CONTROVERSIAL SOCIAL ISSUES

VHS LIBRARY PATHFINDER:

A. Print Resources:

1. Reference Books – Taking Sides – R 303.6 TAK

2. Web Catalog:

a. Go to www.vermilionschools.org/vhs/library

b. Select Library Sites.

c. Select Vermilion High School.

d. Click on the large cat on the left.

e. Type in your search term and click on either subject search or all fields

f. Search for Opposing Viewpoints books, Current Controversies books,

Point/Counterpoint books or At Issue books by selecting a series search.

3. Ritter Web Catalog:

a. If you can’t find any books in our library, you can search Ritter

Library’s catalog from our search screen. At the top of the search

screen click on More Libraries.

b. After Ritter’s web page loads, click on Library Catalog on the upper-left

corner of the page.

c. If you cannot find a book at Ritter, you can search the Clevenet Library

Catalog. Remember, if you find a book that you want, you MUST

USE your Ritter Public Library Card to reserve the book in your name

and have it sent to Ritter.

B. Computer Resources:

1. Magazine Searches: See the Handout

2. Clevenet Database: Opposing Viewpoints

a. Go to: www.ritter.lib.oh.us

b. Look for Clevenet on the left and select Databases

c. Search the bottom search box (Databases) using the words Opposing

Viewpoints and then click on the link to Opposing Viewpoints.

d. Type in your Public Library card number in the box and the last

four digits of your phone number in the second box and submit.

3. Internet Sources: Go into Favorites and do the following:

a. Look for the English folder and open it.

b. Look for D’Egidio’s folder and open it.

c. Look for Social Issues folder and open it. There are bookmarked web sites

that contain both pro and con information on a wide variety of

controversial issues.

4. Websites containing controversial issues:

http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/libraries/cmmk/speech.html