Why Use Books?
Books are a great resource to use when searching for general information on a topic. They are useful for understanding a topic in its context and provide summaries of existing research as well as offer a historical perspective.
Books are best located using the Search feature in our Library Catalogue.
E-Books
Human Trafficking: The Complexities of Exploitation by Publication Date: 2016
Human Trafficking by ISBN: 9781409448891Publication Date: 2013-10-23Human trafficking captured the attention of the global community well over a decade ago, inspiring multifarious international, national, regional and local responses. While formally recognized as one of the major threats associated with transnational organized crime, human trafficking remains an issue about which much has been written and yet little is known or supported by empirical evidence. The essays selected for this volume reflect four key areas of debate: the transnational organized crime framework; the data and research landscape; the implementation of anti-trafficking responses; and the articulation of alternative responses to human trafficking. These essays are written by well-known and more recent contributors to this field of research. The collection draws attention to contemporary arguments as well as recent empirical research, and points to the importance of contextualizing human trafficking within both the global and local setting. This volume reflects where human trafficking data, research and debate is currently located and where it is heading, and as such is of interest to academics, students, policymakers and practitioners.
Borrowing from Other Libraries
If McMaster Library does not own a book that interests you, you can request it through RACER, our interlibrary loan system.
Relevant Call Numbers
Our books are arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification system. When looking for books in Social Sciences it is a good idea to start with Class H- Social Sciences.
Human Trafficking and Exploitation by Call Number: HQ 281 .H8648 2018
Transnational Organized Crime in East Asia and the Pacific by Call Number: HV 6252.5 .E18 T75 2013
Grey Literature
Grey Literature is
“…information produced on all levels of government, academia, business and industry in electronic and print formats not controlled by commercial publishing i.e. where publishing is not the primary activity of the producing body.”
Schnopfel J. (2010, December).Towards a Prague definition of grey literature. Paper presented at: Twelfth International Conference on Grey Literature: Transparency in Grey Literature. Grey Tech Approaches to High Tech Issues, Prague, Czech Republic Available from: http://archivesic.ccsd.cnrs.fr/sic_00581570/document.
It can be used to supplement books and journals when conducting research as it provides a different perspective and is commonly more current than different materials.
Examples of Grey Literature include:
- conference papers and proceedings
- government documents
- reports
- policy documents
and many more which you can find here.
- The Economics of Agricultural and Wildlife Smuggling byPublication Date: 2009
Illegal Trade in Wildlife: A North American Perspective by Publication Date: 2005- Wanted--Dead or Alive : Exposing Online Wildlife Trade byPublication Date: 2014
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