History 497G History of Human Rights

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History 497G History of Human Rights

• Government Information Resources
• Bill Sudduth
• Head, Government Information, Microforms,
  Newspapers, and Maps

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Government Information _at_ TCL

• United States
• Federal Depository Library since 1884
• Regional Depository since 1988
• European Union Depository since 1976
• Extensive United Nations collection on microfiche

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IGOs and NGOs

• IGO International Governmental Organization
• Two types
• Supra-national (European Union)
• Non-supranational (United Nations)
• NGO Non-governmental Organization
• autonomous non-profit and non-party/politically-un
  affiliated organizations that advance a
  particular cause or set of causes in the public
  interest
• Amnesty International - http//www.amnesty.org/
• Medicine sans frontiers - http//www.msf.org/
• NGO Monitor - http//www.ngo-monitor.org/index.php
  

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Types of IGOs

• Supranational
• Has the ability to make decisions that are
  binding on the member states and its citizens
• European Union
• Non-Supranational
• Must work with each member state to achieve goals
  or programs
• United Nations

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Foreign, International, and NGO Information

• TCL Library catalog
• Access UN
• UN documents index 1966-
• Includes some full text
• United Nations
• http//www.un.org/english/
• United Nations Human Rights section
• http//www.un.org/rights/

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UN Print Resources of Interest

• Annual Review of United Nations Affairs
• Docs Ref. JX1977.A1 A5 (latest 2009/2010)
• UN Chronicle
• Docs Ref. JX1977.A1 U564 (latest issue 48(2)2011
• Also available as E-Journal
• UN Yearbook
• Docs Ref. JX1977.A37 Y4 (latest v.61, 2007)

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European Union

• Human Rights
• http//europa.eu/pol/rights/index_en.htm
• Topics to search by
• Health or Public Health
• Migration and Asylum

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US Government Information

• Publications since 1976 in TCLs catalog
• Internet sources
• USA.gov http//usa.gov/
• Before 1976
• Monthly Catalog of US Government Publications
• PAIS
• See your government information librarian
• National Archives Online Public Search
• http//www.archives.gov/research/search

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US Government Publications

• HumanRights.gov www.humanrights.gov
• State Department Human Rights page
• http//www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Y
  4.IN 8/16-15yr
• http//www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/c1470.htm

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PAIS Archive/International

• Single database
• PAIS Archive (1915-1976)
• Books, Directories, Government Information,
  Journals, Proceedings
• PAIS International (1972-)
• The materials indexed are published in 60
  countries in six languages -- English, German,
  French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.

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LEXIS/NEXIS Academic

• World News
• North/South America (mostly US/Canada)
• European
• Asia/Pacific
• Middle East/Africa
• Very little coverage before mid-1990s

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Newspapers at TCL

• Times (London)
• Times Digital Archives 1785-1985
• Guardian (London)
• Le Monde (Paris)
• Die Zeit (Hamburg)
• Christian Science Monitor
• New York Times/ New York Times Historical
• Washington Post

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Additional Resources

• Maps Level 5 of Library
• Open M-F 8-5
• National Security Archive
• http//www.gwu.edu/nsarchiv

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Questions?

• Government Information, Microforms, Newspapers,
  and Maps (Level 5)
• Monday-Thursday 8 -10
• Friday 8 - 6
• Saturday 1- 6
• Sunday 1 -10
• Bill Sudduth
• sudduthw_at_mailbox.sc.edu