Finding Books:

Search the library catalog using a specific topic, such as human rights, or the specific country of interest, such as Haiti, Cuba, Iraq, etc., or browse the following subject areas in the Dewey Decimal numbers indicated below:  

To retrieve a listing of items within the Sullivan University library online catalog, click on the appropriate Library of Congress Subject Heading with the corresponding Dewey Decimal number(s), in the box below, then click GO!

Subjects Children's right--History (305, 305.12, 301.41) Euthanasia (306.9, 174, 179.7) Globalization (337, 338.8) Human rights--History (344.73, 323) Women's rights (301.412, 305.4, 301.41) Civil rights (174, 323)

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Additional resources may be found at the Louisville Free Public Library (www.lfpl.org)

Reference Books:

Audiovisual:

Many articles from these databases contain full text articles and can be accessed from the library?s web page:

ABI/INFORM Research: This scholarly business periodicals database comprises nearly 1400 North American sources to provide information on advertising, economics, human resources, finance, marketing, computers and more. Fast access to information on over 60,000 companies. Now indexes The Wall Street Journal.

Relevant journal in this database:

          Employee responsibilities and rights journal

Relevant journals in this database:

          Human rights

          Human rights review

          International journal of human rights

          Journal of human rights

          Texas forum on civil liberties & civil rights

Alt-Press Watch: Available through ProQuest?, this database provides access to articles from alternative and independent press newspapers, magazines and journals that provide a valuable non-mainstream source of coverage, viewpoints and perspectives to that of traditional media sources.

Business Source Premier:  An EBSCOhost? database indexing 3,650+ scholarly/peer-reviewed business journals back to 1922 and providing the corresponding full-text/full-image for articles on all business subjects  including management, finance and accounting.  Also includes country economic reports as well as comprehensive  profiles for the 10,000 largest companies:  click the COMPANY PROFILE tab on the toolbar at the top of the page.  Updated daily.

Directory of Open Access Journals:  This service covers 815 free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals in all subjects and languages.

Newspaper Source: An EBSCOhost? database providing full-text articles from 23 national and international newspapers, television and radio news transcripts, and 200 regional U.S. newspapers.  Updated daily.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Critical Thinking  A full-text database providing differing points of view on current social issues, such as affirmative action, censorship, ecology and mental health.

Proquest?:  among the available Proquest? databases, ABI/INFORM? Research is a scholarly business periodicals database comprising nearly 1400 North American sources in advertising, economics, human resources, finance, marketing, computers and more. ABI also provides access to information on 60,000+ companies and includes an index to the full-text files of The Wall Street Journal? since 1985.

Sociological Collection: An EBSCOhost? database indexing full-text articles from 500+ scholarly/peer-reviewed journals back to 1975 in all areas of sociology including social behavior, relationships and social structure.  Updated daily.

TOPICsearch: An EBSCOhost? full-text database providing full-text articles related to current events on social scientific, political and economic issues.

Amnesty International:  An international association promoting human rights  

Human Rights Watch ? non-profit organization that researches and publishes information on abuses of human rights by country, and which addresses issues of global impact, such as HIV/AIDS, refugees, children?s rights, arms, LGBT rights, etc in their reports and publications.

International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies. This Washington DC -based private, non-profit was founded in 1949, and states that its goals are ?to enhance human rights practices under law,?to promote civil and human rights around the world.

Nobel Peace Prize e-Museum: This website provides background of award recipients noted for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace.

Physicians for Human Rights: An organization that creates reports on human rights abuses and campaigns to end them.

United States Department of State:  Contains annual human rights reports.  Until 2001, annual trade reports were also issued.   

United States Department of the Treasury:  Lists current trade sanctions