u00a0 You can find a listing of human rights journals and databases available through UConn&#8217;s library on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uconn.edu\/online\/research\/bysubject\/humanrights\/hrdatabases.html\">Journal Articles page of the Human Rights Subject Guide<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uconn.edu\/online\/research\/bysubject\/humanrights\/hrdatabases.html\">http:\/\/www.lib.uconn.edu\/online\/research\/bysubject\/humanrights\/hrdatabases.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those who do not have access to the subscription resources of a university, there are some great places to look for journal articles and human rights information online.\u00a0 The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uconn.edu\/online\/research\/bysubject\/humanrights\/hrkeywebsites.html\">Key Websites page on the Human Rights Subject Guide <\/a>has a listing of good places to start your online search.\u00a0I&#8217;ve listed just a few examples here.\u00a0 Individual NGOs often provide information and publish reports as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.umn.edu\/humanrts\/\">University of Minnesota Human Rights Library<\/a> includes a wide array of human rights documents, treaties, and other information.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hurisearch.org\/\">HuriSearch Portal <\/a>is a search engine designed for human rights activists, students, and educators, and it searches over 4, 000 human rights websites for information.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hrea.org\/\">Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)<\/a>\u00a0is an international non-governmental organization that supports human rights learning and has information on a variety of human rights themes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For a more comprehensive listing of places to look on the internet for human rights information, please check the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uconn.edu\/online\/research\/bysubject\/humanrights\/hrkeywebsites.html\">Key Websites page on the University of Connecticut Libraries Human Rights Subject Guide <\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve received more questions about finding human rights articles online. 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