Kaukauna High School Keehan

Course Specific Resources

Micheal Keehan/Fall 2023

Background Resources

 

  • 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.

Sample Keywords

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 

Article Databases covering Civic Engagement Topics

Other Resources

 

Library Catalog Sample Searches

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

Accessing Government Resources Online 

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

CAPP Resources