Animal Rights | Death Penalty | Drug Abuse | Election 2008 | Global Warming | Globalization | Homophobia | Minimum Wage | Overpopulation | Poverty | Privacy & the Internet | Social Security System | See also Criteria for Evaluating Websites | Search Engines & Web Directories

Animal Rights

• Animal Concerns Community
• Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights
• PETA: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Death Penalty

• Amnesty International: The Death Penalty
• Death Penalty Info
• Death Penalty Information Center

Drug Abuse

• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: Prevention Online

Election 2008
This list of resources was compiled by Lorena O'English, Social Sciences Librarian, Holland and Terrell Libraries, Washington State Univcersity, Pullman, WA, and published in College & Research Libraries News, January 14, 2008.

O'English, L. (2008). Election 2008 resources: Political information online, networked, and in the social world. College & Research Libraries News, 69(1), 17-20

Global Warming

• Koshland Science Museum: Global Warming Facts & Our Future
• National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration: Global Warming
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Climate Change

Globalization

• Globalization 101
• International Forum on Globalization
• World Bank: Globalization

Homophobia

• Amnesty International: OUTFront! Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Human Rights
• Sexual Orientation: Science, Education, and Policy
• The Public Forum: Homophobia

Minimum Wage

• Almanac of Policy Issues: Minimum Wage
• Economic Policy Institute: Minimum Wage
• U.S. Department of Labor: Employment Standards Administration: Minimum Wage Laws in the U.S., January 1, 2007

Overpopulation

• World Population Awareness

Poverty

• Global Issues: Causes of Poverty
• Institute for Research on Poverty
• U.S. Census Bureau: Poverty
• World Bank: PovertyNet

Privacy and the Internet

• EPIC: Electronic Privacy Information Center
• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
• Yahoo! News: Online Privacy

Social Security System

• Economic Policy Institute: Social Security
• Social Security Administration: The Future of Social Security
• Social Security Network