HUMAN TRAFFICKING PATHFINDER DEFINITION: "Trafficking involves the movement of persons to exploit their labor. Trafficking in persons is a form of slavery and encompasses debt bondage, peonage, and involuntary servitude. Historically, trafficking of women and children was associated with the capture of young women and girls for forced prostitution." (Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work, 2006) NARROW THE TOPIC: • • • • • • • •

What are some types of trafficking? What factors contribute to human trafficking? What is the impact of human trafficking in the United States? Which ethnic populations are most prone to trafficking? Should the United Nations enforce sanctions on countries with lenient trafficking regulations? What is the difference between human trafficking and smuggling? How does the trafficking of women and children contribute to sex tourism? Has much changed to combat trafficking since the enactment of The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000?

ONLINE CATALOG SUBJECT HEADINGS: • • • • • • • •

Human trafficking Sex trafficking Child sex tourism Human exploitation Modern day slavery Trafficking of humans Sex slavery Child prostitution

SELECTED PRINT RESOURCES: Human trafficking / Kathryn Cullen-DuPont ; foreword by Jessica Neuwirth and Taina Bien-Aime. by Cullen-DuPont, Kathryn. New York, NY : Facts On File, c2009. Call #: HQ281 .C85 2009 Location: Main Stacks Taking sides. Clashing views on global issues / selected, edited, and with introductions by James E. Harf and Mark Owen Lombardi. Add to my list

Dubuque, IA: McGraw Hill Contemporary Learning Series, c2007. Call #: JZ1318 .T353 2007 Location: Main Stacks STATISTICS: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, Human Trafficking/Trafficking in Persons [http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=40] ELECTRONIC INDEXES: ProQuest Academic Search Premier Points of View New York Times GOOGLE SCHOLAR: "human trafficking" (search limited to 2000 to 2010) SUGGESTED INTERNET SITES: humantrafficking.org [http://www.humantrafficking.org/] - The purpose of this Web site is to bring Government and NGOs in the East Asia and Pacific together to cooperate and learn from each other’s experiences in their efforts to combat human trafficking. This Web site has country-specific information such as national laws and action plans and contact information on useful governmental agencies. It also has a description of NGO activities in different countries and their contact information. Comprehensive list of websites recommended by humantrafficking.org [http://www.humantrafficking.org/links] CITING YOUR SOURCES: Avoiding Plagiarism (The Online Writing Lab OWL at Perdue University) [http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/1/] The key to avoiding plagiarism is to make sure you give credit where it is due. This may be credit for something somebody said, wrote, emailed, drew, or implied. (OWL) EasyBib: Free Bibliography Maker [www.easybib.com]