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==  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


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 * 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

 [|For News sites] 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)
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 * 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/


 * ** 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

> (Click on the first cartoon for more)
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 * 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]

Also check SIRS, Facts.com, bigchalk, ABC-CLIO World Geography, EBSCOhost, GaleNet in [|Catalogs and Databases] World News.com http://worldnews.com/
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 * 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)
 * __[| Watching America]__** (Discover what the world thinks about the U.S. Translated foreign news)
 * 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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