Human Rights Information
Background Information: Encyclopedias
Search "human rights"; or be more specific, for example: "freedom of speech"
- Gale eBooks
A great place to begin your research, Gale eBooks offers thousands of authoritative articles published in academic encyclopedias, and written by subject experts. Gale eBooks provides information you can not only trust, but cite in a paper as well. Formerly called GVRL: Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Books
Use keywords or search by Subject: human rights [courntry name]
- Ignacio: Library Catalog
The library catalog lets you search across the holdings of Gleeson Library and Zief Law Library, including books, videos, and other materials. Alumni and visitor access.
Articles
Searcy by keyword. Example: russia lgbt rights
- Fusion
Fusion allows you to search, in one place, the majority of the library’s books, articles, videos, etc. It includes all the materials in our library catalog Ignacio, as well as the content of the majority of our many databases.
Organizations
Country Reports
Background information, statistics, and history of nations of the world.
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
Presents easy-to-understand information on more than 200 countries and dependencies from around the world. Entries discuss a variety of topics in detail, from banking and securities to climate, from government data to demographic statistics. Also includes biographical essays on national leaders.
- Nations of the World
Noted for its thoughtful, up-to-date, reliable and careful compilation, this completely-updated edition offers political, economic and business information on all the nations of the world in an easy-to-use, single source. - Europa World
Europa World is the online version of the Europa World Year Book, the indispensable source of information on world-wide affairs. First published in 1926, the year book is renowned as one of the world's leading reference works, covering political and economic information in over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. - EIU.com
Country profiles and economic reports, current economic events for nearly 200 countries or economic territories.
