Research Resources:
1. Newsbank Current Topics- Up to date topics about social issues including crime and law, education and social issues.
2. CQResearcher database- Issue Tracker provides latest updates on current topics. Check out the Pro/Con resources as well.
3. Pew Research Center - A nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world
4. MasterFile Ebsco- Scholarly, research database
5. Google Scholar- online resource
1. Newsbank Current Topics- Up to date topics about social issues including crime and law, education and social issues.
2. CQResearcher database- Issue Tracker provides latest updates on current topics. Check out the Pro/Con resources as well.
3. Pew Research Center - A nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world
4. MasterFile Ebsco- Scholarly, research database
5. Google Scholar- online resource
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Additional database resources and remote access passwords.
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Springboard Research Points:
Economy/Politics:
Most Say Government Policies Since Recession Have Done Little to Help Middle Class, Poor
Religious Affiliation and Politico-Economic Attitude: A Study of Eight Major U.S. Religious Groups.
How poverty affects people’s decision-making processes
Middle-Class Poverty Politics: Making Place, Making People.
Religion:
The Global God Divide
Abortion:
The Abortion Controversy: Conflicting Beliefs and Values in American Society
Healthcare:
Forecasted trends in vaccination coverage and correlations with socioeconomic factors: a global time-series analysis over 30 years
Environment/Climate Change:
Science, Scientists, and Local Weather: Understanding Mass Perceptions of Global Warming*
Public division about climate change rooted in conflicting socio-political identities.
Personal Efficacy, the Information Environment, and Attitudes Toward Global Warming and Climate Change in the United States.
Social Action/Welfare:
Social Action and Social Theory
The Welfare State and Equality? Stratification Realities and Aspirations in Three Welfare Regimes.
Education:
Why does family wealth affect learning?
Immigration:
Explaining Attitudes toward Immigrants and Immigration Policy: A Review of the Theoretical Literature.
Mexican American and Anglo Attitudes toward Immigration Reform: A View from the Border.
Attitudes Toward U.S. Immigration Policy: The Roles of In-Group-Out-Group Bias, Economic Concern, and Obedience to Law.
Economy/Politics:
Most Say Government Policies Since Recession Have Done Little to Help Middle Class, Poor
Religious Affiliation and Politico-Economic Attitude: A Study of Eight Major U.S. Religious Groups.
How poverty affects people’s decision-making processes
Middle-Class Poverty Politics: Making Place, Making People.
Religion:
The Global God Divide
Abortion:
The Abortion Controversy: Conflicting Beliefs and Values in American Society
Healthcare:
Forecasted trends in vaccination coverage and correlations with socioeconomic factors: a global time-series analysis over 30 years
Environment/Climate Change:
Science, Scientists, and Local Weather: Understanding Mass Perceptions of Global Warming*
Public division about climate change rooted in conflicting socio-political identities.
Personal Efficacy, the Information Environment, and Attitudes Toward Global Warming and Climate Change in the United States.
Social Action/Welfare:
Social Action and Social Theory
The Welfare State and Equality? Stratification Realities and Aspirations in Three Welfare Regimes.
Education:
Why does family wealth affect learning?
Immigration:
Explaining Attitudes toward Immigrants and Immigration Policy: A Review of the Theoretical Literature.
Mexican American and Anglo Attitudes toward Immigration Reform: A View from the Border.
Attitudes Toward U.S. Immigration Policy: The Roles of In-Group-Out-Group Bias, Economic Concern, and Obedience to Law.