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General Background Sources:
- Credo Reference Academic Core (This link opens in a new window)
A comprehensive collection of subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are short reference videos and high-resolution images. Useful background information source.
- Oxford Reference Online: Premium (This link opens in a new window)
A comprehensive collection of scholarly encyclopedias and dictionaries published by Oxford University Press. A useful background information source for starting your research. Simultaneous user limit: 5.
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Provides access to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, an interactive world atlas, a world data analyst tool, images, timelines, videos, and primary sources.
Discipline-Specific Background Sources:
International Humanitarian Law and Non-State ActorsCall Number: OnlineISBN: 9462653380Publication Date: 2019
Humanitarian Logistics in the Disaster Risk Reduction PerspectiveCall Number: OnlineISBN: 9783030908768Publication Date: 2022
Humanitarian Ethics: A guide to the morality of aid in war and disasterCall Number: Online and Stacks Upper Level ; HV553 .S65 2015ISBN: 9781849043403Publication Date: 2015
Handbook of Political Citizenship and Social MovementsCall Number: Stacks Upper Level JF801 .H364 2014ISBN: 9781781954690Publication Date: 2014
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Humanitarian Action @ Fairfield
- Humanitarian Action at Fairfield UniversityLearn about Humanitarian Action at Fairfield University including more information about the Humanitarian Action minor.
- Jesuit Humanitarian Action Network (JUHAN)
The Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network (JUHAN) was launched in 2008 through a joint collaboration between Georgetown, Fordham and Fairfield Universities as a way to raise awareness of the Jesuit ideology of “men and women for others” on Jesuit campuses, while working together to address the humanitarian need of those who are suffering.
Humanitarian News
- ACLED - Armed Conflict & Event Data ProjectOffers realtime data on armed conflict in Africa and Southeast Asia
- AlertnetA humanitarian news network for public and relief professionals.
- Country Reports on Human Rights PracticesThe U.S. State Department's annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, also known as the Human Rights Reports, cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements.
- Human Rights WatchOne of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights, Human Rights Watch provides up-to-date reports and essays on human rights issues all over the world.
- The New HumanitarianIndependent journalists reporting on Humanitarian crises around the world.
- OCHAGlobal news stories on a range of humanitarian themes from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
- Security Council ReportThe latest news from the UN Security Council.
- UN Cluster SystemOutlines the organizations, both UN and non-UN, that work together on the main sectors of Humanitarian action.
- UN News: Humanitarian AidGlobal news in the areas of Aid, Non-profits, and the environment.
Humanitarian Organizations
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Humanitarian Action Course Guides
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