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SOC279b Research Guide: Reference Works

Your Guide to Research on Nonviolent Social Change & Social Movements

Reference Resources for Human Rights Issues

Use the reference books & ebooks below for background information and to identify some of the trends & issues in the study of human rights. Use the library catalogs linked below to search for more reference books & books of scholarly research.

Directories

HandsOn Central Ohio 2-1-1 (web site)
Provides information on local social, education, cultural, health, government, & self-help services.

Encyclopedias & Handbooks

Encyclopedia of Power by Keith Dowding (Editor)
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 9781452266411
Year of Publication : 2011-01-01
Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change
ISBN: 9781118505328
Year of Publication : 2014
International Encyclopedia of Civil Society
ISBN: 9780387939964
Year of Publication : 2010

Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Global Freedom Struggle

More Human Rights Ebooks

Phiilosophical Dimensions of Human Rights
Call Number: online
ISBN: 9789400723764
Year of Publication : 2012
Confronting Genocide
Call Number: online
ISBN: 9789048198405
Year of Publication : 2011
War by Contract: Human Rights, Humanitarian Law, and Private Contractors
Call Number: online
ISBN: 9780199604555
Year of Publication : 2011

Search for Additional Books & Ebooks

ODU Library Catalog
Search in the ODU Library Catalog for items in our collection in print and online through OPAL.
OhioLINK Classic Catalog
Search academic libraries statewide.

Oxford Academic
Oxford Academic indexes ebooks from Oxford Scholarship Online, Oxford Handbooks Online, Oxford Medicine Online, and Oxford Clinical Psychology. Full text is available only for the ebooks from Oxford Scholarship Online.