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LIBRARY
Social Justice Research |
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| Non-Fiction | |
| 070.4 GIL | Why Americans hate welfare : race, media, and the politics of antipoverty policy |
| 174.24 DEA | Death and Dying |
| 179 LEV | Bigotry |
| 179.7 ALT | Death : an introduction to medical-ethical dilemmas. |
| 179.7 EUT | Euthanasia |
| 303.3 COP | Coping with Discrimination and Prejudice |
| 303.48 GEN | Genetic engineering |
| 304.6 POP | Population : Opposing Viewpoints Series. |
| 304.8 AND | Immigration : newcomers and their impact on the United States |
| 304.8 IMM | Immigrants : the new Americans |
| 305.26 ELD | The elderly : opposing viewpoints |
| 305.42 FEM | Feminism : Opposing Viewpoints. |
| 305.8 ABL | Hate groups |
| 305.8 AME Vol. 1 | American immigrant cultures : builders of a nation. |
| 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 |
| 306.85 FAM | The Family : opposing viewpoints |
| 306.85 MAR | Crossing over : a Mexican family on the migrant trail. |
| 306.9 AME | America's victims : Opposing viewpoints |
| 323.1 JOR | The white man's burden : historical origins of racism in the United States |
| 333.72 CON | Conserving the environment |
| 333.72 DUP | Conserving the environment |
| 333.79 COT | Energy alternatives : opposing viewpoints. |
| 333.79 GUN | Alternative energy sources |
| 338.973 ECO | Economics in America : opposing viewpoints |
| 344.73 PET | Sexual harrassment on the job |
| 345.73 MEL | Dead wrong : a death row lawyer speaks out against capital punishment |
| 345.73 TUR | Ultimate punishment : a lawyer's reflections on dealing with the death penalty |
| 350.4 PRO | Problems of Death : Opposing Viewpoints Series. |
| 355 SKA | Women at war: gender issues of Americans in combat |
| 361.1 OPP | Opposing viewpoints in social issues |
| 361.973 EPS | Welfare in America : how social science fails the poor. |
| 362.1 GOL | Controversies in the practice of medicine |
| 362.1 TER | Terminal Illness |
| 362.1 POO | Poor and minority health care |
| 362.2 Kar | The burden of sympathy: how families cope with mental illness |
| 362.28 DOC | Doctor assisted suicide and the euthanasia movement |
| 362.5 BEN | Welfare : opposing viewpoints. . |
| 362.5 POV | Poverty : opposing viewpoints |
| 362.7 CHI | Child Welfare : Opposing Viewpoints |
| 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. |
| 363.7 DUD | The Environment |
| 363.73 GLO | Global warming : opposing viewpoints |
| 363.738 CAR | Silent spring : 40th Anniversary |
| 363.738 GLO | Global warming |
| 363.738 GLO | Global Warming : Opposing Viewpoints Series |
| 363.738 GOR | An inconvenient truth |
| 363.738 TEN | The complete idiot's guide to global warming |
| 364.6 DEA | The Death penalty : opposing viewpoints |
| 364.66 PAL | Encyclopedia of capital punishment in the United States |
| 364.66 SAR | When the state kills : capital punishment and the American condition |
| 364.973 CRI | Criminal justice : opposing viewpoints |
| 370 EDU | Education in America : opposing viewpoints |
| 371.01 EDU | Education : opposing viewpoints |
| 371.95 COR | And still we rise : the trials and triumphs of twelve gifted inner-city high school students. |
| 616.89 POR | Madness: a brief history |
| 616.89 SIM | Coping with emotional disorders |
| 962.40 XAV | Darfur: African genocide |
| 962.704 MAR | Darfur diaries:stories of survival |
| Reference | |
| REF174.2 MED | Medicine, health and bioethics |
| REF 301 ENC | Social issues |
| REF 301.03 ENC | Encyclopedia of sociology. |
| REF 304.809 IMM | Immigration and multiculturalism |
| REF 306.76 GEN | Gender issues and sexuality |
| REF 320.6 SOC | Social policy |
| REF 323 HUM | Human and civil rights |
| REF 363.7 ENV | Environmental issues |
| REF 364 CRI | Crime and punishment |
| REF 390 GRE | The Greenwood encyclopedia of daily life |
| REF 909 HIS | History behind the headlines |
| 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 struggle for equality in America |
| VR 343.73874 GOR | An inconvenient truth |
| Search Terms |
| handicapped OR disabled |
| homosexuality AND homophobia |
| "mental illness" OR "emotional disorders" |
| racism OR "racial profiling" |
| abortion OR "reproductive rights" |
| "death penalty" OR "capital punishment" |
| "mercy killing" OR euthanasia |
| "global warming" OR " greenhouse effect" |
| Databases |
| 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. The two primary goals: to provide rock-solid information from authorities in the field, and to allow African Americans to speak for themselves through a wealth of primary sources. |
| http://aae.greenwood.com/Default.aspx?&token=0&ws=WS_AfAE&as= Default.aspx%3f&?ws=WS_AfAE&as=Default.aspx% 3f%26token%3d0%26ws%3dWS_AfAE%26as%3d Default.aspx%253f&token=0EC75844BC38BDB32AB24CB1F10FBA09 |
| 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. |
| http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste =22&docNum=CX3407799999&q=whea91493 |
| 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, multcaultural 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/ |
| 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 |
| 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/ |
| BBC Religion and Ethics |
| Part of the BBC website that focuses on world religions and ethics. Use the drop-down menu to find your topic. |
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/ |
| Eight Day Center |
| The Spirituality of justice calls the staff of the 8th Day Center to envision a world of right relationships in which all creation is seen as sacred and interconnected. In such a world all people are equal and free from oppression, have a right to a just distribution of resources, and to live in harmony with the cosmos. |
| www.8thdaycenter.org |
| 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 |
| National Farm Worker Ministry |
National Farm Worker Ministry (NFWM) is an interfaith organization that supports farm |
| www.nfwm.org |
| NETWORK |
| Catholic leader in the global movement for justice and peace—educates, organizes and lobbies for economic and social transformation. |
| www.networklobby.org |
| Office for Social Justice - Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis |
| The mission of the Office for Social Justice is to serve the Archdiocese as its primary resource and catalyst for the work of social justice. |
| http://www.osjspm.org/default.aspx |
| 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 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 |
| United States Conference of Catholic Bishops |
| The USCCB is an assembly of the Catholic Church hierarchy who work together to unify, coordinate, promote, and carry on Catholic activities in the United States; to organize and conduct religious, charitable, and social welfare work at home and abroad; to aid in education; and to care for immigrants. |
| www.usccb.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. Ask is still the only, major search technology based upon the clustering concept of subject-specific popularity. |
| 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 |
