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Databases
To get to the databases from home click here Then use your student id & library pin.
Select Gale Databases, then choose the Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center!
(Links below are only accessible only when on campus)
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Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office). |
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today"s hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.
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| Issues ABC Clio- This database helps students develop an in-depth understanding of how society shapes and is shaped by controversy—with authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on the most enduring and timely issues of the day. |
The World & I - database provides information on politics and current affairs, the arts, cutting-edge science, international cultures, the latest in literature, the most talked-about issues in the academic, and popular culture. |
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Websites
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Biographical Resources
Distinguished Women of the Past & Present: "This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others. Some were alive hundreds of years ago and some are living today. We"ve heard of some of them, while many more have been ignored by history book writers." |
Issue Related Resources
PRO/CON.ORG - presents controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, primarily pro-con format.
Social Issues Research - a web page has been created by Multnomah County Library which provides links to sites which discuss various aspects of current social issues.
Best Information on the Net - Links to carefully selected sites on covering "hot paper topics." Created by St. Ambrose University Library.
IPL2 - provides "information you can trust." High quality resources selected by IPL2 staff for providing accurate, factual information on a particular topic.
Sports Reference - A combination of sites providing top notch statistics and resources for sports fans everywhere. Our aim is to be the easiest-to-use, fastest, most complete sources for sports statistics anywhere. |
Civil Rights Resources
The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship explores black America"s quest for equality from the early national period through the twentieth century. It showcases the incomparable African American collections of the Library of Congress by displaying more than 240 items, including books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, and plays in the largest black history exhibit ever presented by the Library.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) founded on two counterbalancing principles: that the majority of the people govern, through democratically elected representatives; and that the power even of a democratic majority must be limited, to ensure individual rights.
Amnesty International purpose is to protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied, investigate and expose abuses, educate and mobilize the public, and help transform societies to create a safer, more just world.
Anti-Slavery International The world"s oldest international human rights organization and the only charity in the United Kingdom to work exclusively against slavery and related abuses.
Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law The Center is a non-profit, public interest legal foundation dedicated to furthering and protecting the civil, constitutional, and human rights of immigrants, refugees, children, and the poor.
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) The third oldest and one of the "Big Four" civil rights groups in the United States.
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights a strategy and action center working for justice, opportunity and peace in urban America. Based in Oakland, California, we promote positive alternatives to violence and incarceration
Freedom: A History of US An interactive website covering the history of the United States. Of particular interest for this project are the segments entitled We Shall Overcome, Let Freedom Ring and What is Freedom. Timelines, video/audio clips, and photos are included.
Freedom House a non-profit, nonpartisan organization, is a clear voice for democracy and freedom around the world.
Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch is the largest human rights organization based in the United States. Human Rights Watch researchers conduct fact-finding investigations into human rights abuses in all regions of the world.
James Earl Chaney Foundation seeks to motivate America"s citizens - regardless of ethnicity, sexuality or religion - to register and to vote, to be more aware of the issues, to be self educated in regard to public policy above and beyond what the politicians want them to know, to vote in every election, to know their rights as humans and American citizens
Martin Luther King & the Civil Rights Movement Includes a timeline, biography and photo gallery of Dr. King ll |
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Citing Resources |
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Search for a book in the GHS Library!
Don't forget our print books---we have over 300 books with viewpoint essays and facts to help you answer your research questions. Here are some of our favorite series:
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Bib Me- This free, "fully automatic" citation/bibliography maker will search for your reference and create a citation, no matter if it is a website, book, film or magazine article. It so easy to use your dog could create a bibliography if only it knew how type.
Easybib - A chart to guide your documentation
Noodlebib Express- Just need one or two quick citations? Generate them in NoodleBib Express and copy and paste what you need into your document. |
