Controversial Issues 

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  Useful online sources:

• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center offers a preliminary list of controversial issues.

• Alamo Colleges - Palo Alto College  lists many current controversial issues.

• CQ Researcher - This source takes two forms: print and electronic. Each weekly issue offers research on a current controversial issue. The print version is in the Reference Collection at Ref. H 35 .C672 (1993-present).

• http://www.procon.org/- controversial issues site by a nonpartisan non-profit group.

These four book series will be very useful  - search for them by title in the online catalog:
    * Taking Sides  
    * Library in a Book      
    * Opposing Viewpoints    
    * Contemporary World Issues  

Looking for world issues? Try this link.  Search by a subject, look at current news headlines, or browse under the "Need a Research Topic?" section on the lower right. (It also offers "More research topics" in that section.)