English Composition

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Finding Books
You may need to find books or book chapters for your research topic.  The Library Catalog is the place to go to do that.

Library Catalog

The catalog will open to keyword searching. If you already know the author or title that you are looking for, you can change your search options.

Once you have located the materials that you want, use this guide to figure out how to read call numbers.

You will need to know where the materials you need are located in the various library buildings. This call number location guide will help you find your materials.

Books about Contemporary Issues

Each link below takes you to a listing of books about contemporay social issues. You can use these lists both to get ideas for topics and to find information about those topics.

At Issue Series
Click on this link to see the topics covered in each book in this series.

Topics include affirmative action, domestic violence, future of the internet, policing the police, rainforests, welfare reform, and others.

Contemporary Issues
Click on this link to see the topics covered in each book in this series.

Topics include affirmative action, animal experimentation, drugs, abortion, euthanasia, gun control, homosexuality, immigration, pornography, and others.

Contemporary Issues Companion
Click on this link to see the topics covered in each book in this series.

Topics include battered women, depression, eating disorders, legalized gambling and organized crime.

Current Controversies Series
Click on this link to see the topics covered in each book in this series.

Some of the topics in this set include assisted suicide, crime, gambling, gay rights, gun control, hate crimes, Native American rights, police brutality, sexual harassment, and many others.

Opposing Viewpoints Series
Click on this link to see the topics covered in each book in this series.

A few of the topics in this series include America's prisons, biomedical ethics, censorship, euthanasia, immigration, media violence, sports in America, working women, and many others.

Reference Shelf Series
Click on the title to see the topics covered in each book and where to find them.

Each book presents more than 20 important articles from a wide range of national publications, exploring the "hot button" topics people are talking about from multiple perspectives. Recent topics includes the European Union, free trade, women's rights and Homeland security.

Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues
Click on the title to see the general topics covered in this set of books. Then click on each book title and scroll down to the Contents note for specific topics covered -- you can get great ideas for paper topics here.