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IssueWeb : a guide and sourcebook for researching controversial issues on the Web
- Title
- IssueWeb : a guide and sourcebook for researching controversial issues on the Web / Karen R. Diaz, Nancy O'Hanlon.
- Author
- Díaz, Karen R.
- Publication
- Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, c2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 07-3195 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- O'Hanlon, Nancy.
- Description
- ix, 287 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Publisher description: Finding reputable sources can be tricky when researching controversial topics, particularly when using the World Wide Web. This invaluable sourcebook helps you sift through the mountains of information in cyberspace and take full advantage of all the Web has to offer on controversial issues. Valuable instruction on researching "hot topics," as well as techniques for evaluating Web information sources, is provided through 40 "Issue Briefs."
- Alternative Title
- Issue Web
- Subject
- Note
- Includes indexes.
- Contents
- Guide to issues research. Finding resources ; Evaluating your resources ; Incorporating your resources -- Issue briefs. All topics ; Abortion ; Adoption ; Animal rights ; Assisted suicide ; Censorship ; Church and state ; Civil liberties ; Corporate responsibility ; Death penalty ; Diversity ; Drug policy ; Election reform ; Energy supply and policy ; Fair wages ; Farmland ; Food safety ; Gay rights ; Genetic engineering ; Global warming ; Gun control ; Hate groups and crimes ; Health policy ; Homeland defense ; Homelessness ; Immigration ; National defense ; Prisons ; Race relations ; Reparations for slavery ; Reproductive technologies ; School reform ; School violence ; Smoking ; Substance abuse ; Teen pregnancy ; Terrorism ; Water resources ; Weapons ; Welfare reform ; World trade.
- Call Number
- JFE 07-3195
- ISBN
- 1591580781 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781591580782 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2003065946
- OCLC
- 53839985
- Author
- Díaz, Karen R.
- Title
- IssueWeb : a guide and sourcebook for researching controversial issues on the Web / Karen R. Diaz, Nancy O'Hanlon.
- Imprint
- Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, c2004.
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- Added Author
- O'Hanlon, Nancy.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 07-3195