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E-Resources: Human Rights
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 E-Resources: Human Rights
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The Library's e-resources are strictly licensed. You may not systematically print or download substantial quantities, or distribute information to unauthorised third parties. [more information on Permitted Use]. SEE ALSO: Search Research Pro This facility searches across a number of general and multidisciplinary Library resources such as databases, other library catalogues and major web portals, many of which are very useful for human rights information. The following is an A to Z list of major
resources for Human Rights Help with our e-resources login procedures can be
found by
clicking on the following
The resources below are divided by: Legal & Human Rights Resources | Philosophy & Human Rights | Social Science & Human Rights Contains the full text of conventions and agreements in the European Treaty Series (ETS), plus status of ratification and explanatory notes. The site is fully searchable or can be browsed using the numerical list. Free Website.
FLAG is a collaborative Internet gateway to the holdings of foreign,
international and comparative law in UK universities and national libraries.
Free Website.
The Foreign Law Guide contains current sources of codes and basic legislation in jurisdictions of the world, it is a comprehensive source for essential information on foreign law from nearly 200 jurisdictions. Click on subscriber login to access.
HeinOnline : the modern link to legal history
HeinOnline is a database produced by U.S. legal publisher William S. Hein in collaboration with Cornell Information Technologies and the Cornell University Law Library. The database includes an extensive library of image-based full-text legal journals from the inception i.e. from volume one, number one, issue one onwards, to one or two years prior to the current year. HeinOnline includes many leading U.S. scholarly law journals, and also many non-US titles included, such as the Modern Law Review, Cambridge Law Journal, British Yearbook of International Law, Law Quarterly Review, and many more. The collections can be browsed or searched. All individual HeinOnline titles are indexed in the Library catalogue and can be found using the Periodical title search or title search. A to Z list of The Albert Sloman Library subscriptions A searchable full-text database of the case-law of the European Court and Commission of Human Rights, from the Council of Europe. Includes decisions, judgments, reports and resolutions. Search by case title, state, application no. etc. Free Website. Published by H.W. Wilson's and available via Lexis Nexis Butterworths, the Index to Legal Periodicals provides an index to articles from more than 500 legal journals, yearbooks, institutes, bar association organizations, university publications, law reviews, and government publications. This database provides bibliographic references only, to find the full text check The Library catalogue using Periodical Title Search.
Legal Journals Index (LJI) (via Westlaw)
The LJI database indexes articles from legal journals published in the United Kingdom and Europe and journals covering topics pertaining to the laws of the European Community and of its Member States. More than 430 United Kingdom and English language journals are covered. A document is an index entry or abstract of a case report or comment, legislative text or comment, a commission decision, company data, a question and answer, a letter, an editorial, or a publication review. Coverage begins with 1986.
Lexis
Library
Lexis Library (formerly Lexis Nexis Butterworths) provides access to
full-text case law and legislation for the UK, US (federal and State), EU and
other jurisdictions. It also provides access to a large number of full-text
legal journals, local and national newspapers and business information. Useful journal article files on LNB see:
Index to legal periodicals
(bibliographic) &
U.S. and Canadian Law Reviews Combined (full text). UNBISnet: Dag Hammarskjöld Library
Catalogue of United Nations(UN) documents and publications indexed by the UN Dag
Hammarskjöld Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva. Also included
are commercial publications and other non-UN sources held in the collection of
the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. The coverage of UNBISnet is from 1979 onward,
however, older documents are being added to the catalogue on a regular basis as
a result of retrospective conversion. Also provides access to a growing number
of full text resources. Free Website.
The United Nations Official Documents System (ODS) is the electronic repository
for official documents published by the United Nations. The full text of
documents is accessible in PDF format in all official languages of the United
Nations--Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and ish. Documents are
stored in two databases: UN documentation with comprehensive coverage beginning
in 1993 and selected earlier coverage, and UN Resolutions, which includes the
official records version of resolutions of the General Assembly, Security
Council, Economic and Social Council and Trusteeship Council since 1946. Free
Website. UN Treaty Collection (Requires unique login: get login) Contains a number of different databases together include the text of over 34,0000 bilateral and multilateral treaties in their authentic language plus translations in English and French. The databases include: Status of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General; United Nations Treaty Series (14 December 1946 - January 2005); League of Nations Treaty Series (5 July 1920 - 3 October 1944); and Texts of Recently Deposited Multilateral Treaties. Plus photos of signing ceremonies, treaty handbook, and treaty reference guide including a glossary of treaty terms and more. West Group's online source of legal & business information. Full text legislation, case law, law reviews, texts and newspapers from across the world.
Philosophers Index
Index and abstracts from books and over 300 journals of philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields. Covers aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic and metaphysics. 1940 to date.
IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences) (1951-)
One of the largest and most comprehensive social science databases in the world, this includes details of articles in over 2400 selected international social science journals, and of around 7000 books per annum. Some abstracts are available. Some material is in languages other than English, every article not in English is displayed with both the original language title and an English translation. Includes: International bibliography of economics, International bibliography of political science, International bibliography of social and cultural anthropology, International bibliography of sociology. 1951 onwards (some abstracts from 1997). Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Site offers a searchable database of published papers with abstracts and full
bibliographic descriptions relating to the social sciences which are available
for viewing or downloading. Free Website.
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