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IssueWeb : a guide and sourcebook for researching controversial issues on the Web
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IssueWeb : a guide and sourcebook for researching controversial issues on the Web

Author: Karen R Díaz; Nancy O'Hanlon
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, ©2004.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Publisher description: Finding reputable sources can be tricky when researching controversial topics, particularly when using the World Wide Web. This invaluable sourcebook helps you sift through the mountains of information in cyberspace and take full advantage of all the Web has to offer on controversial issues. Valuable instruction on researching "hot topics," as well as techniques for evaluating Web information s Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Karen R Díaz; Nancy O'Hanlon
ISBN: 1591580781 9781591580782
OCLC Number: 53839985
Notes: Includes indexes.
Description: ix, 287 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Guide to issues research. Finding resources ; Evaluating your resources ; Incorporating your resources -- Issue briefs. All topics ; Abortion ; Adoption ; Animal rights ; Assisted suicide ; Censorship ; Church and state ; Civil liberties ; Corporate responsibility ; Death penalty ; Diversity ; Drug policy ; Election reform ; Energy supply and policy ; Fair wages ; Farmland ; Food safety ; Gay rights ; Genetic engineering ; Global warming ; Gun control ; Hate groups and crimes ; Health policy ; Homeland defense ; Homelessness ; Immigration ; National defense ; Prisons ; Race relations ; Reparations for slavery ; Reproductive technologies ; School reform ; School violence ; Smoking ; Substance abuse ; Teen pregnancy ; Terrorism ; Water resources ; Weapons ; Welfare reform ; World trade.
Other Titles: Issue Web
Responsibility: Karen R. Diaz, Nancy O'Hanlon.
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Publisher description: Finding reputable sources can be tricky when researching controversial topics, particularly when using the World Wide Web. This invaluable sourcebook helps you sift through the mountains of information in cyberspace and take full advantage of all the Web has to offer on controversial issues. Valuable instruction on researching "hot topics," as well as techniques for evaluating Web information sources, is provided through 40 "Issue Briefs."

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