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Racial Justice

A guide on racial and other social justice/injustice issues that continue to come to a head in the United States and around the world.

Databases

Dahlgren Memorial Library has a wealth of databases to help you find articles, studies, and other information you need to address your education, teaching, research, and more.  You can explore the complete list in our Databases A - Z guide in the Quick Links menu on the DML homepage.  Here, we're including links to some of the most used and comprehensive databases in our collection, as well as those that focus on specific aspects related to racial justice and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Searching the Databases for Research on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

These are usable in either version:

  • MEDLINE via Ovid
  • MEDLINE via PubMed

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH Terms):

  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Gender Equity
  • Health Equity Social Inclusion
  • Human Rights +
    • Child Advocacy  
    • Citizenship
    • Civil Rights +      
      • Privacy + 
        • Access to Information +  
          • Patient Access to Records
      • Genetic Privacy
    • Consumer Advocacy  
    • Feminism      
    • Freedom + 
      • Personal Autonomy
    • Freedom of Movement      
    • Freedom of Religion      
    • Patient Rights +  
      • Confidentiality +        
        • Data Anonymization
        • Genetic Privacy      
      • Informed Consent +       
        • Informed Consent By Minors      
      • Patient Access to Records      
      • Right to Die      
      • Therapeutic Misconception      
      • Treatment Refusal +        
        • Vaccination Refusal +    
          • Vaccination Hesitancy
    • Reproductive Rights      
    • Right to Health      
    • Right to Work      
    • Social Justice +  
      • Antiracism
      • Environmental Justice    
    • Women's Rights
  • Humanism
  • Public Nondiscrimination Policies
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Sociology, Medical
  • Health Disparate, Minority and Vulnerable Populations +
    • Amish  
    • Arabs  
    • Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander +        
      • Asian     
      • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander      
    • Black or African American      
    • Hispanic or Latino +        
      • Mexican Americans      
    • Indigenous Peoples +        
      • American Indian or Alaska Native +   
        • Indians, Central American      
        • Indians, North American         
          • Alaska Natives         
          • Indigenous Canadians +    
            • Inuit
          • Navajo People         
          • Pima People      
        • Indians, South American
      • Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples         
      • Maori People         
      • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander      
    • Jews      
    • Roma  
    • Sexual and Gender Minorities +        
      • Intersex Persons         
      • Transgender Persons      
    • Vulnerable Populations
  • Social Integration +
    • Social Cohesion

+ = narrower, more specific terms

Embase is available via the Ovid interface from DML.

Emtree terms:

  • human diversity
    • gender diversity
    • racial diversity
  • cultural diversity
    • "diversity, equity and inclusion"
  • Human rights
    • Gender equity
    • Social justice
      • Antiracism
      • distributive justice 
        • Social equity
      • environmental justice
      • Fairness
        • Inequity aversion
      • social contract
    • civil rights
      • "freedom of assocation"
      • Privacy
      • right to be forgotten
    • freedom of expression"
      • academic freedom
      • press freedom  
  • ancestry group
    • asian american
    • asian continental ancestry group
    • Australoid
    • black person
    • british asian
    • Caucasian
    • Hispanic
    • indigenous people
    • multiracial person
    • oceanic ancestry group
  • Health equity

CINAHL Headings to come by 12/15/2023

APA PsycInfo headings to come by 12/15/2023.

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