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ICSM International Human Rights: Individual Enjoyment and State Obligations

Cathy Michael

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Cathy Michael
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Ithaca College Library 953 Danby Rd
Ithaca, NY 14850‑7002
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Library Instruction Objectives

Course Description: The aim of this class is to provide students with a greater understanding of human rights, including their articulation in international law and the numerous ways they may be violated or protected. This will be done through interdisciplinary study using aspects of economics, political science, law, history, and sociology.

Library Session Learning Objectives:

  1. Discover Library resources and services and how to ask for help.
  2. Evaluate source types (books, scholarly articles, tweets, etc.) and when best to use them.
  3. ​Find and access a books and articles using the Library Search. 
  4. Generate citations in the Library Search.

Newsreel: Start a relationship with the news

New York Times:  Claim a pass at IC Library

TOMORROW:  September 30th from 8:30 a.m. through 1:30 p.m. in Emerson Suites. Mental Health Screening. Make a free Self Care Kit!

Evaluate Source Types for Relevancy

For each question, which types of information might you use? 
Be prepared to discuss why you chose particular source types.

Your professor asked you to write a paper on mental health and college students. 

You need a general overview of what mental health is and who are the lead scholars. 

You are looking for current events on students and mental health. 

You need statistics on the mental health concerns of students. 

You’re curious about what it feels like to be depressed.