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LIBRARY

Collective Behavior Research
NON_FICTION
303.48 HIL American dreaming: how youth changed America in the 60's
305.8 ABL Hate groups
305.8 DIS Discrimination : Opposing Viewpoints
305.8 RAC Race relations : Opposing viewpoints
305.9 GAL Gay rights
305.9 HOM Homosexuality : opposing viewpoints
306.0973 CAR Our endangered values : America's moral crisis
306.76 FON Homophobia : a history
306.9 AME America's victims : Opposing viewpoints
309.173 BER An unsettled people
309.173 FUR The Americans: a social history of the United State, 1587-1914
342.73 GOL Flag burning and free speech
342.8 HEN The first freedom
363.46 HER The pro-life/choice debate
363.46 REA When Abortion was a Crime : Women, Medicine, Law in the U.S. 1867-1973.
903 MOR Harper encyclopedia of the modern world
909.8 WIN The Cold War
909.82 KOR The Cold War
909.82 TRE This is your century
970.1 AME The American Heritage book of Indians
970.1 DEB A history of the Indians of the United States
973 BOY The Oxford companion to United States history
973 HAK A history of the United States
973 WOO Americans interpreted
973.91 USC The 1940's
973.92 196 The 1960's
973.92 KAL The 1990's
973.92 MAR Daily life in the United States, 1960-1990
973.92 MCW The 1960's cultural revolution
973.922 GIT The sixties
973.924 DAV The truth about Kent State
973.924 STE The 1970's
973.929 199 The 1990's
978 PEN Westward expansion
REFERENCE
REF 301 ENC Social issues
REF 301.03 ENC Encyclopedia of sociology.
REF 303.3 CUL Propaganda and mass persuasion
REF 303.6 KUS Encyclopedia of terrorism
REF 303.6 TER Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources
320.6 SOC Social issues: Essential Primary Sources
REF 320.6 SOC Social policy
REF 323 HUM Human and civil rights
REF 347.7 GRE Great American trials
REF 347.73 OXF The Oxford companion to the United States Supreme Court
REF349.73 GRE Great American Court Cases
REF 364 CRI Crime and punishment
REF 390 GRE The Greenwood encyclopedia of daily life
REF 364.973 HAN Crime and punishment in America
REF 364.973 SIF The encyclopedia of American crime
REF 909 HIS History behind the headlines
REF 909 HIS History in dispute: the Red Scare after 1945
REF 909 HIS History in dispute: 20th century European social and political movements
REF 973 GRO The American years
REF 973 CHR Chronicle of America
REF 973.2 AME American eras
REF 973.5 ENC Encyclopedia of the United States in the nineteenth century
REF 973.917 HIS Historic events for students: the Great Depression
REF 973.2 AME American decades
AUDIO/VISUAL
KIT 305.8 SHA The shadow of hate: a history of intolerance in America
KIT 323.097 PLA A place at the table: struggles for equality in America
SEARCH TERMS
civil disobedience
rebellion
riots
revolt
violence
racism
unrest
labor
controversy
anti-Semitism
student protest
DATABASES
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
EBSCO Ultra Online
Perhaps the best research tool for literary, fine arts, history, social studies information. If you have an English project, use this site. Be sure to click on Full Text when looking for direct sources and quotes.
http://search.epnet.com
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
Britannica Online School Edition: The most comprehensive K-12 reference resource, with separate units for elementary, middle school, and high school. To access the following additional databases, click on the Additional Britannica Databases button.
Annals of American History : Online access to 2,100 original source documents in U.S. history, providing a year-by-year documentary of American thought and action through speeches, writings, memoirs, poems and interviews.
www.school.eb.com
First Search
The most comprehensive database for all subject areas. Take some time to look at this one; it will be well worth the effort. This has fourteen different databases to explore.
http://firstsearch.oclc.org
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, multicultural studies, nation and world, religion, science and social science.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493 
The History Study Center
History Study Center is a collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present day
www.proquestk12.com
In the First Person
A free, high quality, professionally published, in-depth index of more than 3,350 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world.
www.inthefirstperson.com/
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 Memory - Library of Congress
American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
The History Channel
The cable TV station that covers historical events is depth.
www.history.com
Library of Congress
An authoritative, general purpose research site.
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
Search Engine
Ask.com
Using Ask.com will help you to locate information specific to your topic, person or event.
www.ask.com
CITATION AIDS
Easybib
The free automatic bibliography composer. Create MLA-style bibliographies, then save them to Word.
http://www.easybib.com
Works Cited Guidelines (MLA 6th edition)
Probably the best site for learning how to document sources, both in print and electronic format. Very clear.
http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~tcraig/wc.html
Research and Documentation Online
Link for documenting sources in research papers.
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/
The OWL at Purdue:MLA Formatting and Style Guide
Excellent resource for MLA formatting with many good examples of papers, works cited pages, etc.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html

 

 

 

 

 


 
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