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LIBRARY
Crime and World Issues Resources |
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| SFHS Online Catalog | |
| 174 RIG | The right to die debate : a documentary history / |
| 179 LEV | Bigotry / |
| 179.7 ALT | Death : an introduction to medical-ethical dilemmas / |
| 179.7 EUT | Euthanasia / |
| 179.7 YOU | Right to die and euthanasia / |
| 303.3 COP | Coping with Discrimination and Prejudice. |
| 303.3 HAN | Prejudice in the modern world : Almanac. |
| 303.3 HAT | Hatred, biogtry and prejudice |
| 303.6 COM | Encyclopedia of Terrorism. |
| 304.6 BOW | An overcrowded world |
| 304.6 POP | Population. / |
| 304.663 GEN | Genocide. |
| 304.8 SEN | The debate about immigration / |
| 305 DIS | Discrimination / |
| 305.0973 DIS | Discrimination / |
| 305.42 WOM | Women's rights / |
| 305.8 ABL | Hate groups |
| 305.8 DIS | Discrimination : Opposing Viewpoints / |
| 305.8 RAC | Racism |
| 306.362 SKI | A crime so monstrous : a shocking expose of modern-day sex slavery, human trafficking and urban child markets / |
| 306.74 PRO | Prostitution and sex trafficking |
| 323 MCG | Human rights |
| 323.3 BID | Immigrants' rights after 9/11 / |
| 3323.4 BEL | The making of a national gun culture |
| 325.309 BEC | Immigration and illegal aliens 2007 : burden or blessing? |
| 325.73 ILL | Illegal immigration / |
| 327.1 ANT | The antinuclear movement / |
| 327.73 WIL | National security / |
| 331.3 HER | Child labor today : a human rights issue / |
| 331.31 CHI | Child labor and sweatshops / |
| 333.72 CON | Conserving the environment / |
| 333.72 DUP | Conserving the environment / |
| 333.79 ALT | Energy |
| 333.79 ALT | Alternative energy |
| 333.79 GUN | Alternative energy sources / |
| 333.792 MET | Nuclear power / |
| 341.6 CAR | The lessons of terror : a history of warfare against civilians |
| 342.7308 WHA | What rights should illegal immigrants have? / |
| 344.05 GRA | Drugs and the law |
| 344.73 EUT | Euthanasia / |
| 345.73 MEL | Dead wrong : a death row lawyer speaks out against capital punishment / |
| 345.73 MIL | The Patriot Act |
| 345.73 PAL | The death penalty : an American citizen's guide to understanding federal and state laws / |
| 354.1 MAC | Outlaws, mobsters and crooks |
| 358 LEV | Chemical and biological weapons in our time |
| 361.1 OPP | Opposing viewpoints in social issues |
| 362.2 TOB | Tobacco and smoking |
| 362.28 DOC | Doctor assisted suicide and the euthanasia movement / |
| 362.5 POV | Poverty : opposing viewpoints / |
| 362.5 STR | Grand Central winter : stories from the street. |
| 362.5 THE | The homeless : opposing viewpoints / |
| 362.509 INN | Inner-city poverty / |
| 362.509 POV | Poverty and the homeless / |
| 362.509 REE | Poverty in America / |
| 362.7 COOQ | Sexual abuse |
| 362.76 REI | Child abuse 2005 |
| 362.82 dom | Domestic violence |
| 362.88 VIO | Violence against women |
| 362.883 LIN | The date rape prevention book |
| 363.3 DAV | Under fire : the NRA and the battle for gun control / |
| 363.3 GUN | Gun control |
| 363.4 WAR | The war on drugs |
| 363.73 POL | Pollution / |
| 363.738 GLO | Global warming / |
| 363.738 REA | Climate change begins at home : life on the two-way street of global warming / |
| 363.739 KID | Air pollution : problems and solutions / |
| 364 SIL | Criminal violence, criminal justice |
| 364.1 WIE | Winning the war against youth gangs |
| 364.66 DOE | Does capital punishment deter crime? / |
| 364.66 IS | Is the death penalty fair? / |
| 370.11 MAC | Dancing with bigotry : beyond the politics of tolerance / |
| 371.782 SCH | School shootings |
| 973.931 COR | Hunting down the terrorists : declaring war and policing global violations / |
| REFERENCE | |
| REF 301 ENC | Social issues |
| REF 301.03 ENC | Encyclopedia of sociology. |
| REF 303.6 KUS | Encyclopedia of Terrorism |
| RE 303.6 TER | Terrorism: essential primary sources |
| REF 304.809 IMM | Immigration and multiculturalism |
| REF 305.896 AFR | The African American Almanac |
| REF 317.3 KUR | Datapedia of the United States |
| REF 323 HUM | Human and civil rights |
| REF 328.73 CQ | CQ Almanac plus |
| REF 333.79 ALT | Alternative energy. |
| REF 333.91 HIS | History in Dispute: water and the environment |
| REF 363.7 ENV | Environmental issues |
| REF 364 CRI | Crime and punishment |
| REF 364.03 ENC | Encyclopedia of crime & punishment |
| REF 364.66 PAL | Encyclopedia of capital punishment in the United States / |
| REF 364.973 HAN | Crime and punishment in America |
| REF 364.973 SIF | The encyclopedia of American crime |
| REF 390 GRE | The Greenwood encyclopedia of daily life |
| REF 539.7 CAR | Encyclopedia of the atomic age |
| REF 903 JUN | Junior Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations |
| REF 909 HIS | History behind the headlines |
| REF 909 HIS | History in Dispute: twentieth century European social and political movements |
| REF 910.321 WOR | Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations |
| Other Resources | |
| SER 323 TEA | Teaching Tolerance. |
| VR 343.73874 GOR | An inconvenient truth |
| Search Terms |
| racism OR "racial profiling" |
| "death penalty" OR "capital punishment" |
| "mercy killing" OR euthanasia |
| "global warming" OR " greenhouse effect" |
| DATABASES |
| ABC-CLIO Issues Understanding Controversy and Society, |
| This database helps students develop an in-depth understanding of how society shapes and is shaped by controversy—with authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on the most enduring and timely issues of the day. |
| www.issues.abc-clio.com |
| The African American Experience |
| The African American Experience is the definitive electronic research tool for African American history and culture from one of the most respected publishers in the field. |
| http://aae.greenwood.com/default.aspx |
| Columbia Granger’s Poetry |
| Columbia Granger's Poetry Database contains works of poetry found in anthologies, and volumes of collected works and selected works for individual poets. |
| CQ Researcher Online |
| CQ Researcher offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. |
| http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/index.php |
| New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd ed. |
| New Catholic Encyclopedia is a standard of reference in public, academic and high school libraries worldwide. Prized for its scholarly presentation of persons and subjects related to Catholicism and the humanities. |
| New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd ed |
| eLibrary |
| eLibrary Curriculum Edition--the ultimate easy-to-use curriculum and reference resource--delivers one of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for K-12 schools and libraries. |
| www.proquestk12.com/ |
| Encyclopedia Britannica |
| The most comprehensive K-12 reference resource, with separate units for elementary, middle school, and high school. |
| www.school.eb.com |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library |
| GVRL is a collection of ebooks that cover the following topics; arts, biography, business, education, environment, history, information and publishing, law, literature, medicine, multcaultural studies, nation and world, religion, science and social science. |
| http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493 |
| The Latino American Experience |
| The Latino American Experience marks the first-ever database dedicated to the history and culture of Latinos, the largest, fastest-growing minority group in the United States. LAE offers unparalleled depth and content. Much needed; very timely; muy fresca . |
| http://lae.greenwood.com |
| Lit Finder |
| LitFinder is international in scope, covers all time periods, and contains a wealth of primary literature content, including full-text poems, poem citations and excerpts, full-text short stories, full-text essays, full-text speeches, and 1full-text plays. LitFinder also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary. |
| http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493 |
| Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Critical Thinking |
| Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Thomson Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites. New |
| http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493 |
| Websites |
| American Civil Liberties Union |
| The mission of the ACLU is ensure that the power even of a democratic majority must be limited, to ensure individual rights. |
| http://www.aclu.org/ |
| Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) |
| The role of the CIA is to collect information, produce timely analysis and conduct covert operations at the direction of the President of the US in order to preempt threats or achieve US policy objectives. |
| https://www.cia.gov/ |
| Drug Enforcement Agency |
| The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is to enforce the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States and bring to the criminal and civil justice system of the United States, or any other competent jurisdiction, those involved in the growing, manufacture, or distribution of controlled substances US. |
| http://www.justice.gov/dea/index.htm |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) |
| The mission of the FBI is to help protect you, your communities, and your businesses from the most dangerous threats facing our nation—from international and domestic terrorists to spies on U.S. soil…from cyber villains to corrupt government officials…from mobsters to violent gangs…from child predators to serial killers. |
| http://www.fbi.gov/howto.htm |
| International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
| The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world's largest humanitarian organization, providing assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions. |
| www.ifrc.org |
| IMDb (The Internet Movie Database) |
| The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is a HUGE collection of movie information. We try to catalog every pertinent detail about a movie, from who was in it, to who made it, to trivia about it, to filming locations, in a manner that is easy to search and access. |
| http://www.imdb.com/ |
| Project Change |
| Project Change is a community of organizations working to eliminate racism through training, strategic partnerships, and community organization. |
| http://www.projectchange.org/ |
| Understanding Prejudice |
| At this site you will find more than 2,000 links to prejudice-related resources, as well as searchable databases with hundreds of prejudice researchers and social justice organizations. |
| http://www.understandingprejudice.org/ |
| United Nations |
| The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 and is committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights. |
| www.un.org |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNESCO was founded on 16 November 1945. For this agency, it is not enough to build classrooms in devastated countries or to publish scientific breakthroughs. Education, Social and Natural Science, Culture and Communication are the means to a far more ambitious goal : to build peace in the minds of men. |
| www.unesco.org |
| World Health Organization - WHO |
| WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends. |
| www.who.int |
| Search Engine |
| Ask.com |
| Ask.com is a search engine that is a result of the merging of Teoma and Ask Jeeves, resulting in one of the world's most powerful and unique search engines. |
| www.ask.com |
| CITATION AIDS |
| Easybib |
| The free automatic bibliography composer.Create MLA-style bibliographies, then save them to Word. |
| http://www.easybib.com |
| NoodleBib Express |
| Generate citations in NoodleBib Express and copy and paste what you need into your document. |
| http://www.noodletools.com/login.php |
