= Dialogue III =
Genocide
The
following is a brief list of useful reference books located on the first floor
of the library. They
will be a good starting point to look up general essays on broad topics such as “contemporary
slavery.”
General
Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts (Ref. GN 496 .E56)
· Countries and their Cultures (Ref. GN 307 .C68) 4 vols.
· Maps on File (Ref. G 1021 .M33)
·
Databases are an excellent source of
current information on reparations.
The
following is a
list of
some of the more useful databases accessible to
articles
from scholarly journals and popular news magazines. Many articles will be available
full-text
on and off campus.
Academic Search Premier
– after clicking on Academic Search Premier, click on “continue”
to enter into this interdisciplinary database of popular and scholarly articles.
Lexis-Nexis is a database which includes full-text to local, national, and international newspapers.
JSTOR is a database of entirely full-text, scholarly journals. Access goes back to the first issue of
each journal--sometimes as far back as the 1800's--but the most recent few volumes are not included.
WilsonSelectPlus is a full-text interdisciplinary database with a scope that is similar to Academic
Search Premier.
Facts on File Database is a good database to search for historical facts and issues in the 20th century. For controversial issues, be sure to select the "Issues and Controversies" section of this database.
· CQ Researcher Database provides overviews to controversial issues of contemporary society.
Websites can be unreliable because anyone can
create them regardless of their authority on the
subject
matter. When writing a research paper,
the use of websites should be kept to a minimum
and limited to those sponsored by well-known authorities or organizations such as those listed below.
Websites should meet the same criteria as any print resource. They should include a bibliography
of reliable sources and be appropriately current. Remember to ask your professor for guidelines s/he
might have for using websites in your research.
Human Rights Organizations and Government Sites
http://www.amnestyusa.org Amnesty International
http://www.hrw.org/: Human Rights Watch
http://www.iccnow.org/ Coalition for the International Criminal Court
www.ohchr.org/: The Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights - United Nations
http://www.state.gov The U.S. Department of State has a wealth of information at this site.
Click on International Issues and then on "Human Rights" or click on Countries and Regions and then find your country.
Holocaust Reparations
"Holocaust Repartations: Looted Gold Makes Its Way Across Half a Century to Compensate
Slave Laborers." Infoplease (1999). Online. Internet. 8 April 2004. Available
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/holocaust1.html
Maiello, Michael and Robert Lenzner. "The Last Victims." Forbes 14 May 2001: 112-116.
Posner, Eric A. and Adrian Vermeule. "Reparation for Slavery and Other Historical Injustices."
Columbia Law Review 103 (April 2003): 689-747.
Pross, Christian. Paying for the Past: The Struggle Over Reparations for Surviving Victims of
the Nazi Terror. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
Note:
-In this case, the first entry is a web site, the second is a popular magazine, the third is a scholarly journal,
and the last citation is a book.
-Bibliographies are alphabetical by the first word of the citation. This is usually the author's last name.
-The second and subsequent lines of each citation entry should be indented.
-The title of the book or the title of the journal should be italicized or underlined (never both!).