Reference books are a good place to start...

CultureGrams REF GT 150 .C53 2002 2 vols.
General background information on peoples of different countries
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood REF HQ767.84 E53 2003 3 vols.
Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts REF GN 496 .E56 2003
Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities REF GN 495.4 .E63 2005 3 vols.
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Children's Issues Worldwide  REF. HQ 767.84 .G74 2008
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide
REF HQ1115 .G74 2003 6 vols.
Human Rights and the World's Major Religions  BL65 .H78 H8595 2005 5 vols.
Human Rights Worldwide REF JC571 .K23 2006
Illicit Trafficking REF HV 6252 .K45 2005
Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions   REF. BL31 .M47 1999
Information on different religions around the world
New Slavery REF HT 867 .B37 2004
Religions of the World REF BL80.3 .R45 2002  4 vols.
Comprehensive encyclopedia of beliefs and practices
Wilson Chronology of Human Rights REF JC571 .W4725 2003
 

To search for books...

Library catalog: UNICORN
        Suggested subject terms:  human rights, world politics, social conditions, children's rights, culture, globalization

Full text books online: eBooks

Online Encyclopedias

To search for journal, magazine and newspaper articles...
Note - Off campus users should access using the A-Z database list

Gale Database(journal, magazine and newspaper articles)
Academic Search Premier (journal, magazine and newspaper articles)
Issues and Controversies (magazine articles, charts)
International Resources (country profiles)
 

Internet sites...

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/toplinks/index.asp?book=awi&book_id=54
Bedford St. Martins, A World of Ideas, textbook links

http://www.hrw.org
Human Rights Watch

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/index.html
New York Times: International Section. View recent and archival news about a country

http://www.amnesty.org
Amnesty International

http://www.un.org/rights
United Nations/Human Rights

http://www.fidh.org
International Federation for Human Rights

http://www.omct.org
World Organization against Torture

http://www.colorq.org
Marginalized Groups Relations

 http://www.derechos.org
Derechos Human Rights Organization

http://www.alertnet.org
Reuters communication service—global disaster relief

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2001
The International Religious Freedom Report

www.fazalsheikh.org
Online collection of photographs dealing with human rights issues around the world

www.nationalgeographic.com
National Geographic--good site for maps

www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
CIA World Factbook--good site for background information about countries and maps