1. 2) SIRS –Social Issues Resources Series
  2. 3) Wayne Finger Lakes School Library System
    1. 4) Students.gov

Participation in Government
Internet Research Links
 
http://www.kent.wednet.edu/KSD/KR/LIBRARY/PUBPOLICY/public_policy4.html
    Kentridge High School Library Online Researching Public Policy Issues Online News Hour --
 
Bunch of articles from PBS radio and television. Wide variety of sources and articles. Does not cover all topics. You need to see the site and determine for yourself.
 
http://www.ncpa.org/sid/
 
This website is called Both Sides because it attempts to give you both sides of an issue in one site. Addresses 24 different issues. Some links may be outdated. Need to check as you go
 
http://www.public-policy.org/web.public-policy.org/index.php
 
A Canadian based site that presents a lot of topical readings. Included are personal opinions , news articles and I op ed reprints.
 
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Hot/hotindex.htm
 
A good college site with wide number of topical links
 
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Help/search.html
 
A strong college site providing a structured approach to searching the net.
 
http://www.epinet.org/pulse/forage.html
 
Provides summary information on surveys and studies measuring public opinion on many social, political, and economic issues.

http://www.pollingreport.com/
 
Another site providing lots of topical polling data
 
 
http://www.opinion-pages.org/
 
Provides you with access to the most current editorials, opinions, commentaries and columnists from English newspapers and magazines on the Web. You can easily locate pro and con arguments on most issues in the Opinion Pages!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

PUBLIC POLICY WEB SITES February 2003
 

 
1)  THOMAS-Legislative Resources on the Internet –
 
Connections to information on current and past federal legislation as well as historical government documents.     http://thomas.loc.gov
 
 
2)  SIRS –Social Issues Resources Series
 
 Electronic database containing articles from periodicals, newspapers, and government journals on
 on a variety of current topics.
 
(In the HS Library) http://www.sirs.com User name NY2871 Password 14589
 
(From home)         http://www.sirs.com   User name NY2871H   Password 14589
 

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3)  Wayne Finger Lakes School Library System
 
   Excellent source of websites.
 
http://wflsls.edutech.org/
 
Click on “reference center” for online dictionaries, encyclopedia, magazines,
newspapers, …
 
 Click on “Educator’s resources”, then click on “school librarian link” for websites on the federal
government, legislation, and more online library resources,…
 


4) Students.gov



4)  Students.gov
 
 Student gateway to the United States government.
 
http://www.students.gov
 
5)  HS OPAC
 
The high school library’s “online public access catalog”.
 
Click on the icon on your computer’s desktop labeled “HS OPAC”. Then search by author, title, or subject.
 

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