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Introductory Information on Controversial Topics

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Information and opinions on today’s hottest social issues.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Award-winning in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the economy.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Your best bet for most research with peer-reviewed articles on every subject.
Academic OneFile (Gale) This link opens in a new window
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.

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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