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HSTRY 498: The Global History of Human Rights: Finding More Scholarly Books

Selected eBooks

book cover: The outsiders : refugees in Europe since 1492
book cover: Human Rights in Our Own Backyard : Injustice and Resistance in the United States
book cover: Truth commissions : memory, power, and legitimacy
book cover: Women's human rights : a social psychological perspective on resistance, liberation, and justice
book cover: Doctors without borders : humanitarian quests, impossible dreams of Médecins sans frontières
book cover: Shattered Voices : Language, Violence, and the Work of Truth Commissions.
book cover: When norms collide : local responses to activism against female genital mutilation and early marriage
book cover: From apartheid to democracy : deliberating truth and reconciliation in South Africa
book cover: Shopping for change : consumer activism and the possibilities of purchasing power
book cover: Diplomacy of Conscience : Amnesty International and Changing Human Rights Norms
book cover: Legacies of the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia : a multidisciplinary approach
book cover: Wartime sexual violence : from silence to condemnation of a weapon of war
book cover: State Terrorism in Latin America Chile, Argentina, and International Human Rights
book cover: The League of Nations and the refugees from Nazi Germany : James G. McDonald and Hitler's victims
book cover: The El Mozote Massacre: Human Rights and Global Implications Revised and Expanded Edition
book cover: Hijab & the republic : uncovering the French headscarf debate
book cover: Selling Guantánamo: Exploding the Propaganda Surrounding America's Most Notorious Military Prison
book cover: Humanitarianism in the Modern World: The Moral Economy of Famine Relief
book cover: Confronting global gender justice : women's lives, human rights
book cover: Humanitarianism and mass migration : confronting the world crisis
book cover: Routledge history of human rights

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Dissertation Databases

To identify dissertations written at the University of Washington as well as other universities use one of the following databases. If a dissertation is not available online then submit an interlibrary loan request to get a copy. You can also buy copies of many dissertations via Proquest Dissertations & Theses Global.

Why Use Scholarly Books & Articles?

The raison d'être of scholars is to attempt to describe, explain, interpret and analyze issues & events. Scholars use evidence to support their interpretations which are most often published in the form of books and journal articles (secondary sources). So why should you use secondary sources?

Strengths

  • Written by expert scholars. Before publication academic books and articles are vetted by other scholars in a process known as peer review.
  • Peer review ensures that scholarly books and articles are more reliable and credible than other types of publications.
  • Provide historical/broader/in depth context and analysis of a topic. For example, if you are researching Armenian genocide, you may want to use a scholarly source to get information on the history of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. 
  • Scholarly articles and books are based on evidence (primary sources) that are cited in the footnotes and bibliography. They are often a quick way to identify potential primary sources that you too may wish to use as evidence in your research paper. 

 

Keep in mind

  • Expert scholars are likely to use specialized terminology and theory in their analyses making scholarly articles and books sometimes difficult to understand.

How to Read Scholarly Material

Scholarly articles and books have a purpose -- an argument (also called a thesis) that they are attempting to make about an issue and present evidence to support this argument. As you read a scholarly article first check to see if there is an abstract, a brief overview of the article. This will give you an idea if the article will be relevant for your research. Then look for the author's argument. Ask yourself, does the author adequately support their argument with evidence.

For more information on reading a scholarly article see: Analyzing Scholarly ArticlesHow to Read an Academic Article & How to Read a Secondary Source.