Social Issues Databases
Key databases
Opposing Viewpoints In Context
Related databases
Selected ejournal titles
- Behavior and Social Issues – Available from 1991
- Journal of Social Issues – Available from 1997
- Social Issues and Policy Review – Available from 1997-2013
- Journal of Sport and Social Issues – Available from 1999
- Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy – Available from 1997, (Full Text Delay: 1 year)
Browse print books
- Find shelves on 3rd floor with call number ranges below.
- Books within these call number ranges are organized by subject, so you can find other related books.
| Keyword | Call # range |
| social history and conditions; social problems | HN 1 – 995 |
Selected ebook titles
- Menser, M., “We Decide! : Theories and Cases in Participatory Democracy”, 2018
- Bonds, E., “Social Problems : A Human Rights Perspective”, 2014
- McVeigh, R., & Estep, K., “The Politics of Losing : Trump, the Klan, and the Mainstreaming of Resentment”, 2019
- Haberski, R., Jr. & Hartman, A., “American Labyrinth : Intellectual History for Complicated Times”, 2018
- Ellis, M.; Coles, R.; & Garrett, G., “A Year at the Catholic Worker: A Spiritual Journey Among the Poor”, 1999.
- Neocleous, M., “The Fabrication of Social Order : A Critical Theory of Police Power”, 2000
- graham, E., “Fighting the Wrong Enemy : Antiglobal Activists and Multinational Enterprises”, 2000
Selected Social Issues Websites
Global Issues – Presents numerous global issues, in order to show how they are inter-related.
Social / Family Issues – Medline Plus’s List of Social & Family Issues with links to more information
ProCon.org – Provides professionally-researched pro, con, and related information on more than 50 controversial issues from gun control and death penalty to illegal immigration and alternative energy.
Public Agenda – This non-partisan NGO conducts nuanced and in-depth opinion research, based on co-founder Dan Yankelovich’s Learning Curve perspective.
University of Wisconsin – Madison, International Social Issues websites – Over 180 links for national and international organizations that are engaged on a wide variety of social, educational, environmental, and justice issues.
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