Skip to sidebar after main content

Human Rights: Introduction

This page provides links to resources to help new users find materials in Laurier Library, including video tutorials, links to other relevant subject guides, and a list of subject-specific databases. Any available Indigenous Studies-related course guides will appear at the bottom of the page.

Getting Started with Omni, Laurier Library's Academic Research Tool

5 min Video

Omni Help Page

If you want personalized help, contact your Subject Librarian.

Other helpful subject guides:

Data & Statistics, Law & Society

Social & Environmental Justice

Global Studies, International Public Policy

Indigenous Studies, Sociology

Women & Gender Studies, Youth & Children's Studies

See All Subject Guides

Beginning Your Research

This page provides a listing of relevant databases, but you may use any library resources. Use the Start Here list of databases to gather basic information about your topic to help you plan your research strategy. You can also search the library's newspaper collections, or online to help get a feel for your topic.

Watch these short videos for help with the research process: Developing a Research Question, Creating a Search Strategy, How Can I Tell If My Source is Scholarly?

See All Tutorials

Developing Information Literacy Skills: A Guide to Finding, Evaluating, and Citing Sources by Janine Carlock

Databases: Start Here

Nexis Uni

Full-text documents for international news, business, legal research, and key people in the news.

CPI.Q

Index for Canadian academic journals and popular magazines

Factiva

A full-text resource with news, business information and journal articles drawn from almost 9000 worldwide sources, including Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and the KW Record.

PAIS Index

International index to various types of publications on public/social policy and social sciences. Includes PAIS Archive.

Databases: Main

eHRAF World Cultures

International ethnography database with several hundred thousand pages of information on human behaviour, society and culture.

Databases: Also Useful

WomanStats Project

A compilation of data on over 260 indicators of women's status in 174 countries. Creating a free account is required.

Page Owner: CJ Nyssen

Page Feedback

Last Updated: