Kaukauna High School Keehan
Course Specific Resources
Micheal Keehan/Fall 2023
- CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher explores important issues ranging from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. - Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS)
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) serves as shared staff to congressional committees and Members of Congress. CRS experts assist at every stage of the legislative process — from the early considerations that precede bill drafting, through committee hearings and floor debate, to the oversight of enacted laws and various agency activities.- CRS approaches complex topics from a variety of perspectives and examines all sides of an issue. Staff members analyze current policies and present the impact of proposed policy alternatives.
- CRS services come in many forms including reports on major policy issues
- Opposing Viewpoints in Context
The premier online resource covering all sides of contemporary social issues. - Very Short Introductions
Offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume provides discussions of the central issues in a given topic combining facts, analysis, and new ideas to make often challenging topics highly readable.
Bolded terms are database/catalog preferred terms for that concept
Activism or Activists use for political activists or political activism
advocacy use Social Advocacy
advocacy groups use Pressure Groups or Public Interest Groups
Charity or Charities
Citizens
Civic Associations
civic engagement (education) use Service Learning
civic engagement (politics) use Political Participation
civic engagement (social participation) use Community Involvement
civic culture
civic responsibility
Civics
community engagement use Community Involvement
Community Involvement use for community engagement or civic engagement (social participation)
community projects
Elections
Fundraising
government use Federal Government or State Government or Local Government or Municipal Government
Government Policy use for public policy
interest groups use Pressure Groups or Public Interest Groups
political activism use Activism
political rights
political activists use Activists
Political Participation use for civic engagement (political)
Pressure Groups use for advocacy groups or interest groups
Public Interest Groups use for advocacy groups or interest groups
public policy use Government Policy
service groups use Nonprofit Organizations or Nongovernmental Organizations
Service Learning use for civic engagement (education)
Social Advocacy use for advocacy
Social Participation
social organizations use social clubs
volunteerism use volunteer services or volunteers
women's groups use women societies
voter turnout
voting or suffrage
Meaningful existence
personal fulfillment
personal growth also use Maturation
personal development also use Maturation
Self-actualization use for self improvement
self-fulfillment use Self-realization
self improvement use Self-actualization
Self-realization use for self-fulfillment
Article Databases covering Civic Engagement Topics
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Tropics related to society and social issues
- Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
Topics related to criminal justice and law enforcement - Environment Complete
Covers topics related to the environment - LGBT Life with Full Text
Topics related to LGBTQ topics - Political Science Complete
Provides indexing and abstracting for 800 journals, with full-text coverage for 350 of those journals. - Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete contains full text, indexing and abstracts, monographs and reports from more than 13,000 publications
Other Resources
- America: History and Life
All topics related to American and Canadian historical events -
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
ATLA Religion Database combines the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with ATLA's online collection of major religion and theology journals.
- Business Source Premier
All topics related to business, the workplace employees - Communication & Mass Media Complete
Topics related to communication, social media, film, television and computer games -
Computers and Applied Sciences Complete
Covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines.
- CINAHL Plus with Full Text
All Topics related to health and medical issues - ERIC
All topics related to schools and education - Film and Television Literature Index with Full Text
Topics related to film and television - Humanities International Complete
Covers topics related to the performing arts, history, literature and philosophy -
Medline with Full Text offers indexing for over 4,800 biomedical journals, with full text for over 1,500 journals.
- Music Index
Topics related to music and the music industry - PsycINFO
All topics related to psychology and mental health - SPORTDiscus
Covers topics related to sports
Sample Books Available in the Polk Library on Civic Engagement
Polk Library Layout: (A-M 2nd South, N-Z 2nd North)
Sample Search for the following in the Library Catalog
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Statistical Abstract of the United States
The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
Accessing Government Documents Online
A large amount of information is produced and disseminated by government Institutions at the international, national, state and local levels and are often accessible from the agency’s website
These materials including statistics, guidelines and reports can be located using a Google search.
- To search for to federal and state documents include site:.gov in your search
- To Search for international organization include site:.int in your search
- To search for military information include site:.mil in your search
Government Information Examples
International-International Whaling Commission-Marine Debris
Federal –NOAA Marine Debris Program
State-California Coastal Commission- The Problem with Marine Debris
Local-City of Portland OR Single Use Plastics Policy
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