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Use the Online Catalog to locate a print source in the Library Media Center.
1. Sections of the Media Center for research are:
Abortion/Adoption |
344.73, 363.46, 612.64 |
Affirmative Action |
331.13, 342.73, 361.6, 379.26 |
Age Descrimination |
331 |
AIDS |
616.9792 |
Alcohol & Drinking Age |
362.292, 363.1251, 613.81, 616.861 |
Animal Rights |
179 |
Bioethics |
174.2 |
Capital Punishment |
344.73, 345.73, 364.66 |
Censorship |
363.31 |
Child Labor |
331.31, 331.34 |
Children's Rights |
331 |
Civil Rights |
323.1 |
Cloning |
174, 571, 660 |
Creation Science vs. Evolution |
231, 345.7, 575 |
Drugs and Drug Abuse |
362.2, 613.8, 615.7 |
Environmental Issues |
333.95, 363.7 |
Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide |
179.7 |
Famine |
363.8 |
Gangs |
364.1, 364.36 |
Gender Issues (Women's Rights) |
305.42, 342.73, 346.73 |
Genetic Engineering |
174, 572, 571, 660 |
Global Warming |
333.75, 363.73, 363.738 |
Gun Control |
323.43, 344.73, 363.33, 364.042, 364.1523 |
Homelessness |
362.5, 362.58 |
Human Rights |
176, 323, 323.173, 341.481 |
Immigration |
304.873, 325.2, 325.73, 342.73 |
Media Ethics and Accountability |
342.73 |
Poverty |
363.8 |
Racial Profiling |
363.23 |
Terrorism |
303.6, 355, 363.3 |
Tobacco (Smoking) |
338.4, 362.296, 394.14, 616.8, 616.865 |
Violence |
303, 306, 362 |
Welfare |
305.42, 361.973, 362.5 |
World Population |
304.6, 305.26, 333.73 |
2. Research Databases you may want to use:
Several databases will provide lists of current issues and help narrow the topic for research. The icons are "hot links" to the respective online service. Or you may choose to access these links from the Research Databases page.
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- Click on ABC-CLIO from Research Databases page
- Click on "Issues"
- Search under different "issue group"
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- Click on CQ Electric Library from
Research Databases page
- Log on to CQ Researcher
(using Yellow Sheet info.)
- Scroll down and click on "Find a Topic"
on left side
- Click on "Browse by Topic"
- Click on a topic
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- Click on SIRS from Research Databases page
- Click on "SIRS Knowledge Source" on next page
- Click on "More Leading Issues" on right side
- Click on chosen issue
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- Click on Thomson Gale from Research Databases page
- Click on Infotrac
- Scroll down to "Opposing Viewpoints" Database
- Type in topic or search topic list
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3. Internet URL's you may want to use:
Social Issues Links
Best Information on the Net
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