Enrique Villa
Research Guide
“Genocide and Least Developed Countries”
Library 3
Instructor: D. Laney
Contents:
Research Guide Components
- Overview
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Keyswords
- Reference Sources
- Print Books
- Periodicals
- Website Resources
- Conclusion
Overview:
My topic is based on the genocide that haunts the least developed countries. For quite some time now I have been drawn into the countless stories that arise from places such as
Library of Congress Subject Heading
Children and Genocide—developing countries
Children and Genocide—
Genocide
Women and Genocide
Keywords:
*Genocide, *Women of Genocide, *Genocide in Developing Countries, *Genocide AND Darfur, * Genocide AND
Boolean Search suggested: Developing countries--LDCs AND Globalization, Developing countries--LDCs AND Genocide
Reference Sources
The website below explains the meaning of genocide and how it comes about to certain parts of the world.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Genocide
This website goes into the economics that drives developing nations into chaos. It goes in depth about the trades, finances, and military involvement with the birth of genocide.
http://britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/159990/developing-nation
More in depth information about genocide and its victims.
You can enter any topic into the search engines provided by these sites and you will receive adequate results. The results that I acquired when entering my search would be most useful for students or any one just wanting to be well informed about the injustices in this world.
Print Books
The New
This book takes the reader back to the late 1980’s towards when the Berlin Wall had just fallen and African states were weak. It contains photos that depict the struggle to gain freedom through democracy.
Why Did They Kill:
In this book Hinton describes the anthropological research done in
Mass Hate: The Global Rise of Genocide and Terror by Kressel, Neil Jeffrey.
Kressel goes in debt about the dehumanization of women during times of distress, times of war, or times of genocide. He tries to explain the reason behind the involvement of women in such torture as rape and murder.
Periodicals
On Female Body Experience: Throwing Like a Girl and Other Essays
Debra Bergoffen. Hypatia.
Elizabeth Svoboda. Science & Spirit.
The Problem: The World for Sale
C K Prahalad. Foreign Policy.
These Scholarly Journals provide adequate information about my topic. The periodicals will give the reader and better understanding of genocide and its victims by taking them back in the time of the Holocaust and to recent issues around world.
Website Resources
This website was fairly easy to recognize. The fact that it is a prestigious university, brings out the comfort of relying on it as a creditable source. The site offers information about the genocide that took place in
http://academic.udayton.edu/race/06hrights/GeoRegions/Africa/Rwanda01.htm
This site is sponsored by the
Conlcusion
After finishing my research I found many interesting facts and different sources that I will definitely use for future articles. I will most definitely be able to use these methods to complete projects towards my University capstones and some of my work towards my company.