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A Guide To Resources In CSUF's Pollak Library

CQ Researcher [CSUF ONLY]  CQ Researcher icon

Opposing Viewpoints [CSUF ONLY]  opposing viewpoints icon

ProOrg.con [Free]

Multnomah County Library Homework Center [Free]

Public Agenda: The Issues [Free]

GrassCatcher [policy issues for all 50 states] [Free]

Journal Articles—Databases: [CSUF ONLY]

Opposing Viewpoints

CQ Researcher

Academic Search Premier [EBSCO]


CQ Researcher (1991-2002)     top
Reference H35 .E35  CATALOG RECORD

Note: Our print subscription stopped in 2002. For recent issues, see online version.
Examples of topics prior to 2003: Air Pollution, Civil Liberties, Latinos' Future, Gay Marriage, Homeland Security, SUV's, NASA's Future, Abortion, Home Schooling.

Opposing Viewpoints Series
Search Library Catalog by TITLE: opposing viewpoints series (unnumbered)
Tip: While viewing results, click on Limit/sort and then Sort Results by Year.
Recent titles: Race Relations, Euthanasia, Poverty, Hate Groups.

Issues for Debate in American Public Policy: Selections from The CQ Researcher  (2004)
5th FL SOUTH HN65 .I848 2004 CATALOG RECORD
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Contents: Education. Home schooling debate -- Charter schools -- Health care. Covering the uninsured -- Medical malpractice -- Social policy. Affirmative action -- Retirement security -- Living-wage movement -- Environment. SUV debate -- Reforming the Army Corps of Engineers -- Civil liberties, civil rights and justice. Civil liberties in wartime -- Cyber-crimes -- Abortion debates -- The economy. Stimulating the economy -- Accountants under fire -- Foreign policy. North Korean crisis -- New defense priorities.

Issues for Debate in American Public Policy (2004)
5th FL SOUTH HN65 .I848 2004b CATALOG RECORD       top
Contents: Education: Rising college costs ; Combating plagiarism -- Health care: Medicare reform ; Drug company ethics -- Social policy: Affirmative action ; Gay marriage ; Race in America ; Abortion debates -- Environment: SUV debate ; Air pollution conflict -- Civil liberties, civil rights and justice: Civil liberties debates ; School desegregation -- Business and the economy: Media ownership ; Exporting jobs -- Foreign policy: Democracy in the Arab world ; Nuclear proliferation and terrorism.

Contemporary World Issues     top
Search Library Catalog by Title: contemporary world issues
Recent titles:  AIDS, Biodiversity, Capital Punishment, Cults, Endangered Species, Euthanasia, Families, Gangs, Genetic Engineering, Gun Control, Hate Crimes, Homelessness, Media & Politics, Nuclear Weapons and Nonproliferation, Police Misconduct, Reproductive Issues, Recycling, Religion in Schools, Single Parents, Welfare Reform, Women and Equality in the Workplace, World Population.

Science in Dispute (2002-present)     top
Reference Q175 .S36  2002 CATALOG RECORD

Informative essays, both pro and con, on the major theories, ethical questions of science from all disciplines. Each volume covers approximately 30 issues organized in seven general categories: medicine, life science, physical science, astronomy and space exploration, Earth science, mathematics and computer science, and engineering. Each topic is introduced with a general overview. Cumulative subject index.

Pros and Cons: Social Policy Debates of Our Time (2001)
Reference  HN59.2 .K56 2001 CATALOG RECORD
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Contents: Abortion, Affirmative Action, Death Penalty, Gun Control, Health Care Reform, Human Cloning, Physician Assisted Suicide, Social Security Reform, School Voucher Program, Welfare Reform.

Taking Sides     top
Search the Library Catalog by Title: taking sides
Tip: While viewing results, click on Limit/sort and then Sort Results by Year.
Recent titles:  Education, childhood, marketing, politics.

Sourcebooks (published by Omnigraphics)
These books offer a broad overview on a topic with in-depth coverage of subtopics, statistics, contact information on related organizations, laws and legislation, a glossary, and a bibliography.
Aging Sourcebook REF HQ1064.U5 A6365 1998 CATALOG RECORD
AIDS Sourcebook REF
RC607.A26 A3573 1999 CATALOG RECORD
Alternative Medicine Sourcebook REF R733 .A475 1999 CATALOG RECORD
Alzheimer's Disease Sourcebook REF RC523.2 .A45 2003 CATALOG RECORD
Architecture Sourcebook REF NA 2750z A75 1997 CATALOG RECORD 
Attention Deficit Disorder Sourcebook  REF RJ506.H9 A885 2002 CATALOG RECORD
Cancer Sourcebook REF RC263 .C294 2000 CATALOG RECORD
Communications Security Sourcebook  REF TK5102.85 .C68 2003 CATALOG RECORD
Computer Security Sourcebook  REF QA76.9.A25 C658 2003 CATALOG RECORD
Consumer Issues in Health Care Sourcebook REF RA776.5 .C655 1999 CATALOG RECORD
Diet and Nutrition Sourcebook REF RA784 .D534 1999 CATALOG RECORD 
Disabilities Sourcebook REF HV1553 .D544 2000 CATALOG RECORD
Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Sourcebook REF HV6626.2 .D66 2000 CATALOG RECORD 
Drug Abuse Sourcebook REF HV5801 .D724 2004 CATALOG RECORD
Ethnic Diseases Sourcebook REF RA563.M56 E838 2001CATALOG RECORD
Forensic Medicine Sourcebook REF RA1053 .F67 1999 CATALOG RECORD
Halloween Program Sourcebook REF PN59.Z5 H34 2000 CATALOG RECORD
Learning Disabilities Sourcebook REF LC4705 .L434 2003 CATALOG RECORD
Mental Health Disorders Sourcebook REF RC454.4 .M458 2000 CATALOG RECORD
Movement Disorders Sourcebook CATALOG RECORD
Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Sourcebook REF RC200.2 .S387 2001CATALOG RECORD 
Sports Injuries Sourcebook REF  RD97 .S736 2002 CATALOG RECORD
Stress-Related Disorders Sourcebook REF RA785 .S78 2002 CATALOG RECORD
Travel Security Sourcebook REF G151 .T675 2003 CATALOG RECORD 
Worldwide Health Sourcebook REF RA441 .W68 2001CATALOG RECORD

Congressional Digest          top
2nd Floor North: PERIODICALS JK1001 .C74 CATALOG RECORD

This journal is available full text in the database Academic Search Premier and also in print. An independent, nongovernmental journal featuring controversies in Congress. Each issue is devoted to a controversial topic before Congress such as importing prescription drugs, media ownership, government surveillance, disarming Iraq. Provides background information and pros and cons by 4 to 10 Congressional "debaters."

Gallup Poll
Reference HN90.P8 G40 CATALOG RECORD

Gallup Poll Tuesday Briefing
2nd Floor North: PERIODICALS HM261.A1 G341 CATALOG RECORD

Public Opinion Quarterly    top
Online: POQ [CSUF only]
2nd Floor North: PERIODICALS HM261.A1 P8 CATALOG RECORD

History in Dispute     top
Reference D20 .H543 2000 CATALOG RECORD
Contents in 21 volumes: v. 1. The Cold War. v. 2. American social and political movements, 1945-2000. v. 3. American social and political movements, 1900-1945. v. 4. World War II.  v. 5. World War II. v. 6. The Cold War. -- v. 7. Water and the environment since 1945: Global perspectives. -- v. 8-9. World War I.  -- v. 10. The Crusades, 1095-1291. -- v. 11. The Holocaust, 1933-1945. -- v. 12. The American Revolution, 1763-1789. -- v. 13. Slavery in the Western Hemisphere, circa 1500-1888. -- v. 14. The Middle East since 1945. -- v. 15. The Middle East since 1945. -- v. 16. Twentieth-century European social and political movements.. -- v. 17. Twentieth-century European social and political movements. -- v. 18. The Spanish Civil War. -- v. 19. The Red scare after 1945. -- v. 20. Classical antiquity and classical studies.-- v. 21. Revolutionary Russia, 1890-1930.

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