LibGuides: Current Events/Controversial Topics: Other Resources

Films on Demand

Films on Demand
Films On Demand is a Web-based digital video delivery service that allows you to view thousands of high-quality educational videos in dozens of subject areas, anywhere and anytime.

Films On Demand is a Web-based digital video delivery service that allows you to view thousands of high-quality educational videos in dozens of subject areas, anywhere and anytime.

Evaluate Your Sources!

There are thousands of websites on controversial issues, and many of these sites contain good information. Many of them, however, are maintained by people or organizations that are partisan or biased, meaning they support one side of the issue. Check out Evaluating Sources on our Library Research Basics LibGuide for guidance on how to evaluate any sources you find.

Online Resources

CIA World Factbook
Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
New York Times: Times Topics
Each topic page collects all the news, reference and archival information, photos, graphics, audio and video files published on topics ranging from A M Castle & Company to Zyuganov, Gennadi A.
ProCon.org
"Promoting critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, primarily pro-con format."
Social Issues Research Guide
Although this guide is geared to middle and high school students, it is also an excellent place for college students to start their search for web resources.
U.S. Dept. of State Background Notes
Background Notes include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty.