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 <img src="/i/anchor.gif" class="WikiAnchor" alt="Anchor" id="wikitext@@anchor@@Circulating Books" title="Anchor: 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 <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://172.20.5.18:8080/" rel="nofollow">Patron Catalog.</a> 
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 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/documents/currentevents.doc" rel="nofollow">Current Events Organizer</a>: This tool will help you think about the articles you read 
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<img src="/i/anchor.gif" class="WikiAnchor" alt="Anchor" id="wikitext@@anchor@@Databases" title="Anchor: Databases"/>: 
All of these quality resources are available in <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/catalogs.html" rel="nofollow">**Catalogs and Databases**</a> 
<ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/OVRC;jsessionid=194B951FA79DF89B65B376FD4E955004?locID=erde79591" rel="nofollow">Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center:</a> from GaleNet, you'll find viewpoint essays, reference, magazine and newspaper articles, primary sources, and Web links!</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.2facts.com/ICOF/icof-main.asp" rel="nofollow">**Issues and Controversies**</a>: 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 <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.2facts.com/stories/digest-home-feature.asp" rel="nofollow"> Facts On File News Stories</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-issues-display?id=SPL2870-0-6979" rel="nofollow">**SIRS Leading Issues**:</a> Collections of SIRS articles around hot topics (use Mozilla) Click on Leading Issues</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.issues.abc-clio.com/login.aspx?ipaddress=true" rel="nofollow">ABC-CLIO Issues</a>: Thematic analysis of today's controversial issues</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://library.cqpress.com/" rel="nofollow">**CQ Researcher**</a>: Lengthy articles include pro/con, chronologies, and comprehensive overviews. A &quot;complete source for in-depth analysis reporting on the most current and controversial issues of the day.&quot;</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/libweb/curriculum/do/search" rel="nofollow">elibrary</a>: articles from magazines and newspapers, transcripts, audio, video, and more</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC?locID=erde79591" rel="nofollow">Student Resource Center Gold</a> and <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://web2.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/0/1/1/purl=rc6_EAIM?sw_aep=erde79591" rel="nofollow"> Expanded Academic ASAP</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.time.com/time/archive/" rel="nofollow">Time Magazine Archive</a> (Time's archive back to 1923)</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.netlibrary.com/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">netLibrary</a> offers a collection of 50,000 ebooks</li></ul><hr />
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<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/stucurre.html" rel="nofollow">For News sites</a> 
<ul><li>Multnomah County Library Homework Center http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/sochc.html</li><li>Internet Public Library Social Issues and Social Welfare Resources http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/static/soc80.00.00.html</li><li>Debatabase <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/" rel="nofollow"> http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/</a></li><li>Yahoo: Full Coverage US <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/fc/us" rel="nofollow"> http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/fc/us</a></li><li>Gallop Organization and Social Issues and Policy <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/social_issues.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.gallup.com/ </a>Articles and statistics based on polling data.</li><li>Public Agenda Online http://www.publicagenda.org/ Public Agenda is a nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization.</li><li>O'Keefe Library Hot Paper Topics <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Hot/hotindex.htm" rel="nofollow"> http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Hot/hotindex.htm</a></li><li>About.com Society and Values http://law.about.com/newsissues/law/library/weekly/topicsubvalu.htm</li><li>National Issues.com http://nationalissues.com/</li><li>American Forum for Global Education http://www.globaled.org/</li><li>Argus Clearinghouse (Select Social Issues) http://www.clearinghouse.net/</li><li>Biomedicine and Health in the News http://library.uchc.edu/bhn/</li><li>*CNN In-Depth Specials http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/</li><li>Columbia Journalism Review Resource Guides http://www.cjr.org/</li><li>Culture Shock (issues surrounding the arts) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/</li><li>Death Penalty Information http://teacher.deathpenaltyinfo.msu.edu/</li><li>Documents in the News <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/docnewsnew.html" rel="nofollow"> http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/docnewsnew.html</a></li><li>*Electronic Policy Network: idea Central http://www.movingideas.org/</li><li>Fence.com http://www.thefence.com/</li><li>1st Headlines http://www.1stheadlines.com/</li><li>Frontline Issues http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/</li><li>Gallup Organization http://gallup.com/</li><li>Google Social Issues <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Issues/" rel="nofollow"> http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Issues/</a></li><li>Hate.com: Extremists on the Internet http://www.hbo.com/hate/</li><li>*Headline Spot <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://headlinespot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://headlinespot.com</a></li><li>Hot Topics in Education http://mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=2059&pathid=2583</li><li>Hot Topics: Terrorist Attacks on the U.S., September 11, 2001 <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.evergreen.edu/user/library/govdocs/hotopics/index.html" rel="nofollow"> http://www.evergreen.edu/user/library/govdocs/hotopics/index.html</a></li><li>Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/</li><li>Internet Public Library: Issues and Conflicts <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/teen/teen.db.out.pl?id=ic0000" rel="nofollow"> http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/teen/teen.db.out.pl?id=ic0000</a></li><li>Internet Public Library Social Issues and Social Welfare <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/static/soc80.00.00.html" rel="nofollow"> http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/static/soc80.00.00.html</a></li><li>International Affairs Resources http://www.etown.edu/vl/</li><li>Jurist Hot Topics http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/issues/indexh.htm</li><li>Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ELSI Project (science-based issues) <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/ELSI.html" rel="nofollow"> http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/ELSI.html</a></li><li>Links to the News http://poynter.org/dj/shedden/</li><li>MagPortal.com (free magazine index) http://www.magportal.com/c/soc/</li><li>Maps in the News http://map.lib.umn.edu/news.phtml</li><li>*Michigan Electronic Library Social Issues http://web.mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=55</li><li>National Center for Policy Analysis: Idea Place http://www.ncpa.org/hotline.html</li><li>National Issues Forum http://www.nifi.org/</li><li>*OneWorld http://www.oneworld.net/</li><li>*Open Directory: Issues http://dmoz.org/Society/Issues/</li><li>Opinion Pages http://www.opinion-pages.org/</li><li>Opinions/Editorials Headlinespot http://headlinespot.com/opinion/oped/</li><li>Political Resources on the Net http://www.politicalresources.net/</li><li>*Politics1.com: Directory of Political Debates and Issues <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.politics1.com/issues.htm" rel="nofollow"> http://www.politics1.com/issues.htm</a></li><li>Polling Report http://www.pollingreport.com/issues.htm</li><li>Poynter.org http://poynter.org/dj/shedden/</li><li>Public Agenda Online http://www.publicagenda.org/</li><li>Public Education Network http://www.penpress.org/</li><li>**Social Issues <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/sochc.html" rel="nofollow"> http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/sochc.html</a></li><li>Social Issues Resource Center http://www.sirc.org/</li><li>Spinsanity http://www.spinsanity.org/</li><li>Stem Cell Debate http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/stemcell/</li><li>Town Hall: Issues Library http://www.townhall.com/issueslibrary/</li><li>United Nations University--Collection on Critical Global Issues <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library?a=p&amp;p=about&amp;c=ccgi" rel="nofollow"> http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library?a=p&amp;p=about&amp;c=ccgi</a></li><li>University of Michigan Documents Center: High School Debate 2000 <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/debate00.html" rel="nofollow"> http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/debate00.html</a></li><li>Women's Human Rights Resources http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana/</li><li>*Yahoo: Government: Political Issues <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Politics/Political_Issues/" rel="nofollow"> http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Politics/Political_Issues/</a></li><li>*Yahoo: Society and Culture: Issues and Causes <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://dir.yahoo.com/society_and_culture/issues_and_causes/" rel="nofollow"> http://dir.yahoo.com/society_and_culture/issues_and_causes/</a></li><li>*Yahoo: Full Coverage http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/fc/</li><li> 
</li></ul>Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/youthviolence/report.html" rel="nofollow"> http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/youthviolence/report.html</a> 
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</li></ul>10 X 10 <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.tenbyten.org/now.html" rel="nofollow"> http://www.tenbyten.org/now.html</a> (100 words and pictures that define the time) 
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<img src="/i/anchor.gif" class="WikiAnchor" alt="Anchor" id="wikitext@@anchor@@Reference:" title="Anchor: Reference:"/> Our reference area hosts a number of excellent sets: Try: 
<ul><li>Encyclopedia of Social Issues (6 vols.) 306 Enc</li><li>Taking Sides Library 300.3 Tak</li><li>Grolier Pro/Com 361.1 Pro</li><li>Encyclopedia of Bioethics 170.2 Rei</li><li>Bioethics for Students 174.2 Bio</li><li>Ethics and Values 170.3 Eth</li><li>Notebooks behind the desk: Issues and Controversies on File, CQ Researcher</li></ul><hr />
<img src="/i/anchor.gif" class="WikiAnchor" alt="Anchor" id="wikitext@@anchor@@Cartoons" title="Anchor: Cartoons"/> 
<ul><li>Politicalcartoons.com <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/searchtip.html#Statistics" rel="nofollow"> http://www.politicalcartoons.com/</a></li><li>Cartoonstock http://www.cartoonstock.com/</li><li>Nytimesimages.com <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.nytimages.com/cartoons.html" rel="nofollow"> http://www.nytimages.com/cartoons.html</a></li><li>Time.com: Cartoons of the Week <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.time.com/time/cartoons/" rel="nofollow"> http://www.time.com/time/cartoons/</a></li><li>USA Today: Editorial Cartoons <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/cartoons.htm" rel="nofollow"> http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/cartoons.htm</a></li><li>Yahoo! News: Editorial Cartoons <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index2&amp;cid=1078" rel="nofollow"> http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index2&amp;cid=1078</a> 
(Click on the first cartoon for more)</li></ul><hr />
<img src="/i/anchor.gif" class="WikiAnchor" alt="Anchor" id="wikitext@@anchor@@Global Affairs" title="Anchor: Global Affairs"/> 
Also check SIRS, Facts.com, bigchalk, ABC-CLIO World Geography, EBSCOhost, GaleNet in <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/catalogs.html" rel="nofollow">Catalogs and Databases</a> 
<ul><li>Incore Country Guides http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html</li><li>CNN Special (select World) http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/</li><li>Global Issues http://www.global-issues.net/</li><li>Globalization101.org http://www.globalization101.org/</li><li>Global Issues on the UN Agenda http://www.un.org/partners/civil_society/agenda.htm</li><li>UN Collection on Critical Global Issues http://www.sadl.uleth.ca/nz/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=ccgi</li><li>PBS FRONTLINE/World http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/</li><li>Out There News: Megastories <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.megastories.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.megastories.com</a></li><li>Economist Country Briefings http://www.economist.com/countries/</li><li>One World http://www.oneworld.net/article/frontpage/10/3</li><li>Freedom in the World http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/</li><li>CSIS http://www.csis.org/</li><li>Open Directory (Regional) http://dmoz.org/Regional/</li><li>Amnesty International Annual Report http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aireport/</li><li>Contemporary Conflicts http://conconflicts.ssrc.org/</li><li>Global Witness http://www.globalwitness.org/</li><li>Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/</li><li>Yahoo: Full Coverage World <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/full_coverage/world/" rel="nofollow"> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/full_coverage/world/</a></li><li> 
</li></ul><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.watchingamerica.com/" rel="nofollow"> Watching America</a> (Discover what the world thinks about the U.S. Translated foreign news) 
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</li></ul>World News.com http://worldnews.com/ 
<ul><li>World &amp; I (ask Mrs. V. to log you in) http://www.worldandi.com/</li><li>World Newspapers, Magazines, and News Sites in English <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.world-newspapers.com/" rel="nofollow"> http://www.world-newspapers.com/</a></li><li>Online Newspapers.com http://onlinenewspapers.com/</li><li>Newslink.org <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://newslink.org/" rel="nofollow">http://newslink.org</a></li><li>Global Issues that Affect Everyone http://www.globalissues.org/</li><li>LIU Institute for Global Studies http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/</li><li>Simultaneous Policy http://www.simpol.org/dossiers/dossier-UK/html-UK/interface-UK.html</li><li>World News Links <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.sdst.org/shs/library//stucurre.html#International" rel="nofollow">stucurre.html#International</a></li><li>Least Developed Countries Report http://www.unctad.org/Templates/webflyer.asp?docid=4810&intItemID=3074&lang=1&mode=toc</li></ul><hr />
Students: Help us grow our pathfinders. Please suggest new pathfinders and links for the existing pathfinders. <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="mailto:mailto:joyce_valenza@sdst.org" rel="nofollow">Email Mrs. V!</a>