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Social Issues /
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Article Databases (to access articles from magazines, journals, newspapers & other sources)
Opposing Viewpoints Resource
Center on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
Database of viewpoint
articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites,
and full-text magazine and newspaper articles on social issues.
- Click on the list of many social issues to choose from or search for a specific topic not on the list.
- After clicking on a social issue or doing a search, you will see links to "Viewpoint essays" on that issue. Additional documents on the issue-- including Reference articles, Statistics, Magazine articles, Primary documents & more-- are available by clicking on the appropriate tabs at the top of the page.
Gale
PowerSearch databases - on campus or off-campus w/ library card
articles from academic
journals, popular magazines and newspapers; excellent set of general
periodical databases.
o To narrow searches, combine concepts with AND.
§ For differing viewpoints on an issue, after entering search words for the issue, add AND "pro or con"
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PLEASE NOTE: When
search results are first displayed, only academic
journal articles are shown, if available for your search.
Click on the “Magazines” tab to display magazine articles "News" tab
to display all news articles; click on the "Reference" tab
to display reference articles.
Alt-Press Watch on campus or
off campus w/ library card
Articles from about
175 magazines, newspapers & journals from
alternative and independent presses.
SIRS Knowledge Source on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
a database of all
full-text articles on social issues from a wide range of magazines and
newspapers.
The PLS Online
Catalog is the
online catalog to find books in Skyline Library and in all libraries in the
Peninsula Library System.
After clicking on the link above to access the catalog, follow the steps below:
To search for books in all libraries in the PLS system:
·
Type
search words (keep your search words broad) in the first search box & click
Submit.
Six book
series that provide a variety of opinions on various social issue topics are:
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At Issue,
- Contemporary Issues,
- Current Controversies,
- Opposing Viewpoints,
- Point-counterpoint
- Taking Sides.
To narrow your search to one of these book series, enter the series title after the name of your topic.
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The
search results will show books and other materials in all libraries in the PLS
system.
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To Limit your search results to materials at
·
Click
on Modify Search near the top of the screen.
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You
will be brought back to the search screen and your search term(s) will
reappear.
·
Scroll
down to the Location selection box (2nd box under Limit
to: below the search boxes),
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select
Skyline College in the Location box,
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then
click the Submit button.
To search for books only
in
- Type search words (keep your search words broad) in the
first search box.
- Scroll down to the Location selection box (2nd
box under Limit to: below the search boxes),
- select Skyline
College in the Location
box,
- then click the Submit button.
Recommended
Web Sites
General Info on Popular Social Issues
Laws and Legal Documents
Government Documents
Statistics
Election Issues
Media
General Info on Popular Social Issues:
IDEA Debatabase: Database for students wishing to research topics for debate, containing hundreds of topics, each with basic arguments for and against a controversial proposition.
Best Information on the Net: Hot Paper Topics:
Annotated links to websites
that are concerned with many controversial issues complied by the librarians at
Social Issues: Links to sources for "researching current
social issues from multiple perspectives." The three dozen highly relevant
topics include: abortion; affirmative action; AIDS; animal rights; capital
punishment; censorship; child labor; children's rights; civil rights; creation
science vs. evolution; drugs and drug abuse; drunk driving; euthanasia &
assisted suicide; famine; flag burning; gangs; gender issues; genetic
engineering; global warming; homelessness; homosexuality; immigration; national
debate topic; organ & body donation; prayer in schools; sweatshops;
violence in schools; welfare; and world population. A part of the
DMOZ Open Directory Project: Social Issues: Links to social issues-related essays and advocacy groups.
Argumentative Essay Topics: A selection of topics suitable for argumentative
essay assignments. Suggested thesis statements and a list of web links to
pertinent information are provided for each topic. From
Global Policy Forum: Global Injustice and Inequality: Excellent documents, articles and links on a wide range of issues, including: Inequality of Wealth and Income Distribution, Gender and Inequality, Labor Rights and Labor Movements, Corporate Crisis & Globalization from the Global Policy Forum, an organization designed to "monitor global policy making at the United Nations."
FindLaw: Internet Legal Resources: The best single starting point on the Web for doing legal research. Full text searchable database of all law reviews and journals on the Internet. Updated nightly. Another search interface, LawCrawler, helps you focus your search on legal issues on the Web. Also includes Legal News, legal forms, organizations, law firms and lawyers, judicial opinions and case law, consultants, and more.
Internet Law Library: Contains links to over 7,500 law related resources in subjects such as U.S. federal laws, state and territorial laws, international laws, laws of all jurisdictions arranged by subject, attorney and legal professional directories, law school library catalogs and directories, and reviews of law books. The current U.S. Code and Code of Federal Regulations can also be searched from the home page.
U.S. Government Documents Ready Reference Collection: A Web site of frequently used government titles at Columbia University Library with their equivalent Web links. While this is not a comprehensive government publications listing, it is never-the-less, a handy directory to popular government reports on topics such as business, crime, education, energy, environment, health, and transportation.
Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information: This is a directory of links to popular government documents on the Internet. The links are organized by topics including major government indexes, business, crime, census, congress, consumer information, copyright, education, foreign countries, health, impeachment, natural resources, law, scientific reports, and tax forms.
Documents Center: Comprehensive, annotated directory of the best resources for government documents & statistics on the Web. The place to start when you want to find a good source for statistics on most topics.
Statistical Resources on the Web: Comprehensive, annotated directory of the best resources for statistics on the Web. The place to start when you want to find a good source for statistics on most topics.
California Voter Foundation: Home of the
Follow
the Money:
Monitors campaign contributions by individuals, businesses, special interest
groups, and industry sectors for state elections held 1990 through 1998.
Visitors may search the database for contributions by people or groups in one
or more elections; view summary reports for selected states; or read analyses
of specific elections and spending patterns by special interest groups (such as
the National Rifle Association and the gambling industry). Data is not
available for all states for all years. Data is supplied by government agencies
within each state, then compiled by the nonpartisan, nonprofit National
Institute on Money in State Politics.
FAIR: Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
Columbia Journalism Review: Who Owns What
Merchants of Cool (PBS Frontline)
Journalism Ethics Links (from SFSU Dept. of Journalism)
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA)
Marketing of Violent Entertainment to Children
(Federal Trade Commission Report)
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