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Introductory Information on Controversial Topics

Issues & Controversies
BEST BET FOR ARGUMENT PAPERS. Explore both sides.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale)
Information and opinions on today’s hottest social issues.

Academic Search Premier
BEST BET FOR MOST RESEARCH with peer-reviewed articles on every subject.
Academic OneFile (Gale)
Peer-reviewed scholarly articles for all academic disciplines.

The Society Pages
An online, multidisciplinary social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. The Society Pages’ mission is to bring measured social science to broader public visibility and influence.

How to Read a Scientific Paper
Interesting, easy to understand overview from Purdue University Libraries. REQUIRES ADOBE FLASH
Anatomy of a Scholarly Article
A visual representation from NCSU.

Quiet Rage: The Stanford Prison Experiment
In the summer of 1971, Philip Zimbardo, Craig Haney, and Curtis Banks carried out a psychological experiment to test a simple question: What happens when you put good people in an evil place – does humanity win over evil, or does evil triumph?
disLocation
In February 2002, families living in a Chicago public housing development were given notice that their home would be demolished in six months. DisLocation chronicles the lives of tenants in one building as they move through the six-month relocation process.

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