Library Guides: PL 228 Genocide: Getting Started

Databases

HeinOnline
Includes several databases, such as:
- Foreign & International Law Resources
- Law Library of Congress Reports
- LGBTQ+ Rights
- Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
- United Nations Law Collection
- Women and the Law
- World Constitutions Illustrated
- World Treaty Library
- World Trials Library
Nexis Uni
News sources provided by Nexis Uni include:
- national and regional newspapers
- international news
- news transcripts
- newswires and press releases
Legal material includes:
- U.S. Federal and state case law
- codes
- regulations
- legal news
- law reviews
Business content includes:
- international legal information
- business news journals
- company financial information
- industry and market news.
United Nations iLibrary
Publications can be fully accessed and read by clicking the READER button when opening its page.
HeinOnline
Includes several databases, such as:
- Foreign & International Law Resources
- Law Library of Congress Reports
- LGBTQ+ Rights
- Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
- United Nations Law Collection
- Women and the Law
- World Constitutions Illustrated
- World Treaty Library
- World Trials Library

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
It covers a very wide range of subjects related to International Politics, such as:
- Security
- Economics
- Development
- Foreign Policy
- International Relations
- Diplomacy
- Governance
- Defense Policy
- European Union
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
Topics include:
- political economy
- world politics
- political history
- governance
- political institutions
- political violence
- political philosophy
Political Science Database
Social Science Research Network eLibrary

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Browse the Book Shelves

If you want to explore the library by browsing the stacks, you can find useful books in the following sections:

HV 6322.7: Criminology (this class includes works about genocide)
K 5301-5305: International criminal law (includes works on crimes against humanity)

Some subjects in the Library Catalog can be particularly helpful to find relevant sources:

Recommended Journals

International Organization

Recommended Websites

H-Genocide Discussion Network
H-Genocide forms part of the H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences website. It is an academic discussion forum for scholars, practitioners and aid workers interested in the history, nature and impact of genocides worldwide. It includes email discussions, book reviews, conference listings and links to useful full text Internet resources. It includes coverage of genocide during the Holocaust and modern conflicts such as Rwanda and Darfur. Archived messages can be searched or browsed.
Holocaust and Related Maps
The Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative is a project of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. It uses Google Maps technology and animated maps to provide users with mappings of where the Holocaust took place. These are then linked to oral histories, encyclopaedia entries and articles giving an extra layer of understanding to the period.
Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
UN website for the prevention of genocide. It includes official documents and primary sources.
Yale Genocide Studies Program
The Genocide Studies Program at Yale’s MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies conducts research, seminars and conferences on comparative, interdisciplinary, and policy issues relating to the phenomenon of genocide, and has provided training to researchers from afflicted regions, including Cambodia, Rwanda, and East Timor.
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (CHGS) promotes academic research, education, and public awareness of the Holocaust, other genocides, and current forms of mass violence. From the University of Minnesota
Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
As Canada’s leading research and advocacy Institute for genocide and mass atrocity crimes prevention, the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) conducts in-depth scholarly research and proposes concrete policy recommendations to resolve conflicts before they degenerate into mass atrocity crimes.
Prevent Genocide International
Prevent Genocide International is a global education and action network established in 1998 with the purpose of bringing about the elimination of the crime of genocide.
Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights (CGHR)
CGHR's mission is to understand and prevent genocide and mass atrocity crimes. In doing so, CGHR takes a critical prevention approach. From Rutgers University
The Armenian Genocide: Documents from State and Private Archives.
Documents from State and Private Archives in German, English, and Turkish
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch investigates and reports on abuses happening in all corners of the world.
UN Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect
Armenian National Institute
Dedicated to the study, research, and affirmation of the Armenian Genocide
European Country of Origin Information Network
By securing easy and fast access to high-quality and up-to-date country of origin information for all actors involved in asylum cases, ecoi.net contributes to a fair, effective and efficient refugee status determination procedure.
World Without Genocide
World Without Genocide works to protect innocent people around the world; prevent genocide by combating racism and prejudice; advocate for the prosecution of perpetrators; and remember those whose lives and cultures have been destroyed by violence.

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PL 228 Genocide: Getting Started

Databases

Check out our Virtual Newsstand!

Browse the Book Shelves

If you want to explore the library by browsing the stacks, you can find useful books in the following sections:

HV 6322.7: Criminology (this class includes works about genocide)

K 5301-5305: International criminal law (includes works on crimes against humanity)

Some subjects in the Library Catalog can be particularly helpful to find relevant sources:

Recommended Journals

Recommended Websites

Additional Guides