Humanitarian Assistance--Sudan--
Darfur--International Cooperation (5 hits) A good example of a much more
complicated subject heading but still useful, as with this hit:
Humanitarian Intervention (34 hits)
Peace-Building (57 hits)
II. JOURNAL ARTICLES
Africana Periodical
Literature Bibliographic Database
JStor
PAIS International (Public Affairs
Information Service)
Project Muse
Southeast Asia Section Electronic Journals and Newsletters/Burma
III. NEWSPAPERS
Access World News
LexisNexis Academic
Library Press Display
News Subject Page
IV. GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND DATABASES
Commission on Human
Security
Europa
Human Rights
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Universal Declaration
of Human Rights-An Historical Record of the Drafting Process-
V. NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Burma Acton Group: Seattle
Burma Roundtable (local)
Care
Carnegie Council for Ethics
in International Affairs
East Timor Action
Network (local)
Gendercide Watch
Human Rights Internet
Human Rights Watch
International Commission on
Intervention and State Sovereignty
International
Crisis Group
International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies
Mercy Corps
Witness.org
World Concern
World Vision
VI. SUBJECT GUIDES
The UW Libraries provides access to a rich array of sources, both
electronic and print, to support your research and prepartion of the task force
report. This study guide provides an outline to the types of documentation
available, and selected databases that should prove useful to you. Please feel
free to contact Amanda or Glenda at any time for assistance.
I. UW LIBRARIES
ONLINE CATALOG
Keyword searching is the easiest way to start searching. Words such as
Genocide, Darfur, Burma, Humanitarian aid, United Nations, Military intervention
Zimbabwe and Catastrophe come immediately to mind.
But a more precise way of searching is with Library of Congress Subject Headings.
Some suggested headings for this task force are:
Failed States (is a new subject heading so only 6 hits so far, but most appear
potentially useful to the Task Force) For example:
Breaking the Failed-State Cycle, by Marla C. Haims, et.al. Santa
Monica, CA.: RAND Corporation, 2008
Calling on The League of Arab States to Acknowledge The Genocide in the Darfur
Region of Sudan And To Step Up Their Efforts To Stop The Genocide
In Darfur....markup before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House
of Representatives, One Hundred tenth Congress, first session, on
H.Con.Res.7, H.Res.243 and H.Res.272, April 19, 2007.
(connect to this title online)
Note: not all U.S. docs are online yet, but many are at least findable in the
UW Libraries catalog. This is also true for UN and other IGO publications. The
librarians in the Government Publications Collectionare experts in this area,
so ask for help if needed.
At the Point of a Gun: Democratic Dreams and Armed Intervention by
David Rieff. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005
Beyond Preemption: Force and Legitimacy in a Changing World by
Ivo H. Daalder, ed. Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2007
Can Might Make Rights?: Building the Rule of Law after Military
Interventions by Jane Stromseth, et.al. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2006
Search as is, or add a topical subheading, i.e. Peace-building -- Cross-cultural
Studies, for example:
Peacekeeping under Fire: Culture and Intervention by
Robert A. Rubinstein. Boulder, Paradigm Publishers, 2008.
Terror, Insurgency, and The State: Ending Protracted Conflicts,
Marianne Heigerg, et.al. Philadelphia: University of
Pennsylvania Press, 2007.
Additional applicable subject headings:
Genocide--Prevention (14 hits)
Illegal Arms Transfers--Prevention--International Cooperation (13 hits)
Peacekeeping Forces(61 hits)
Rule of Law (106 hits)
War--Moral and Ethical Aspects
(109 hits)
Note: All of these headings can be subdivided by topic and by
geographic location.
Note: "Responsibility to Protect" is not (yet) an official LC Subject
Heading, but works well as a keyword phrase, for example:
Diplomacy: the Responsibility to Protect, DVD. The Danish
Film Institute. New York: Cinema Guild, 2008. (47 mintues)
You should all be familiar with journal article searching. Here are
some particularly good sources for the Task Force assignment.
Includes articles published in Africa, some NGO publications and other
materials. Not kept as current as we would like, but excellent for different
perspectives. Some fulltext.
Large fulltext repository of published scholarly articles. Especially useful for
researching the historical development of issues over time because of its deeper
journal backfiles.
Particularly useful database of policy documents and political analysis.
Contains both primary and secondary sources.
Fulltext searchable database of thousands of recent articles published in scholarly journals.
For example, 65 hits on the simple search strategy "United Nations and
responsibility to protect."
Special regional-specific resource
The Microform & Newspaper Collections, ground floor, Suzzallo, subscribes
to a large number of foreign and U.S. newspapers, some of which may be
of value to the Task Force. Of particular interest is:
New Light of Myanmar
Language: English
Holdings: 2000 to current but allow for a 2 to 3 month lag in delivery
from date of publication(backfiles in remote storage; request at mcnews
service desk and please allow 24 hours for retrieval). Get the government
perspective on domestic and international news, as reported in
this tightly controlled newspaper.
Large fulltext repository of millions of newspaper articles, transcripts, wire
service reports and videos, both U.S. and foreign
Current global news coverage from primarily English language newspapers,
wire services and broadcasts. Some title files extend back into the
mid-1980's
Excellent for current fulltext coverage (within last 90 days), this is a cover-to-
cover digital representation of hundreds of national and international
newspapers, allowing you to see how the story was originally presented
Brings together all of the UW Libraries news resources, both historical
and current
Access UN
Online database of United Nations materials
A UN group focusing on the issues of "freedom from want" and "freedom
from fear"
"Gateway to the European Union On-Line"
Web page of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Includes fulltext documents related to the creation of the UDHR as
well as the Declaration itself
Amnesty International USA
and
Amnesty International USA
Group 4 of Seattle, Washington
Helping families achieve self-sufficiency through long-term solutions
to poverty.
Publishes Ethics and International Affairs Journal
Of particular interest is the recent publication of
Gendercide in Darfur
a compendium of news coverage and human rights reportage, supplementing
Amnesty International's
Darfur: Rape as a Weapon of War, July 2004
Canadian organization committed to community building and conflict
resolution. Developed an extensive archive of human rights activist
group publications from around the world. UW Libraries has this on-
going collection of documents on microfiche (call # M-1885)
UW Libraries collects HRW publications selectively
Read the Report of the International Commission on Intervention and
State Sovereignty here
Private multinational organization providing highly respected research analysis
and advice to national governments and intergovernmental organizations
on conflict resolution and nation building.
Focuses on emergency relief services, economic development and civil
society initiatives. (local)
Human rights ngo putting video technology and training into the hands of the victims
Provides community development and disaster response to the World's
poor. (local)
Christian relief, development and advocacy organization working with
children, families and communities to overcome poverty. (local)
Need even more resources? Find them through
UW Libraries
Subject Guides organized by discipline. For a selection of
links appropriate for the Task force, see the following:
African Studies
Anthropology
Government
Publications
Human Rights
Law
Note: also link to UW
Gallagher Law Library because law library holdings are not in the main UW Libraries
Catalog
Political Science & Public Affairs
Southeast Asian Studies
