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Controversial Issues
Background Information (Encyclopedias and Handbooks)
CQ Researcher (UTSA subscription)
Location: JPL Reference Stacks H35 .E35 (Older issues)
Provides in-depth, analytical reporting on the most current and controversial issues of the day. Each issue examines a single topic of public concern giving the reader a broad overview of the subject, including historical background, and a discussion of current controversies and initiatives, highlighting the range of opinions among experts.
Ethics
Location: JPL Reference Stacks BJ63 .E54 2005
3 volumes. Alphabetically arranged, covers all manner of ethics.
Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics
Location: JPL Reference Stacks BJ63 .E44 1998
4 volumes. Look in the index for specific topics.
Encyclopedia of American Social History
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HN57 .E58 1993
An Encyclopedia of War and Ethics
Location: JPL Reference Stacks B105.W3 E53 1996
Points of View Reference Center (UTSA subscription)
Contains full-text essays that present an overview, affirmative argument, and opposing argument for over 200 current social issues. Critical Thinking Guides build skills in determining fact versus opinion. Information is culled from magazines, newspapers, radio and TV news transcripts, primary source documents, and reference books. Also includes Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century, a collection of social, political, and cultural multimedia. Updated daily.
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Books
Books and Materials at the UTSA Library
UCAT, UTSA Library Online Catalog
Search UCAT to locate books, journal titles (not articles), government documents, maps and multimedia materials available at the UTSA Library. Read the Search Tips to learn how to conduct a better search.
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Databases & Article Searching
The UTSA Library may not always own the items listed in the resources below.
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Access World News - (via NewsBank) (UTSA subscription)
Features full-text articles from the electronic editions of record for more than 1300 North and South American, African, Asian, Australian, and European newspapers. Each paper provides coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid advertising is excluded. Dates of coverage vary. Updated daily. Full Text
CQ Researcher (UTSA subscription)
Location: JPL Reference Stacks H35 .E35 (Older issues)
Provides in-depth, analytical reporting on the most current and controversial issues of the day. Each issue examines a single topic of public concern giving the reader a broad overview of the subject, including historical background, and a discussion of current controversies and initiatives, highlighting the range of opinions among experts.
Criminal Justice Abstracts (UTSA subscription)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles in criminology and related disciplines from 1968 to the present. Includes extensive coverage of books as well as reports from government and non-government agencies. Citations Only
PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service) (UTSA subscription)
Indexes and abstracts articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical information in a variety of subjects including, agriculture, business, education, finance, health, political science, and the social sciences. Corresponds to the last ten years of citations from the print indexes, PAIS Bulletin, PAIS Foreign Language Index, and PAIS International in Print. Updated monthly. Citations Only
Points of View Reference Center (UTSA subscription)
Contains full-text essays that present an overview, affirmative argument, and opposing argument for over 200 current social issues. Critical Thinking Guides build skills in determining fact versus opinion. Information is culled from magazines, newspapers, radio and TV news transcripts, primary source documents, and reference books. Also includes Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century, a collection of social, political, and cultural multimedia. Updated daily.
ProQuest (UTSA subscription)
Provides access to journal articles in a number of databases across all subject areas, with particular strengths in business and the social sciences. Also includes 9 major national newspapers, including Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. Complete content of the following databases is included: ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, Accounting & Tax, Alt-Press Watch, Criminal Justice Periodicals, Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, National Newspapers, and ProQuest Research Library. More than 5,500 titles are indexed and abstracted from at least 1971 to the present. Full text and/or images are available for more than 2,000 titles.Full Text & Full Image
PsycINFO via CSA(UTSA subscription)
Covers literature published for psychology and related fields. Covers book chapters, dissertations, literature reviews and research articles back to 1967. Citations Only
Sociological Abstracts (UTSA subscription)
Focuses on sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Indexes from 1963 and abstracts from 1974, drawing from more than 2,500 journals as well as conference papers, books, and dissertations. Citations Only
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The Library at 1604 Campus currently subscribes to the quarterly periodical Ethics, "An international journal of social, political, and legal philosophy." The newest issues are located in the JPL Current Periodicals & Newspapers, older issues back to 1938 are shelved in the JPL Microfilm Cabinet BJ1 .I6
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Public Opinion (polls, speeches)
The Gallup Poll
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HN90 .P8 G35
Great resource that takes the "pulse of America" on key issues. Comes with a cumulative index of poll topics. Library has volumes covering polls from 1935 on.
The Gallup Poll Monthly
Location: JPL Current Periodicals & Newspapers (recent issues) and JPL Folio Stacks HM261 .A1 G34 (older issues back to December 1989)
The Gallup Organization
Free via web: http://www.gallup.com/
Latest public opinion polls on politics & elections, business & the economy, social issues & policy, managing and lifestyle.
Public Opinion Quarterly
Available in ProQuest Research Library (some years are full-text)(UTSA subscription)
Location: JPL Current Periodicals & Newspapers (current issues), JPL Reference Stacks HM261 .A1 P8 (1937-1982), JPL Microfilm Cabinet HM261 .A1 P8 (1937-1994)
Vital Speeches of the Day
Available in ProQuest Research Library (some full-text 1994-current, some images 1984-current) (UTSA subscription)
Location: JPL Current Periodicals & Newspapers, JPL Microfilm Cabinet PN6121 .V52 (1604 Campus) issues back to 1934.
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Facts & Figures (statistics, almanacs)
Fedstats:One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics
Free Website: http://www.fedstats.gov/
Statistical Universe (UTSA subscription)
Provides access to statistical information produced by the U.S. Government. Includes indexing and abstracting from 1973 to the present. Significant full text content from 1995 to the present including Statistical Abstract of the United States.
U.S. Census Bureau
Free Website: http://www.census.gov
Population Index
Free Website: http://popindex.princeton.edu/index.html
"Population Index, published since 1935, is the primary reference tool to the world's population literature. It presents an annotated bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, working papers, and other materials on population topics. This website provides a searchable and browsable database containing 43,463 abstracts of demographic literature published in Population Index in the period 1986-1999."
The Social Statistics Briefing Room
Free Website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html
"The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current Federal social statistics. It provides links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies."
See also: Country Statistics Subject Guide
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People & Associations (directories, home pages)
"Controversial issues" generally include public and social policies. Most of the web links below are to home pages of organizations who specialize in researching and presenting public and social policy issues.
Policy Action Network
Free Website: http://www.movingideas.org/
A project by The American Prospect, whose aim "is to contribute to a renewal of America's democratic traditions by presenting a practical and convincing vision of liberal philosophy, politics, and public life."
The Heritage Foundation
Free Website: http://www.heritage.org
The Heritage Foundation's mission is "...to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense."
Human Rights Watch
Free Website: http://www.hrw.org
RAND
Free Website: http://www.rand.org/
Think tank whose mission is to "...improve policy and decision making through research and analysis." Originally began after World War II, it's primary mission was to research national security issues. Over time, RAND has expanded their research to include domestic policy issues. Take a look at their areas of research.
Urban Institute
Free Website: http://www.urban.org/
A nonprofit policy research organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1968, the Urban Institute "...publishes studies, reports, and books on timely topics worthy of public consideration." Take a look at their topics of research.
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Further Research (guides, bibliographies)
Poly-Cy: Public Policy
Free Website: http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/polycy/pspubpol.html
Maintained by Bob Duval, West Virginia University Department of Political Science and the West Virginia University Institute for Public Affairs.
Research Resources for the Social Sciences
Free Website: http://www.socsciresearch.com/
SOSIG: Social Science Information Gateway (UK)
Free Website: http://sosig.ac.uk/
Yahoo! : Society and Culture : Issues and Causes
Free Website: http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Issues_and_Causes/
Yahoo! web directory of links.
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