Selected Resources for: Current Issues
| Subject Librarian: Cody Hanson E-Mail: hans1794@umn.edu Subject Description:This subject covers: contemporary social, economic, political or cultural issues as covered in news and opinion sources as well as some scholarly and public policy resources. |
Abstracts and Indexes
* Premier Resources *PAIS International   Use this index for broad coverage of social science issues worldwide. Includes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, and book chapters. [more information] [  Add To myLibrary!] |
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes
| Left Index Provides access to the diversity of literature on the left, with a primary emphasis on politically and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside the academy and a secondary emphasis on significant but little known sources of news and ideas. Topics covered include politics, economics, the labor movement, ecology and environment, women's studies, race and ethnicity, social and cultural theory, sociology, art and aesthetics, philosophy, history, education, law, and globalization. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Catalogs & Indexes to Government Publications
| Congressional Research Digital Collection - Prospective Service The LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection (CRDC) provides full-text access to more than 5,000 Congressional committee prints published from 2004 to present and more than 23,000 Congressional Research Service reports published from 2004-present. The bibliographic records provide controlled-vocabulary indexing, including citations for bills, public laws, and Statutes at Large, and analytical abstracts of the documents. Also includes links to political parties and organizations, news sources, etc. See Overview/Help for useful information on the legislative process. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
| Academic Search Premier This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Alternative Press Index Indexes articles, editorials, reviews, interviews, obituaries, speeches, fiction, songs, recipes, regular columns from 250 publications. The bibliographic citations cover North American alternative, radical and left analysis and opinion sources concerning cultural, economic, political, and social change. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 5 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Ethnic Newswatch FULL TEXT articles from over 125 American ethnic and minority newspapers, magazines and journals. A rich collection of articles, editorials, columns, reviews, etc. provide a broad diversity of perspectives and viewpoints -- the other sides of the stories. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| LexisNexis Academic (ON CAMPUS USE ONLY) LexisNexis Academic is a collection of online databases: News, Business (plus corporate news and corporate financials), Legal, Medical, and Reference. International news sources are included. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| MasterFile Premier This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. MasterFILE Premier, designed specifically for public libraries, provides full text for more than 2,000 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. In addition to the full text, this database provides indexing and abstracts for 2700 titles. This database features: 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews, 357 reference and travel books including the World Almanac & Book of Facts 2001; full text from 84,074 biographies, 86,132 full text primary source documents, American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. MasterFILE Premier offers PDF backfiles as far back as 1975. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| MNMag: Minnesota Magazine Index MNMag is an index of articles on local and statewide politics, news, current events, history and the arts that appear in nine Minnesota magazines: City Pages, Hennepin History, Minneapolis And St. Paul Skyway News, Mpls. St. Paul Magazine, Minnesota History, Minnesota Monthly, Minnesota Law And Politics, Ramsey County History, and the Twin Cities Reader. Index from 1991-2005 by the staff in the History Department at the Minneapolis Public Library. It includes over 25,000 citations. No new citations have been added after 2005 but may be again at some time in the future. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Indexes, Other
| Al Jazeera Al Jazeera is the only Arabic News Channel in the Middle East offering news coverage 24 hours a day from around the world with focus on the hottest regions of conflict. Founded in 1996, and based in Qatar, the Al Jazeera focuses primarily on news coverage and analysis. Programs are devoted to various topics including Politics, Business, Culture, Sports, and Health. Programming also includes a wide selection of political talk shows and documentaries with uncensored debates and free arguments covering events as they happen. This source contains noteworthy segments that are translated and transcribed. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Current Issues Sourcefile Full text information from public interest and advocacy groups, professional and trade associations, research center "think tanks," and government agencies and offices. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Catalogs and Bibliographies
Catalogs| MNCAT Classic Search with MNCAT Classic to find books, journals, etc. owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title, or author for materials on your topic. MNCAT Classic lacks the faceted searching of MNCAT Plus, but can be easier to use if you already have a good idea of what you're looking for. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Reference Sources
Biographical Sources| American Social Leaders From Colonial times To the Present This book profiles 350 American men and women from colonial times to the present who have been leaders of the social and intellectual movements that have significantly affected American life and thought. (Preface) [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Biography and Genealogy Master Index A comprehensive index to more than 12 million biographical sketches in more than 3,400 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering over 4 million contemporary and historical figures throughout the world. Please note: BGMI allows only one U of M - TC user at a time. If you are denied access, please wait 15 minutes and try again. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Contemporary Authors A bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields. Provides complete biographical and bibliographical references for more than 100,000 authors in the U.S. and around the world. Please note: our license only allows for one simultaneous user. If you are denied access please try again later. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Who's Who in America [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Directories
| InfoSpace Canadian listings of people, government offices and businesses. Allows you to search by partial name of a business; exand a search to 20 or 50 mile radius of a given geographic location; and to browse businesses by categories. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Encyclopedias
| Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Concise as well as scholarly articles on a wide range of subjects. Also includes links to related Internet resources, and the Britannica Book of the Year. Search tip: When combining words in search, capitalize AND. For example: revolution AND 1848 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Encyclopedia of Modern American Social Issues This book provides the information and explanations necessary for a basic understanding of the problems and controversies that have faced--and continue to face--the United States.(Introduction) [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Encyclopedia of Social Issues This 6 volume encyclopedia provides full, informed, and unbiased discussion of the history, evolution and debate associated with each issue. Graphs, tables, and photographs are frequently included. Volume 6 includes a bibliography listing current books for 30 major subject areas and an index to all 6 volumes. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Reference Works
| Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus A carefully-selected database of full-text articles from key publications covering a variety of current social, scientific, health, political, and global issues (~ 20-30 articles per topic). The topics are chosen to make up a well-rounded overview, and are then organized by subtopic for easy access. Topics are selected to suit the needs of school and university researchers, reflecting timely issues and controversies. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Handbooks and Manuals
| Atlas of American Society This book displays statistical data on individual maps of the United States about characteristics of American society useful for understanding social issues. This allows for quick comparisons between and among states and reveals regional trends. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Public Opinion Resources
| Polling the Nations The online version of the American Public Opinion Index, this database is a compilation of more than 14,000 surveys conducted by more than 700 polling organizations in the United States and more than 80 other countries. Each of the nearly 350,000 records reports a question asked and the responses given. Also included in each record is the polling organization responsible for the work, the date the information was released, the sample size, and universe. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| PollingReport.com An independent, nonpartisan resource on American public opinion covering politics, business and American pop culture. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Internet Resources
Gateways & Megasites| Hot Topics resources from St Ambrose University's OKeefe Library. Can't decide on a topic? Need resources fast? Try this. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| New American Studies Web This is database is a project from Georgetwon University. It is a topical database of over 2,000 web-based resources in American Studies. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Presidential Pardons "The University of Pittsburgh School of Law presents this resource as a non-partisan educational resource for scholars, policy-makers and citizens interested in the law of Presidential pardons." This material is located on JURIST: The Legal Education Network. Site highlights include daily pardon news updates, frequently asked questions, a glossary of terms, and an online, live roundtable discussion by legal scholars. Linked articles discuss the history and constitutional basis for pardons. There are also a bibliography and a list of academic experts available for media interviews. A free Internet subscription to JURIST is available. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Public Agenda Online This site provided extensive information on current and controversial issues such as abortion and legal gaming, the family, education etc. Each segment has an overview, facts and trends, different perspectives, links to news stories, and results of public opinion polls. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Yahoo! Society and Culture: Issues and Causes Links to Web sites covering about 70 topics such as animal rights, cloning, death penalty, global warming, etc. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Periodical and Newspaper subscriptions
Electronic Journal Collections| Electronic Journals This link will take you to the University Libraries Electronic Journals page. On that page you can either search for a specific journal, magazine or newspaper title or enter an e-journal vendor site. You will be presented with a list of results. Click on the appropriate title to begin accessing the online version of that periodical. Keyword searching of more than one journal at a time is sometimes possible, depending upon the search capabilities provided by the vendor who supplied the original journal that you referenced. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| FAQ: Finding E-Journals -- Want more help on finding e-journals? Check out this FAQ. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
News Sources
| Issues and Controversies@FACTS.com Intended for the undergraduate researcher, Issues and Controversies@FACTS.com is a reference database that combines objective analysis, and opposing points of view on current and controversial topics. Includes coverage of more than 250 controversial topics in the news. Each report includes chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Minnesota News A guide to MInnesota newspapers and other Minnesota news sources. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| New York Times (via LexisNexis) National, foreign, business and local news from foreign networks and bureaus around the United States. LexisNexis contains the final city edition Monday-Saturday, and the Sunday Times including special sections like the Sunday Magazine. Certain freelance articles and other features within this publication (photographs, classifieds, etc...) may not be available. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| News and Newspapers Online News and Newspapers Online lists hundreds of news resources from around the world in a variety of languages that offer free access to current, general-interest, full-text news. A free service of Walter Clinton Jackson Library at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| St. Paul Pioneer Press Full text coverage from 1988 to the present of the daily newspaper for the City of St Paul. Besides articles about the Twin Cities, coverage includes western Wisconsin and the state of Minnesota. Due to recent legal restrictions, free lance authors may not be included in the online version. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Star Tribune.com Use this to find daily news stories plus articles in the news archive back three weeks. If you want an article older than three weeks, then go to the paid archives, where you can search and preview a story for free, but you will be charged $1.95 when you retrieve the full text of an article. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Twin Cities Newspapers A guide to the St. Paul and Minneapolis newspapers and newspaper indexes owned at the University of Minnesota. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Primary Source Materials
Reports| CQ Researcher Designed as a starting place for research, 48 reports per year provide background on current topics of widespread interest. The reports define the issues and include a chronology and extensive bibliographies. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Resources on Minnesota Legislative Issues Topics such as crime, charter schools, feed lots, etc, are covered on this Minnesota Legislative Reference Library page. Significant reports and documents available online are included. Please Note: Many of the resources listed give Legislative Reference Library call numbers. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Societies, Agencies, and Organizations
Official Agency & Organization Websites| Speakout.com This non-partisan comprehensive site showcases leading research, opinions and events shaping public policy on dozens of issues including education, technology and healthcare. Includes the full text of current position papers and analyses from think tanks, government agencies, politicians, associations and trade groups, and advocacy organizations. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Statistics and Data
Statistical Resources| County and City Data Book Hosted by the University of Virginia, this resource provides WWW access to the electronic versions of the 1988 and 1994 County and City Data Books. This service provides the opportunity to create custom printouts and/or customized data subsets. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Datapedia of the United States, 1790-2005 This volume updates the "government publication, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970. Combining data tables and text, it {aims to} provide a foundation for examining {the} 'nation's growth--revealing historical patterns and principal changes' for 23 selected areas, including health, agriculture, housing, energy, finance, and government. . . . For the period up to 1970, Datapedia is based entirely on Historical Statistics. For 1970-90, it is based on the annual Statistical Abstract of the United States. Where possible, as with demographics, projections are extended to the year 2010." (Booklist) Index. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| FedStats More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. This site provides easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies for public use. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Gallup Brain The Gallup Brain is a searchable database providing a record of more than 70 years of public opinion information. The Gallup Brain provides full-text answers to more than 125,000 questions, and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935. This poll database also houses current Gallup Poll News Service articles that feature the latest in-depth poll analyses and replicas of news stories and press releases linked to the surveys. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Government Publications Library Statistics Web Page A page created by the U of M Government Publications Library staff, you can use it to locate statistics by subject, go to heavily used resources and find answers to common questions. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| InfoNation: United Nations Statistical Data Allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for up to 5 member states of the United Nations. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| LexisNexis Statistical Index to statistical publications from US and state government agencies, international intergovernmental organizations, professional and trade organizations, business organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, and universities. Comprised of three indexes--the American Statistics Index (ASI)--Index to International Statistics (IIS)-- and Statistical Resources Index (SRI) that give bibliographic citations, abstracts, and links to selected full-text tables and web sites when available. The Government Publications Library has the companion microfiche collections which include copies of almost all the publications indexed in this database. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| MapStats Use MapStats to profile your State, county, Federal judicial district, or congressional district. Just select the name from the menu or use the map provided for your State. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Reference Sources on Statistics University of Minnesota Libraries web page with links to many online fulltext statistical reference resources. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Selected Government Statistics Selected Government Statistics on/for: Absolute Beginners, Agriculture, Crime and Justice, Defense, Earnings and Income, Education, Elections, Employment and Labor, Energy, Environment & Natural Resources, General Economics, Health, Housing, Inflation and Prices, International Trade, Money, National Accounts, Population, Poverty and Social Welfare, State and Local Areas, Transportation, and United States. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Statistical Abstract of the United States As the National Data Book it contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Selected international data are also included. The Abstract is also your Guide to sources of other data from the Census Bureau, other Federal agencies, and private organizations (see example table). The online version has full text from 1995-, although the series as a whole starts in 1878. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Statistical Abstract of the World Provides a statistical "snapshot" of the world for the year that it covers [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Understanding USA Over 300 full color graphic illustrations present statistics on the US. Look at the book in Wilson Reference or check out the online version [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Style Manuals and Writing Guides
Bibliography Software| RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.). [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Writing Guides
| Center for Writing The Rhetoric Department, English Department, Center for the Interdisciplinary Studies of Writing and the General College Writing Center have come together to bring you writing support in one place. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| QuickStudy -- Citing Sources QuickStudy: Library Research Guide from the University of Minnesota provides examples online for APA, MLA and Turabian styles, including how to cite electronic sources. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Library Information
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