Social Problems
 Books - To Get Started |
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| Indexes to News and Journal Articles |
| Internet Resources |
| Becoming Globally Informed: 4 Steps |
Books from the following series are good starting points.
- Contemporary World Issues
- Current Controversies
- Taking Sides
- Opposing Viewpoints
- Worldwatch paper
- Worldwatch environmental alert series
From following organizations
- World Bank
- Worldwatch Institute.
- United Nations Development Programme
- United Nations Environment Programme
The A to Z of world development / compiled by Andy Crump ; edited by Wayne Ellwood ; [foreword by Norman Myers]. Ref D883 .C78 1998
CQ Researcher Ref H35 .E35
- Examines the many viewpoints behind many common controversies and social issues.
The encyclopedia of the Second World / George Kurian. Ref D883 .C78 1998
The Europa world year book. Ref D2 .E89 2003 V. 1-2
- Statistics on economic activities. Also has capsule summaries of political and economic histories. Despite the title, this volume covers all countries of the world.
Human Development Reports. United Nations Development Programme HD72 .H85 (latest in Reference)
- Extensive, up-to-date statistics on demographic trends, health, sanitation and nutrition, literacy, technology, poverty, economic performance, income and consumption, trade, unemployment, energy, refugees, and dozens of gender-related development indexes such as income for males versus females
IssueWeb : a guide and sourcebook for researching controversial issues on the Web / Karen R. Díaz, Nancy O'Hanlon. Ref ZA4228 .D53 2004
Nations of the world : a political, economic & business handbook. Ref D32 .N37 2004
Poverty in the United States : an encyclopedia of history, politics, and policy / edited by Gwendolyn Mink and Alice O'Connor. Ref HC110.P6 P598 2004
Routledge international encyclopedia of women : global women's issues and knowledge
/ Cheris Kramarae and Dale Spender, general editors. Ref HQ1115 .R69 2000 V. 1-4
State of the world : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society. Ref HC59 .S734 2004
Statistical yearbook. Annuaire statistique. United Nations. Statistical Office. Ref HA12.5 .U63 2003
Women in the Third World : an encyclopedia of contemporary issues / editor, Nelly P. Stromquist ; assistant editor, Karen Monkman Ref HQ1870.9 .W6548 1998
The encyclopedia of environmental studies / by William Ashworth Ref QH540.4 .A84 1991
Environmental disasters : a chronicle of individual, industrial, and governmental carelessness / Lee Davis. Ref GE140 .D383 1998
Gale environmental almanac / [edited by] Russ Hoyle ; foreword by Russell E. Train. Ref D847 .K82 1990
International energy outlook / Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, U.S. Department of Energy. Ref HD9506.A1 I565 2001
OECD environmental outlook.
State of the world : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society. Ref HC59 .S734 2004 ( back years in stack. See also other WorldWatch Institute publications)
Taking sides : clashing views on controversial environmental issues / selected, edited, and with introductions by Theodore D. Goldfarb TD170.3 .T35 2001
Vital signs : the trends that are shaping our future / Lester R. Brown, et. al. Ref HD75.6 .V57 2003 (older issues in stack)
World energy outlook / International Energy Agency. Ref GE80 .H69 1993
World resources. HC10 .W827 (Latest in reference)
Hunger 2002 : a future with hope : 12th annual report on the state of world hunger. Ref HD9000.5 .H815 2002
Global economic prospects and the developing countries [electronic resource]
Global System for Sustainable Development
Human development report.
Key indicators of the labour market, 2001-2002 / International Labour Office Ref HD5712 .K49 2002
The least developed countries ... report / prepared by the UNCTAD Secretariat Ref HC59.7 .L328 2002
State of the world : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society. Ref HC59 .S734 2004
World bank atlas. HA40.I5 I61 (Latest in reference)
World development report. Ref HC59.7 .W659 2005
World development indicators. Ref HC59.15 .W656 2004
World economic outlook : a survey by the staff of the International Monetary Fund. HC59 .W645 (latest in reference)
World labour report. Ref HD4802 .W65 2000
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2002 Ref JC571 .C686 2002a
Human Rights Watch world report. Ref JC571 .H785 2005
Census Bureau Population Topics
State of the world : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society. Ref HC59 .S734 2004
United Nations Population Information Network
World bank atlas. HA40.I5 I61 (Latest in reference)
Worldwatch paper such as Beyond Malthus : sixteen dimensions of the
population problem / Lester R. Brown, Gary Gardner, and Brian Halweil ; Linda Starke, editor. HB871|.B736 1998 (see other "Worldwatch paper")
World development report. Ref HC59.7 .W659 2005
Encyclopedia of terrorism / Harvey W. Kushner. Ref HV6431 .K883 2003
Encyclopedia of world terrorism / [edited by Frank Shanty and Raymond Picquet ; John Lalla, documents editor]. Ref HV6431 .E53 2003 V. 1-2
FBI: War on Terrorism, Counterterrorism
Talking terrorism : a dictionary of the loaded language of political violence / Philip Herbst. Ref HV6431 .H455 2003
World conflicts / Patrick Brogan. Ref D842 .B69 1998b
Indexes to News and Journal Articles
- Article First
- Eventline
- ERIC (EBSCO)
- Factiva
- JStor
- Lexis-Nexis Academic
- NewsBank Newspapers [info]
- Newspaper Source [info]
- PAIS (1972-present)
- Sociological Abstracts 1963-
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Television News Archive - Vanderbilt University
Evaluating Sources and Be Aware of Bias
Evaluation of resources you found is extremely important.You should also
be aware that some publications have a certain bias on the issues presented.
One way to determine this is by using "Magazines for Libraries"
by William and Linda Sternberg Katz (Ref Z6941 .M23). The magazines listed
below are a sample of various points-of-view to get you started.
| Conservative |
Liberal |
Radical |
| National Review | The Nation | Dissent |
| Reader's Digest | New Republic | |
| Weekly standard | Newsweek | |
| World & I | Time | |
| U.S. News and World Report | ||
| The Washington monthly. |
- INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections - Social Sciences, Humanities, General Reference
- Internet Public Library: Social Issues and Social Welfare
- Librarians' Index to the Internet
- Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)
- Social Criticism Review