Identifies resources and search strategies to access relevant items for the VCE Global politics - Global actors & challenges
In this area of study you will look at global ethical issues, and the debates surrounding how global actors should respond to them. You will analyse the issues and debates using the concepts of realism and cosmopolitanism as framework, and will consider implications on international law and international relations. The two global issues studied will be chosen from the following:
For definitions and overviews of ethical issues and definitions of key terms:
For treaties and conventions under the auspices of the United Nations, search the UN Treaty Collection website.
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Sourced from the Governments of the world: a global guide to citizens' rights and responsibilities / C. Neal Tate (ed.):
Check the website of The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
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.
Search the catalogue by changing the dropdown in the search bar to 'eBooks', and performing a broad search for Human Rights in the subject. You can further narrow down your search by adding additional keywords or using the filters on the right hand side.
Some examples of eBooks in the collection:
SLV has a range of physical books relating to human rights. Many of these will be historical in nature, or will discuss the theories and backgrounds to human rights issues. Many of our books will be in storage, but some will be available on the shelf in the Redmond Barry Reading Room.
Perform a catalogue search using the Books scope. You can Ask a Librarian for assistance if you need to order an item from storage. Alternatively, use the Find on Shelf search scope to limit results to books you can read immediately. Note that SLV is not a lending library; books are to be read onsite at the Library.
If you would like to browse the shelves, start at 323 - Civil Rights. Below are some of the books that you can expect to find at that range:
Human Rights in World History by 
The International Human Rights Movement : a history by Note that books on human rights which are more focused on law will be held at 342.
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:
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 Try searching the following subject headings in our catalogue, using the Article search scope:
The following can be found online on the United Nations Treaty Collection website:
There will be variations in spelling - 'liberalisation' or 'liberalization'. Our catalogue takes account of this and will search both spellings.
Search the catalogue by changing the dropdown in the search bar to 'eBooks', and performing a broad search for arms control or disarmament in the subject. You can further narrow down your search by adding additional keywords, adding a specific country to your search, or using the filters on the right hand side.
Some examples of eBooks in our collection:
Thinking Outside the Box in Multilateral Disarmament and Arms Control Negotiations by 
The Politics of Positive Incentives in Arms Control by SLV has a range of physical books relating to disarmament and arms control. Many of our books will be in storage, but some will be available on the shelf in the Redmond Barry Reading Room.
Perform a catalogue search using the Books scope. You can Ask a Librarian for assistance if you need to order an item from storage. Alternatively, use the Find on Shelf search scope to limit results to books you can read immediately. Note that SLV is not a lending library; books are to be read onsite at the Library.
If you would like to browse the shelves, start at 327.174 - Disarmament and arms control. Below are some of the books that you can expect to find at that range:
The Evolution of Arms Control : from antiquity to the nuclear age by 
