The following PREMIUM DIGITAL RESOURCES may be useful for research in this subject . However they are password protected and when you click on any of the icons below you will be re-directed to a page that requires authentication.
THE GALE VIRTUAL LIBRARY HAS A HUGE COLLECTION OF E-BOOKS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENOCIDE THE MODERN WORLD HISTORY DATABASE WILL GIVE YOU COMPREHENSIVE FACTS ON A BROAD RANGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AROUND THE WORLD
ANZRC WILL GIVE YOUR ARTICLES FROM NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES AND ACADEMIC JOURNALS
JSTOR INDEXES A LARGE RANGE OF ACADEMIC ARTICLES ON GENOCIDE |
It is always important to critically evaluate information that you are using. In brief, if you are asked to critically analyze a source for its usefulness, you ask the following questions
Who has written the information and what authority do they have? Is the information objective or biased? Is there a hidden agenda? Is it corroborated by other sources? How current is the information? Is it relevant to your topic?
To help identify the answers to these questions we use the CRAAP test
Research is a process with many steps, and is rarely linear. A good researcher uses multiple sources and continually goes back and reviews their question and keeps adding new vocabulary and learning to their search. This Libguide has been created to provide support for your research.
There are two methods for accessing books in the library. Books on genocide can be found in different sections of the non-fiction collection. See the box on the right for the corresponding Dewey numbers to start your browsing. Alternatively, you can use Oliver to search for information. Do a search for genocide or the country your genocide occurred in.
Click HERE for a list of general resources on Genocide
Before starting your research, it is good practice to think about and create a list of keywords that you can use to search for information on your topic. Google is very intuitive however databases usually require a search string. Here are a few tips to help you.
Suggestions for this topic: Armenian genocide impact Armenian genocide causes Armenian genocide effects Armenian genocide effects Armenian genocide denial Armenian genocide history |
You can use Oliver to find books in the library however sometimes it is helpful to know the Dewey numbers for a subject. In doing so you will be able to find books on that subject in most libraries. It will also be useful at those times when you know the topic but don't know where to start looking.
Note that resources about specific events will be located within the Dewey division for the country where the event took place.
303.3 | Power |
303.6 | Conflict and conflict resolution; violence |
305.8 | Ethnic and national groups; racism; multiculturalism |
323 | Human rights |
364.1 | Crimes and offenses |
364.2 | Causes of Crime |
940.3 | Europe World War I |
947.08 | Russia and Eastern Europe |
949.7 | Former Yugoslavia (Bosnia, Herzegovina-, Kosovo, Slovenia, Macedonia, Serbia) |
956.6 | Eastern Portions of Turkey (formerly known as Armenia and Kurdistan) |
959.6 | Cambodia |
962 | Egypt; Sudan; South Sudan |
967 | Africa; Sub-Saharan |
967.571 | Democratic Republic of the Congo; Rwanda and Burundi |
The Referencing Libguide has resources on how to cite/reference sources in research.
The Online Reference Generator allows you to create citations and bibliographies using the Harvard Referencing Style for a comprehensive list of resources.
MyBib is a free online service that allows users to generate citations and bibliographies. You can paste in a DOI, ISBN or URL and have the fields populate automatically. However it does not always provide the correct reference so you must check that all possible parts of the reference have been included. |