Universal Human Rights Month is celebrated in the United States each year during December. This month is intended to recognize the anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948. This has become a month-long world wide recognition.
During this month, people around the world join together to appreciate the basic rights that should be granted to all human beings everywhere, regardless of their race, religion, gender, native language, political inclination, national or social origin, property ownership, economic status, etc.
Explore this guide to find resources available at the Nicolet College Library to learn more about Universal Human Rights Month.
Watch for more information from the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee during this month.
(See this link for more information)
Most of the approximately 80 databases available via Nicolet College Library may be accessed by anyone on campus simply by clicking the database link.
Nicolet College students, staff, and faculty can access these from off campus using Nicolet credentials. Click here for more access help.
Find helpful ebooks in these databases:
Ebook Central including College Collection (fka Ebrary). Some available titles are:
This database offers hundreds of thousands of immediately available books, and more for loan or purchase as demand driven items. Please contact the library for assistance.
Ebsco Academic Ebook. This collection offers nearly 250,000 books. Some available titles are:
Overdrive. This frequently updated collection offers ebooks and audiobooks. Some available titles are:
Most of the approximately 80 databases available via Nicolet College Library may be accessed by anyone on campus simply by clicking the database link.
Nicolet College students, staff, and faculty can access these from off campus using Nicolet credentials. Click here for more access help.
Find emedia in these databases:
Films on Demand. This collection contains many thousands of segments and full length academic and non-fiction videos, but no feature films. Some available videos are:
AVON (Academic Video Online). This collection offers more than 70,000 non-fiction and fiction films. Please confirm the video is not a feature film if a non-fiction source is required. Some available videos are:
Kanopy. This collection offers thousands of non-fiction and fiction films. Please confirm the video is not a feature film if a non-fiction source is required. Some available videos are:
Find more items in these databases. Please note that some of these databases contain feature films.
Most of the approximately 80 databases available via Nicolet College Library may be accessed by anyone on campus simply by clicking the database link.
Nicolet College students, staff, and faculty can access these from off campus using Nicolet credentials. Click here for more access help.
Find articles and reference information in these databases:
Find resources for other skills and information needs:
Article databases are the best tool to use to find current articles appropriate for research projects.
Because databases typically “know” about millions of articles, it is highly beneficial to narrow or focus a search using the advanced search option. Select relevant options/limiters:
When scholarly/academic/peer reviewed articles are required, these are articles written by experts in the field and reviewed by other experts in the field prior to publication. Typical characteristics of scholarly articles are:
Click here to learn more about evaluating information.
The Nicolet College Library physical collection contains thousands of books, CDs, and DVDs available to Nicolet College students, staff, faculty, members of the Nicolet College district area, and beyond. To find them, use search library resources link.
The Nicolet College Library physical collection is organized using the Library of Congress Classification System. While materials may be found throughout the collection, the majority of relevant materials will have call numbers starting with H, which represents social sciences; J, which represents political science, and K, which represents law, including civil rights.
Click here to learn more about resources available at the Nicolet College Library.
It is important to evaluate information to ensure that it is reliable and appropriate to use in your project. Find a brief overview of evaluation criteria below:
1. Determine if the source is non-fiction or fiction.
A non-fiction (factual/not creative) source is generally preferred in a research paper. It is not usually advisable to use a fictional (created from imagination) source in a research paper except for limited purposes, such as illustrating a point.
In the Nicolet College Library, call numbers beginning with P are fiction, except for language studies, literary criticism, and author biographies. A call number beginning with anything other than P is non-fiction.
2. Determine if the topic is accepted by scientific community.
Many topics are considered non-fiction, but the scientific community generally does not consider them valid at this point in time, such as paranormal/parapsychology topics, anti-vaxxing, climate change denial, etc. Talk to your instructor before going any further in the research process if your topic resembles these.
3. Consider all of the following:
Click here to learn more about evaluating information.
Find browsable journals and magazines in Nicolet College Library’s Flipster collection.
Nicolet College Library also offers access to the full English and Spanish language Overdrive magazine collection.
Access Overdrive via the library’s website or the Libby app. This large collection of magazines can be arranged by general subject.
Off-campus access is only available to Nicolet College students, staff and faculty. Click here for access help.
The following are some helpful websites to learn more:
Examine website extensions to determine the level of reliability:
Most Reliable |
.gov: US government, also many US state, county and city governments |
Fairly Reliable. But be cautious. |
.edu: Must belong to an education institution. Some .edu sites will provide access to quality research information. However, they may also provide things like student blogs. Also, sites may appear live but belong to defunct schools. .org: These are supposed to belong to organizations, but in actuality, anyone can get a .org site. Be very skeptical if you’ve never, ever heard of the organization before. There are many reputable organizations that sponsor quality research. But remember, EVERY organization has a goal. Make sure you keep that in mind as you look at the information. |
Could be good. Could be bad. |
All of these are commercial websites. That doesn't necessarily mean they are bad…or good. Do a thorough evaluation before using information from these sites: .com, .net, .biz, .tv, .co, .info, .games, .mobi .xxx (DO NOT EVER, ever, ever use a .xxx site in a paper. Never. Ever.) |
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