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Nature of the issue
Pro and con resources and background info
Choosing databases to find articles
How do I find a copy of the article?
Legislative process
Sources for informed citizens
Citing sources
These are only some of the sources that may be useful to you. Please contact me for help with any of your research, Sylvia Morra, x1452 or email AskUs.
Nature of the issue
Pro and Con resources and background information
Congressional Research Reports for
the People
Check here for excellent in-depth issues/briefings
that were researched for Congress.
CQ
Researcher
This online periodical presents excellent
pro/con issues on current events.
To find information about controversial topics and the pros and cons of social issues, search in the library catalog under the following five titles:
Choosing databases to find articles
Get beyond Google by using some of the databases
below, which contain both popular and scholarly articles on your topics. Although they deliver
their content through the web, these databases are paid for through library
subscriptions. Information found here would not generally be found for free on
the web; articles have been written by subject experts or professional
journalists and reviewed by peers and editors.
Academic
Search Premier
Start your research here in this
multi-disciplinary database that indexes 4700 journals. Full text for more than
3600 scholarly journals. Indexing goes back to 1975 for some journals. This
database indexes weekly news magazines, opinion as well as scholarly magazines.
SocINDEX with Full Text. 1908+. Articles from over 700 sociological journals, covering topics such as abortion, criminal justice, gender studies, marriage and family, religion and urban sociology.
Lexis
Nexis News
Follow an issue in the national newspapers with full text sources such as the
New York Times, Washington Post and the Christian Science Monitor.
Criteria for Scholarly vs. Popular Journals
How do I find a copy of
the article?
What is available here and now?
Search for full text
articles in journals using the following link:
Locate E-town Journals.
Type the name of the journal next to 'Find:' and then press 'Search'. Full
text can be electronic or within the library in paper, microfiche or microfilm.
Check the publication dates of the article against the listing of years for
the database or the years listed 'Within the High Library'. If the database
includes those years, click on the link, add in an author's name or title of the
article. The full text link should appear at the end of the citation.
Current year paper issues of journals in the High Library
are on the entrance level.
Older print journals are on
Level One, alphabetically by journal title.
If the
journal is in microfiche or microfilm, copies can be made in the library.. Ask
the reference librarian or circulation student assistants for help. Order copies online by using
ILLiad. Click on Request an Article and fill out the form. You will receive an email when the article is available on ILLiad for downloading.
What if it is not here?
Order items from another library, if The
High Library doesn't own that specific journal or have it for the years that you
need it. Requesting the article can be done through the databases or through the
following software link:
ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan).
Allow a minimum of 4-5 working days for the article to arrive.
The Legislative
Process and your issue
THOMAS
Search bill status by name or number, browse bills
by sponsor, search the congressional record, committee reports, and roll call
votes for the House and Senate.
Congressional Record
Congressional Quarterly Almanac (Ref 328.73 C749)
Background information on major legislation, provides bill
numbers and summarizes differences between multiple bills on a subject, key
players and behind the scenes information, all roll call votes. Published
annually, usually six months after the end of the previous year.
CQ Weekly (full text 1998-2003, but fully indexed in Academic Search
Premier) Current paper issues on reserve at the Circulation Desk
Follow legislation more current than the last volume of
Congressional Quarterly Almanac.
National Journal full text 2000 to present (embargo-14 days)
The leading weekly on the policy-making process for the
beneath-the-surface coverage of the issues, people and organizations that shape
our nation's policy.
Almanac of American Politics (Ref 328.73 B265a 2008)
An insightful look at all legislators. Includes ratings for
each legislator by
special interest groups and notes key congressional votes.
Sources for informed citizens
http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/
Political Information- a Search Engine for Politics, Policy and Political News
Public papers of the presidents of the United States. (Ref 353.03 Un58p)
Most current volume is through 2004.
The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
Search individual journal titles
Newspapers
New York Times
Washington Post
Christian Science Monitor
Weekly news magazines
Time
Newsweek
U.S. News and World Report
Business Week
Economist
Magazines of opinion
American Prospect
New Republic
National Review
Public Interest
(full text 1990-2005)
Harper's
(full text 1992-2007)
Commentary
Society
Nation
(embargo-1 month)
New Leader
(full text 1992-2006)
New York Times Magazine
New York Review of Books
Atlantic
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Policy
Scholarly journals
American Political Science Review
Journal of Politics
(embargo-1 year)
Political Science Quarterly
(embargo- 6 months)
Public Administration Review
(embargo- 1 year)
Political Research Quarterly
(1993-2006)
Criteria for Scholarly vs. Popular Journals
Print citation guides (all are on permanent reserve at the Library's Circulation Desk)
Keys for Writers (5th ed.).
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.).
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