LibGuides: English 001 (Lundberg): Select Topic

Books to Discover Topics

Social Issues in America: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: REF: HN57 .S624 2006
Browse through the topics in these volumes to get ideas on contemporary hot topics in the United States. When you find a topic, also take note of any subtopics mentioned in the entry.
Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Social Issues
Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics

Browse Topics in Databases

Articles Plus: Reference Book Entries
Infobase eBooks
Gale E-books (formerly known as Gale Virtual Reference Library)
eBooks at Chabot
Science Reference Center
MasterFILE Complete
Opposing Viewpoints In Context
Issues & Controversies
Issues & Controversies provides overviews of the hot topics of the day
CQ Researcher Online (Topic List)
Biographies in Our Databases

Journal of Social Issues

Journal of Social Issues
Browse the Journal of Social Issues by selecting a year and then an issue (right side)

Library in a Book

The Library also has in reference the Library in a Book series.

Animal Rights by Lisa Yount
Call Number: REF HV4708 .Y84 2008

Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
Call Number: REF TP248.23 .Y684 2008

Capital Punishment by Harry Henderson

Censorship by Gail B. Riley
Call Number: REF Z658 .U5 R55 1998

Disaster Response by Fred C. Pampel

DNA Evidence and Forensic Science by David E. Newton
Call Number: REF K5465 .N49 2008

Drugs and Sports
Call Number: REF RC1230 .P36 2007

Education Reform by Ian C. Friedman

Energy Supply by Lisa Yount
Call Number: REF TJ163.2 .Y68 2005
ISBN: 9781438125480

Immigration by John Powell
Call Number: REF JV6201 .P68 2007

Internet Predators by Harry Henderson

Juvenile Crime

Nuclear Power by David E. Newton

Patients' Rights in the Age of Managed Health Care by Lisa Yount
Call Number: REF KF3823 .Y68 2001

Power of the News Media by Harry Henderson
Call Number: REF PN4888 .B74 H46 2004

Prescription Drugs by Fred C. Pampel
Call Number: REF RM301.15 .P36 2010

Prisons by Jeffrey Ferro
Call Number: REF HV9471 .F465 2006

Privacy in the Information Age by Harry Henderson
Call Number: REF KF1263 .C65 H46 2006

Racial Profiling by Fred C. Pampel

Right to Die and Euthanasia by Lisa Yount

Rights of the Disabled by David M. Haugen; Susan Musser; Andrea B. DeMott

Rights of the Elderly by Fred C. Pampel

Sexual Misconduct and the Clergy by Jeffrey Ferro
Call Number: REF BV4392.5 .F47 2005

Stem Cell Research by David E. Newton
Call Number: REF QH588 .S83 N49 2007

Threats to Food Safety by Fred C. Pampel
Call Number: REF TX531 .P26 2006

Tobacco Industry and Smoking by Fred C. Pampel

Weapons of Mass Destruction by Mary D. Davis; Arthur H. Purcell