Social Issues and Government Resources

• Congressional Digest
  Floor 4: CALL NUMBER  JK 1 .C65

Published ten times a year, each issue is devoted to one topic of major importance currently under consideration by Congress. The pros and cons are presented with four to six speakers for each side. Background information is also included.

• Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report

Floor 4: CALL NUMBER JK1 .C15
 

Weekly coverage of current topics.  Each issue has a detailed table of contents.

• CQ Researcher
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  Floor 2 Reference:  CALL NUMBER H35 .C232
  Floor 4 H35 .C232, earlier issues at CALL NUMBER H35 .E3501
   
  Each week a different controversial topic currently in the news is presented. Every issue includes sections entitled Background, Chronology, Current Situation, Outlook, At Issue, Bibliography, and The Next Step. The At Issue section presents two sides of one aspect of the issue. A cumulative subject index is included within print volumes. Online indexing available through ArticleFirst,  PAIS International, and Periodical Abstracts.
   
• Editorials on File
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  Floor 2 Reference:  CALL NUMBER D 410 .E35
  
  Twice a month editorials are reprinted from more than 150 daily North American newspapers. Editorials are arranged by topic and include a brief factual summary of the events leading up to the editorial.

• Facts on File

Floor 2 Reference: CALL NUMBER D 410 .F3
 

Weekly compilation of data that is well indexed.

• The Gallup Poll Monthly
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  Floor 4::  CALL NUMBER HM 261.A1 G3403

• Vital Speeches of the Day
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   Floor 6: CALL NUMBER PN 6121 .V52
   
  Twice a month the text of speeches on current national questions are reprinted. Online indexing available through ABI/Inform.

• Academic Universe LEXIS/NEXIS

This library database contains the full-text articles from U.S. and  international newspapers, magazines, wire services, newsletters, journals, and broadcast transcripts.

• For editorials,
  1) Type your keywords into the search box
  2) In the Additional Terms box, type the phrase: section (editorial)
  3) Select all available dates

• Congressional Universe

• Each month relevant full text articles covering key public policy issues impacting the nation are selected from major national and regional news sources and made available online. To browse the list of topics choose Article Indexes at the Milner Library website, then choose Congressional Universe through the Title Index search, and select Hot Topics in Congress.

• PerAbs

• This FirstSearch database indexes magazines from a wide variety of topics. Includes some full-text articles.

• Readers' Guide Abstracts (Wilson)

• Readers' Guide Abstracts indexes and abstracts more than 240 general interest periodicals, including the New York Times.

• FedStats  (from Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy)
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            Links data from more than 70 federal agencies.
            Search by browsing topic areas or performing keyword searches
• Statistical Abstract of the United States  (from the Census Bureau)
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  Statistical compendium that measures all aspects of American political, socioeconomic, and cultural life. Arranged into subject areas. Available in print format at the Information Desks on Floors 1, 2, 4, and 5.
   
• Statistical Resources on the Web (from the University of Michigan Documents Center) http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/stats.html

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  Links connect to a wide range of Internet sites that deal with   education, health, science, politics, and sociology

• College Library Subject Guides  (from University of Wisconsin at Madison, College Library)
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  Subject Guides offers a collection of research guides on current issues. The Roadmaps provide searching strategies to help you find information in the library's books, journals, and electronic databases.
• PollingReport.com
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  This Internet vehicle for the magazine The Polling Report gives undergraduates, teachers, and researchers alike easy access to a timely, high quality cross-section of poll data on topics of national political, economic, and sociocultural interest.

Opposing Viewpoints Series
 

Below are selected topics and examples for subject searches

• abortion
• abortion induced
  abortion government policy
  abortion law legislation
  abortion political aspects
  abortion religious aspects
  abortion United States
• alcoholism
• alcoholism United States
  alcoholics anonymous
• child abuse
• child abuse United States
  child welfare
• divorce
• children of divorced parents
  custody of children
  single-parent family
• drug abuse
• drug abuse
  drug abuse United States
  (names of individual drugs, eg. heroin)
• suicide
• suicide
  youth suicidal behavior