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=Controversial Issues Pathfinder= Note: Sharon Public Library card number required to access the databases below from home

==**Important Citation Info. for Students: To cite database articles, do not copy and paste the website address from top of computer screen! Scroll down to end of the article for correct citation info!**==


 * [|EBSCO Points of View Reference Center]

Select "Issues" Section- See Ms. Collins in the library for username/password || See Ms. Collins in the library for username/passwords ||
 * See Ms. Collins in library for password || media type="custom" key="11298994" || [|ABC-CLIO Databases]:
 * media type="custom" key="11298464" || media type="custom" key="11299238" || [|CQ Researcher]

Useful Websites:
[|ProCon.org] Arguments for and against current topics taken from major newspapers; includes videos, political cartoons & infographics

[|You Think, But Do You Know?] Research on global issues gathered by World Bank experts on international topics

[|Yahoo Directory of Issues] Social and cultural issues with over 5,000 links

[|FactCheck.Org] Check your facts!

[|Debateabase] Find arguments for and against on 500+ topics

[|Yahoo Directory of U.S. Political Issues]

[|Persuasion Map] Map out your ideas using this online writing tool

[|FindLaw] Searchable database of Supreme Court decisions since 1893. Browsable by year, case title, etc. Includes full text...

[|FedWorld: Federal Legal Information through Electronics] Full text of 7,407 U.S. Supreme Court Decisions between 1937 and 1975

[|ACLU's 100 Greatest Hits] Landmark Supreme Court cases in which the ACLU played a major role, either as direct counsel or as a friend-of-the-court.

[|U.S. Dept. of Justice on Patriot Act]

[|ACLU on Patriot Act]

[|Patriot Act and Civil Liberties]

[|ACLU and Video Surveillance]

[|Heritage Foundation Anti Video Surveillance]

[|Pro Patriot Act Article]

[|Patriot Act: Key Controversies] Pros/Cons (NPR)

[|Ashcroft Touts Patriot Act]

[|After Bin Laden: Support the Patriot Act]

First Amendment Center

[|Letting Patriot Act Provisions Expire Would Be Irresponsible]