Social Justice

General Information

Research Strategies

Use precise key words and search terms when searching the databases! Don't type your inquiry out as a question - this will reduce your chance of finding what you're looking for. If you are searching for a multi-word term like human trafficking or food justice, you must put the term inside of quotation marks. If you want to search for a specific aspect of that term, add a plus sign, like this: "human trafficking"+statistics. If you can't find what you're looking for, try searching for alternate terms or words that mean the same thing.

Wikipedia

Although you can't use Wikipedia as an official resource for your presentation, Wikipedia is a great way to get started with your research and familiarize yourself personally with a topic. You can use the cited sources at the bottom of any Wikipedia article to jumpstart your research, and you can also pay attention to the words that Wikipedia hyperlinks as a way to identify key terms you might want to search for in a database.


Databases

When using the databases, be sure to refer to the "General Research" guidelines at the top of the page. You can filter your results in these databases in a number of different ways, most importantly by date and by type of resource (for example, news article, editorial, peer reviewed journal, etc). These databases also provide automatically generated citations that are correct. All of these databases are relevant for all topics in this research project.

InfoBase Issues & Controversies - Username: hnhs Password: monarchs

ProQuest - username: Username: 1HolyNames! Password: 1MarieRose!InfoBase Geography & Culture: Username: hnhs Password: monarchs


Current Events

When researching current social justice topics, newspapers are in invaluable resource. See recommended newspapers here. Remember that The New York Times is only available while you're on school wi-fi - if you want to read a New York Times article at home, make sure to download the pdf before you leave campus.


Google Searches

If you do an open web search, please refer to the Google research guide and see Ms. Kneeland if you have any questions about whether the source is accurate.


General Activism Resources

These sites can help you brainstorm how you might engage in activism, and give you some background information on how to build a movement/organizational aspects to creating change.

Advocacy Toolkit - from Youth Advocates

Advocacy Toolkit - from Amnesty International

Advocacy Guides on Human Rights - Toolkits and guides on a number of Human Rights topics from Amnesty International

Poverty

  • Pew Research Center - Fact sheets and reports on both domestic and international poverty. You can use the menu on the right hand side of the screen to filter by type of report, or by research area. See Ms. Kneeland if you need help using these filter tools.
  • U.S. Poverty Data - From the U.S. Census
  • United Nations Report on Poverty in America - A recent report from the U.N. announcing that, among other things, the United States has the highest rates of youth poverty, income equality and incarceration in the developed world.
  • International Poverty - Overviews and research on international poverty from the World Bank
  • Gender Pay Gap - Overview of pay discrimination, race and gender.
  • Gender & Labor - If you scroll down to the "Gender an Labor" section of this page, there are several good news article about the intersection of gender, labor and poverty.

Racism

Human Trafficking

Sweat Shops/Fair Trade

Environmental Stewardship