LibGuides: SYG 2010: Current Social Problems: Other Resources

Current Issues and "Hot" Topics

Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Opposing Viewpoints in Context is the premier online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration. Opposing Viewpoints in Context helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
CQ Researcher is often the first source that librarians recommend when researchers are seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published weekly in print and online 44 times a year by CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE Publications.

Newspapers

News and Newspapers (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive search of all newspaper content available in Proquest, including Pensacola News Journal and many other regional newspapers.
Pensacola News Journal, 1999-current (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Access to the Pensacola News Journal in html format from 1999 to current. For page image access please see microfilm 89 or visit the University Archives. This link takes you to a search of southeast newspapers, including the PNJ.
New York Times (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Full text of the New York Times from 1980 to current.
African American Newspapers (NewsBank) This link opens in a new window
Over 270 African American newspapers published between 1827 and 1998.

Internet Sites

Class Matters - Social Class in the United States of America
A team of reporters, working for the New York Times spent more than a year exploring ways that class - defined as a combination of income, education, wealth and occupation - influences destiny in a society that likes to think of itself as a land of unbounded opportunity.
RACE - Are We So Different?
Looking through the eyes of history, science and lived experience, the RACE Project explains differences among people and reveals the reality – and unreality – of race.
Gallup
Gallup delivers forward-thinking research, analytics, and advice to help leaders solve their most pressing problems. Combining more than 75 years of experience with its global reach, Gallup knows more about the attitudes and behaviors of the world's constituents, employees, and customers than any other organization.
Public Agenda Online
This website offers information on a myriad of social issues, with a particular focus on public opinion regarding such issues. Browse the site by topic, or search the site.
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (Cornell)
The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is one of the world's leading archives of social science data, specializing in data from surveys of public opinion. The data held by the Roper Center range from the 1930s, when survey research was in its infancy, to the present. Most of the data are from the United States, but over 50 nations are represented.
PBS: Social Issues
The White House - Priorities
The Heritage Foundation
Political Leaders - On The Issues