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POLI 122: Politics of Human Rights (Spring 2023): Home

This guide is designed to help you navigate Library-licensed and open access research sources beyond what you might easily find in UC Library Search.

  • Use the front page to find quick links to frequently requested resources and tools.
  • Explore the tabs on the left to find curated links to specialized resources for different subfields, methodologies, and research questions.

Accessing Electronic Resources?

You can access thousands of e-journals, e-books, databases, and more through UC San Diego Library.

For on-campus access, make sure that you are connected to the UCSD-Protected wifi.

To access library resources from off-campus:

Option 1: Connect through UC Library Search

Sign in to UC Library Search with OpenAthens for seamless access.

Option 2: Sign in at a Publisher or Resource Site

  • Look for 'Sign in Through My Institution' or 'Access via OpenAthens'.
  • Select 'University of California San Diego' and choose OpenAthens Federation if prompted.

Option 3: Connect through Campus VPN

  • Download and open the VPN AnyConnect 
  • Select "2- Step-Secured - all thru UCSD" when prompted for connection type
  • Approve your sign-in through Duo

For help with troubleshooting, visit our Connect to Library Resources page.

Best Bets

Key Human Rights Documents

Human Rights News

A useful way to find a human rights or migration topic to research is to choose a current event. Some ideas for sources:

 

Human Rights Watch News Feed

Google Custom Search Engines for Finding Government and Nongovernmental Publications

►Use these Google Custom Search Engines to search for current online documents, publications, and websites from organizations or governments:

Government & Policy Organizations
Regional Government Information

 

►Search tip: If you get too many results, try adding one of these words to your search terms:

  • "policy surveillance"
  • "policy tracker"
  • "policy brief"
  • "issue brief"
  • "bill analysis"
  • report
  • strategy
  • plan
  • statistics
  • directory
  • Geographic or administrative divisions - California, San Diego, etc.

►Bonus search tip: Google-powered searches can be limited to pages published during a specific timeframe by using before:[date] and/or after:[date]