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WEBSITES

New York Times Topics:      
           
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/

Occupy Wall Street
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics

Health Care Reform
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/health

Muslim Community Center in Lower Manhattan (Park 51)
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/

Muslims in America
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/national/

Defense Budget (archived news articles)
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics

Immigration (archived news articles)
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/opinion/immigration

Occupy 2012: Movement Struggles to Evolve, Maintain Momentum (Huffington Post)
         http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/

Is the American Dream Over? Gap between rich and poor gets ever wider as U.S. citizens struggle to climb wealth ladder
        http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article

 ONLINE DATABASES

Boston Globe    

    CQ Researcher    In-depth analysis of current issues facing society.
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Drones
Health Care Reform

New York Times

New York Times   Archive
Find articles in the public domain from NYT 1851-1980

    Opposing Viewpoints in Context  Offers both sides of controversial issues.

Student Resources in Context
Full text articles from a variety of reference sources
, primary sources, images, etc.

Science Resources in Context  
    
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Drones
      Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

U.S. History in Context  
       Search on Affirmative Action
  

 

eBOOKS

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Gale VIrtual Reference Library eBooks   Search ALL

    Browse the Social Science Section  

  Abortion: An Eternal and Moral Issue
Abortion
  Animal Rights
  Bioethics
  Capital Punishment: Cruel and Unusual?
Discrimination
  Global Warming
  Student Rights

 



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