Research Guides: Human Trafficking Awareness: Articles & Journals

Articles & Journals

The following databases will help you locate Human Trafficking related articles and top research journals in the field.

The following are recommended databases for locating scholarly articles, dissertations, theses, and conference papers for this subject.

Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) This link opens in a new window
Documents related to homeland security and cybersecurity policy, strategy and organizational management from sources including federal, state, and local governments; international governments and institutions; nonprofit organizations and private entities.
Good to Know
- Full access to the HSDL Collection.
- Access to the Restricted Collection is limited to U.S. Government officials (local, state, tribal, and federal) and active members of the U.S. military.
- Browse content using the In Focus menu in the middle of your screen.
- Use the drop down menus at the top of the page to view selected HDSL materials grouped by resource type.
Search Tips
- Enclose terms in quotation marks to search for exact phrases: "cyber crimes".
- Use an asterisk (*) at the end of the root of a word to find all variants: Terror* will find terror, terrorism, terrorist, etc.
- Use the drop down menu on the left side of the search bar to further refine your search.
- Use the filter by buttons below the search bar to further refine your searches.
- Click Advanced Search for more precise search options.
Gender Studies This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals and magazines covering significant aspects of gender in culture and society.
Good to Know:
- Documents can be saved to Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, or email. To save to one of these locations, click on Sent to... at the top of the page of any opened document.
- Click Cite at the top of any opened document to generate a citation in MLA, APA, or Chicago citation styles. Note: The generated citations should still be checked over for errors.
- This database offers text-to-speech for full-text documents. To use it, open a document labeled as full-text and click the Listen icon below the citation.
Search Tips:
- Enclose terms in quotation marks to search for exact phrases: “equal employment”
- Use an asterisk (*) at the end of the root of a word to find all variants: advocat* will find advocate, advocates, advocated etc.
- Connect search terms with AND: gender AND representation
- Use the limiters on the right to narrow your search results as desired.
- The Topic Finder feature provides a graphical way to view topic connections and ideas for other possible keywords.
- For help using and searching this database, click on the Help link located at the bottom of the page.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Provides citations, abstracts, and some full-text items covering all subject areas including business and economic journals, magazines, trade, and journals in psychology and computing.
Search Tips
- Use an asterisk (*) at the end of the root of a word to find all variants: automat* will find automate, automated, automatic, and automation.
- Enclose terms in quotation marks to search for exact phrases: “crew resource management.”
- Use connectors AND, OR, NOT to separate terms and phrases: "flight crew" AND fatigue.
- To locate a complete issue of a journal, click on Publications at the top of the screen.
Taylor & Francis Online This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals in education, humanities, social sciences, technology, and more.
Search Tips
- Enclose terms in quotation marks to search for exact phrases: “virtual reality”
- Use an asterisk (*) at the end of the root of a word to find all variants: pilot* will find pilot, piloting,
- Connect search terms with AND: automobile AND biofuel
- For help using and searching this database, click the Help link at the bottom of the page.

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HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new window
A digital repository of over 10 million volumes of searchable books, journals, and government documents with more than 3 million available full text online.
Good to Know
- Embry-Riddle is not considered a partner institution of HathiTrust. This may affect access to certain works and download availability.
- Download options become available once you enter into the Full View.
- Downloads may be restricted to one page at a time.
Search Tips
- Use an asterisk (*) to search for variant word endings: safe* will find safe, safer, safety, safely, etc.
- Enclose terms in quotation marks to search for exact phrases: "pilot fatigue."
- Connect search terms with AND: "flight crew" AND fatigue.
- Place a check mark in the box labeled "Full view only" below the search to limit your search to full text items.
- For help in searching or using this database, click on the Help link located along the top.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
News articles, legal cases, and company information.
Good to Know
Previously called LexisNexis Academic.

Search Tips
- Results are narrowed to the News category by default. Select another category (Cases, Statutes and Legislation, etc.) to view different results.
- Use the options in the Narrow By section on the left to further focus your results by Timeline, Publication Type, etc.
- Enclose terms in quotation marks to search for exact phrases: “law reviews”
- Use the asterisk (*) to find variant endings of a root word: brief* will find brief, briefs, briefing, etc.
- Use connectors AND, OR, NOT to separate terms and phrases: "municipal code" AND violation*
- For help using and searching this database, click on Help in the upper right-hand corner or click the Search Tips link beneath the Search box on the homepage.
- For help finding particular types of documents (cases, statutory codes, regulations, etc.), use the Get a Doc Assistance link beneath the Search box on the homepage.

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Journal of Human Trafficking
Full-text availability: Vol. 1 (2015) - present
Publishes papers on human trafficking and contemporary slavery including topics like child trafficking; forced marriage; labor and slavery; and debt bondage.
Journal of Trafficking and Human Exploitation
Full-text availability: Vol. 1 (2017) - Vol. 3 (2019)
The Journal of Trafficking and Human Exploitation (JHTE) serves as a forum to discuss and debate the legal and policy issues involving prevention, intervention, investigations, prosecution, individual, state and corporate responsibility, and the actual codified offenses, their application in practice, subsequent judicial interpretation and any ramifications emanating therefrom. As the mass perpetration of trafficking and human exploitation only appears to continue, the need to research, understand and clarify these laws and their use in practice is paramount.
Anti - Trafficking Review
Full-text availability: Vol. 1 (2012) - present
The first open access, peer reviewed journal dedicated to the issue of human trafficking. It explores trafficking in its broader context and intersections with gender, labour, and migration. Each issue relates to an emerging or overlooked theme in the field of human trafficking. The Review’s focus is global in nature, exploring micro and macro levels of anti-trafficking responses and the commonalities, differences. and disconnects in between.
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Full-text availability: Vol. 23 (1997) - present
Publishes the results of first-class research on all forms of migration and its consequences, together with articles on ethnic conflict, discrimination, racism, nationalism, citizenship and policies of integration. Contributions to the journal, which are all fully refereed, are especially welcome when they are the result of original empirical research that makes a clear contribution to the field of migration.

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