Identifies resources and search strategies to access relevant items for the VCE Global politics - Global actors & challenges
There are a number of crises in the world today which impact life on a global scale. In this area of study you will think about the causes of some of these major world crises, and consider how various global actors have responded to them, and how effective their response has been.
The global crises studied will be chosen from one of the following areas:
For definitions of key terms search across all the online encyclopedias in Gale eBooks, or search for definitions in the Oxford English dictionary or Macquarie dictionary.
Note that the causes of a crisis may be a global issue discussed in the last area of study.
It is a good idea to read widely so you can compare and contrast the evaluations of the effectiveness of government policy on a specific crisis. Note that the government in charge will publish and promote articles that are favourable to their response.
To search our eBook collection, set the drop-down menu to the right of the search box to 'Ebooks'. To search articles, change the drop-down menu to 'Articles'. You can search your keywords anywhere in the record, or search more specifically within the subject field. See the Catalogue tab of this guide for more information about searching.
The Library subscribes to many newspaper and journal databases that will contain articles and reports on current and historic human rights issues.
You can search from our articles search and then click on newspaper articles or search specific databases for a more targeted search.
Search specific databases for relevant information.
Understand today’s world through primary source documents, archives, films, and ephemera related to significant border areas and events from the 19th to 21st centuries. Covers environmental, financial, political, and cultural impacts of migrant populations and borderland across Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe.
Study worldwide human rights violations and atrocity crimes of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Comprehensive primary and secondary materials provide historical context and analysis through video footage, images, reference works, government and NGO archives and documents.
Discover worldwide causes, effects, and responses to World War II refugee crises and displaced persons through 700,000 pages of manuscript records sourced from the National Archives of UK and USA, the British Library, World Jewish Relief and more.
Spotlight Discover more about this resource in our Online collection spotlight – Refugees, Relief and Resettlement: Forced Migration and World War II blog post.
Check more databases relevant to this subject in the Multi-subject category.
We have a large range of eBooks and print books that can be accessed. Below is a selection of a few of our many eBooks.
Encyclopedia of Human Rights by 
Human rights as battlefields : changing practices and contestations by Our Library holds a range of books on Human Rights that can be used within the Library.
If you do a general catalogue search for "human rights" you can restrict your search to Find on Shelf if you want to browse the open shelves, or you can do a more detailed search. Items with a Location message Request from onsite storage can be ordered for use within the Library using your Library membership.
Add more or different keywords for a more specific search. When searching use about 3 or 4 keywords that best describe the information you want.
The following treaties and conventions can be found online:
Korean refugees on the road south, H2002.199/4220
Understand today’s world through primary source documents, archives, films, and ephemera related to significant border areas and events from the 19th to 21st centuries. Covers environmental, financial, political, and cultural impacts of migrant populations and borderland across Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe.
Discover worldwide causes, effects, and responses to World War II refugee crises and displaced persons through 700,000 pages of manuscript records sourced from the National Archives of UK and USA, the British Library, World Jewish Relief and more.
Spotlight Discover more about this resource in our Online collection spotlight – Refugees, Relief and Resettlement: Forced Migration and World War II blog post.
Search the catalogue by changing the dropdown in the search bar to 'eBooks', and performing a broad search for Refugees in the subject. You can further narrow down your search by adding additional keywords such as crisis, adding a specific country to your search, or using the filters on the right hand side.
Other subject headings or keywords that you could try include:
You might also want to think about the causes of the mass migration, and add these to your search. For instance:
Some examples of eBooks in the collection:
The Oxford handbook of refugee and forced migration studies by 
Refugee Crisis: Global Perspectives, Challenges and Issues by 
Children and the Climate Migration Crisis : a casebook for global climate action in practice and policy by Try searching the following subject headings in our catalogue, using the Article search scope:
Our Library holds a range of books on people movement that can be used within the Library.
The Rights of Refugees under International Law by When researching armed conflict you will likely find many analyses on specific conflicts. Remember that there are two sides to every conflict, so it is important to read broadly so you can form a more rounded picture of the causes of a conflict, and the effectiveness of any response. Pay attention to the country of origin of the writer of any text, as well as the year in which it was written.
Soldiers during machine gun trainng at unknown locations during World War II, H98.105/4783
Worldmark modern conflict and diplomacy by 
Foreign Powers and Intervention in Armed Conflicts by There will be a vast number of articles published on armed conflict and war, meaning that you can be quite specific with your searches and still yield a good number of results. Try using Advanced Search, and mixing subject headings with other keywords such as causes, responses, intervention etc. You may find it beneficial to search for specific conflicts or global actors.
For example, try the following Article searches:
An example of some possible articles:
