ENG 112: English Composition (LVC)

Print Resources

CQ Researcher

Ref H35 .E35
Each week Congressional Quarterly addresses the pros and cons of current, topical issues. Includes citations.

Gun control and the Constitution : sources and explorations on the Second Amendment

KF3941.A7 G86 1993
Series: Controversies in constitutional law
Example of this series. Other sets deal with issues such as school busing, affirmative action, prayer in school, abortion, etc..

American Decades

Ref E 169.12 .A419
Summary of events in US History. Check other chronologies in this call number range.

Encyclopedia of Sociology

Ref HM17 .E5 1992
Good source to gain background information on a wide range of social issues.

Online Resources

Lexis-Nexis

Connections to newspaper articles (including New York Times and Washington Post), business information (including SEC filings), and legal resources (including state and federal case law).

Readers' Guide Full Text

Indexes over 200 popular U.S. general interest periodicals. Covers 1983 to the present.

Social Sciences Full Text

Indexes over 300 English-language periodicals covering anthropology, economics, psychology, social work, sociology, and related fields. Covers 1983 to the present.

Wilson Select Plus

Contains indexed and abstracted articles from 800 periodicals, all with full-text online.

Yahoo > Society and Culture

Yahoo! does a decent job of organizing websites into broad categories for easier navigation of the Internet.