Issues Pathfinder

SOCIAL ISSUES

Pathfinder

Circulating Books // Reference // Databases // Web Portals //

Global Issues // News Sites // Cartoons // China Issues

Circulating Books

The library has HUNDREDS of circulating books on the critical issues of our times. To locate books in the Springfield Township High School Library, visit our Patron Catalog.

Among the many series of books you will find in the circulating collection are: Information Aids, Current Controversies, Opposing Viewpoints, Ideas in Conflict, Contemporary Issues, At Issue, Life Issues, Overview Series

Current Events Organizer: This tool will help you think about the articles you read

Databases:

All of these quality resources are available in Catalogs and Databases

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: from GaleNet, you'll find viewpoint essays, reference, magazine and newspaper articles, primary sources, and Web links!
Issues and Controversies: from Facts.com, click on the tab on top to enter this database. Includes pro con articles, graphics, numerical snapshots, source documents, groups to contact, photos and graphics. See also Facts On File News Stories
SIRS Leading Issues: Collections of SIRS articles around hot topics (use Mozilla) Click on Leading Issues
ABC-CLIO Issues: Thematic analysis of today's controversial issues
CQ Researcher: Lengthy articles include pro/con, chronologies, and comprehensive overviews. A "complete source for in-depth analysis reporting on the most current and controversial issues of the day."
elibrary: articles from magazines and newspapers, transcripts, audio, video, and more
Student Resource Center Gold and Expanded Academic ASAP
Time Magazine Archive (Time's archive back to 1923)
netLibrary offers a collection of 50,000 ebooks

WEB Portals for Social Issues:

For News sites

Multnomah County Library Homework Center http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/sochc.html
Internet Public Library Social Issues and Social Welfare Resources http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/static/soc80.00.00.html
Debatabase http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/
Yahoo: Full Coverage US http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/fc/us
Gallop Organization and Social Issues and Policy http://www.gallup.com/ Articles and statistics based on polling data.
Public Agenda Online http://www.publicagenda.org/ Public Agenda is a nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization.
O'Keefe Library Hot Paper Topics http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Hot/hotindex.htm
About.com Society and Values http://law.about.com/newsissues/law/library/weekly/topicsubvalu.htm
National Issues.com http://nationalissues.com/
American Forum for Global Education http://www.globaled.org/
Argus Clearinghouse (Select Social Issues) http://www.clearinghouse.net/
Biomedicine and Health in the News http://library.uchc.edu/bhn/
*CNN In-Depth Specials http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/
Columbia Journalism Review Resource Guides http://www.cjr.org/
Culture Shock (issues surrounding the arts) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/
Death Penalty Information http://teacher.deathpenaltyinfo.msu.edu/
Documents in the News http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/docnewsnew.html
*Electronic Policy Network: idea Central http://www.movingideas.org/
Fence.com http://www.thefence.com/
1st Headlines http://www.1stheadlines.com/
Frontline Issues http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/
Gallup Organization http://gallup.com/
Google Social Issues http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Issues/
Hate.com: Extremists on the Internet http://www.hbo.com/hate/
*Headline Spot http://headlinespot.com
Hot Topics in Education http://mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=2059&pathid=2583
Hot Topics: Terrorist Attacks on the U.S., September 11, 2001 http://www.evergreen.edu/user/library/govdocs/hotopics/index.html
Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/
Internet Public Library: Issues and Conflicts http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/teen/teen.db.out.pl?id=ic0000
Internet Public Library Social Issues and Social Welfare http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/static/soc80.00.00.html
International Affairs Resources http://www.etown.edu/vl/
Jurist Hot Topics http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/issues/indexh.htm
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ELSI Project (science-based issues) http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/ELSI.html
Links to the News http://poynter.org/dj/shedden/
MagPortal.com (free magazine index) http://www.magportal.com/c/soc/
Maps in the News http://map.lib.umn.edu/news.phtml
*Michigan Electronic Library Social Issues http://web.mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=55
National Center for Policy Analysis: Idea Place http://www.ncpa.org/hotline.html
National Issues Forum http://www.nifi.org/
*OneWorld http://www.oneworld.net/
*Open Directory: Issues http://dmoz.org/Society/Issues/
Opinion Pages http://www.opinion-pages.org/
Opinions/Editorials Headlinespot http://headlinespot.com/opinion/oped/
Political Resources on the Net http://www.politicalresources.net/
*Politics1.com: Directory of Political Debates and Issues http://www.politics1.com/issues.htm
Polling Report http://www.pollingreport.com/issues.htm
Poynter.org http://poynter.org/dj/shedden/
**Public Agenda Online http://www.publicagenda.org/
**Public Education Network http://www.penpress.org/
**Social Issues http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/sochc.html
Social Issues Resource Center http://www.sirc.org/
Spinsanity http://www.spinsanity.org/
Stem Cell Debate http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/stemcell/
Town Hall: Issues Library http://www.townhall.com/issueslibrary/
United Nations University--Collection on Critical Global Issues http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=ccgi
University of Michigan Documents Center: High School Debate 2000 http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/debate00.html
Women's Human Rights Resources http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana/
*Yahoo: Government: Political Issues http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Politics/Political_Issues/
*Yahoo: Society and Culture: Issues and Causes http://dir.yahoo.com/society_and_culture/issues_and_causes/
*Yahoo: Full Coverage http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/fc/
Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/youthviolence/report.html
10 X 10 http://www.tenbyten.org/now.html (100 words and pictures that define the time)

Reference: Our reference area hosts a number of excellent sets: Try:

Encyclopedia of Social Issues (6 vols.) 306 Enc
Taking Sides Library 300.3 Tak
Grolier Pro/Com 361.1 Pro
Encyclopedia of Bioethics 170.2 Rei
Bioethics for Students 174.2 Bio
Ethics and Values 170.3 Eth
Notebooks behind the desk: Issues and Controversies on File, CQ Researcher

Cartoons

Politicalcartoons.com http://www.politicalcartoons.com/
Cartoonstock http://www.cartoonstock.com/
Nytimesimages.com http://www.nytimages.com/cartoons.html
Time.com: Cartoons of the Week http://www.time.com/time/cartoons/
USA Today: Editorial Cartoons http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/cartoons.htm
Yahoo! News: Editorial Cartoons http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index2&cid=1078
(Click on the first cartoon for more)

Global Affairs

Also check SIRS, Facts.com, bigchalk, ABC-CLIO World Geography, EBSCOhost, GaleNet in Catalogs and Databases

Incore Country Guides http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html
CNN Special (select World) http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/
Global Issues http://www.global-issues.net/
Globalization101.org http://www.globalization101.org/
Global Issues on the UN Agenda http://www.un.org/partners/civil_society/agenda.htm
UN Collection on Critical Global Issues http://www.sadl.uleth.ca/nz/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=ccgi
PBS FRONTLINE/World http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/
Out There News: Megastories http://www.megastories.com
Economist Country Briefings http://www.economist.com/countries/
One World http://www.oneworld.net/article/frontpage/10/3
Freedom in the World http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/
CSIS http://www.csis.org/
Open Directory (Regional) http://dmoz.org/Regional/
Amnesty International Annual Report http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aireport/
Contemporary Conflicts http://conconflicts.ssrc.org/
Global Witness http://www.globalwitness.org/
Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/
Yahoo: Full Coverage World http://dailynews.yahoo.com/full_coverage/world/
Watching America (Discover what the world thinks about the U.S. Translated foreign news)
World News.com http://worldnews.com/
World & I (ask Mrs. V. to log you in) http://www.worldandi.com/
World Newspapers, Magazines, and News Sites in English http://www.world-newspapers.com/
Online Newspapers.com http://onlinenewspapers.com/
Newslink.org http://newslink.org
Global Issues that Affect Everyone http://www.globalissues.org/
LIU Institute for Global Studies http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/
Simultaneous Policy http://www.simpol.org/dossiers/dossier-UK/html-UK/interface-UK.html
World News Links stucurre.html#International
Least Developed Countries Report http://www.unctad.org/Templates/webflyer.asp?docid=4810&intItemID=3074&lang=1&mode=toc

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