Explore Issues of Global Importance with New Database

Bufkinite@evpl — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:56:00 GMT

Need up-to-the-minute information on child labor? Want to have an idea about current world opinion regarding the US military's use of torture? Are you concerned about nuclear weapons in failed states falling into the hands of international terrorist organizations? Are you confused by the proliferation of different and conflicting information about global climate change and sea-level rise?

Information on all of these issues and much more is available through a new database called Global Issues in Context. Available through the EVPL database page, this resource offers global news and perspectives on issues and events of international importance, like the ones outlined above, and provides background information on them, placing them in the proper sociopolitical, religious, and cultural context.

Searching Global Issues in Context can take place in a variety of ways, starting with simple keyword searching in a single search box. There is also a clickable world map, where choosing a particular country then links to issue portals where that country is mentioned.

Global Issues in Context has a great deal of multimedia components, including extensive audio and video clips from such places as NPR, PBS, CBC, and NBC news; interactive maps, and links to world newspapers.

TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS: Global Issues in Context's conten is aligned to state and national social studies and science standards and is up to date. Thus it can be used across the curriculum. It also encourages and develops critical-thinking skills by providing students a variety of pertinent global perspectives on the issues.

Check out this resource; it will broaden and deepen your understanding of current events and issues affecting countries and people around the world.

Issues & Controversies database

T-ref@evpl — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:50:00 GMT

One of my favorite EVPL databases is Issues and Controversies. A recent reference query led me to use this great resource. Over the phone, a young customer needed articles about how the body image of girls is distorted because of the modeling industry. I told her about all of our databases and that she could find articles using her computer outside the library. I refined the search to contain the words "teenage body image" and came up with some articles using Masterfile Premier. I then tried Issues and Controversies and came up with the following article: Thin Fashion Models. The article seemed to be exactly what she needed. If you have a library card, you can access the databases from outside the library. If you need assistance with this, just call the Information Center Desk at Central Library at 428-8218 and we'll be happy to help you.

Search results matching tags 'Databases' and 'issues and controversies'

Explore Issues of Global Importance with New Database

Issues & Controversies database