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This Research Guide focuses on sexual violence against women. Included are materials covering such topics as date rape, marital rape and sexual assault of women, as well as the rape victims' emotional responses, legal rights and options. See also "Sexual Harassment".

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Credo Reference
A collection of 100 reference tools that may be searched collectively or individually. It includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, statistical sources, biographical tools, thesauri, books of quotations, image collections, and more.
National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
"This is a center for the collection and distribution of statistics, information, and resources about sexual violence. It is aimed at caregivers, policy makers, and crisis centers. Provides a searchable database of the library catalogs of the center and of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, publications, a calendar of events, funding resources, profiles of organizations, materials on specific types of sexual violence, and classified ads for jobs in the field."
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVRC) provides viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles related to controversial social issues.
Sexual Violence Prevention
"Collection of documents on sexual violence, defined as "any sexual act that is forced against someone's will. These acts can be physical, verbal or psychological." Includes a fact sheet (with statistics and risk factors), a brochure on sexual violence prevention strategies, details about prevention activities of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other health agencies, and links to websites of groups working on sexual violence prevention. From the Injury Center at the CDC."
U.S. Department of Justice: Office on Violence Against Women
Provides information background information and resources on domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence, as well as help for victims.