Subject
Research Guides
First Year Seminars:
Social Responsibility: Personal Choice and Collective Action
This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on issues of social responsibility, community action, and social justice.
Background Information Sources
| Encyclopedia of Ethics (3 volumes) | REF BJ63 .E45 2001 |
| Oxford Handbook of Practical Ethics | REF BJ1031 .O94 2003 |
| Reader's Companion to American History | REF E174 .R43 1991 |
| Civil Rights in the United States (2 volumes) | REF E184 .A1 C47 2000 |
| Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History | REF E185 .E54 2006 |
| Global Environmental Issues | REF GE105 .G563 2004 |
| Encyclopedia of the Consumer Movement | REF HC79 .C63 1997 |
| Encyclopedia of American Social History (3 volumes) | REF HN57 .E58 1993 |
| Encyclopedia of Modern American Social Issues | REF HN57 .K73 1997 |
| Encyclopedia of the American Left | REF HX86 .E58 1998 |
| Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues Since 1945 | REF JC571 .L2747 1999 |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse call numbers BJ (Ethics), E (U.S. History), HN (Social History and Conditions; Social Problems; Social Reform), and HT (Communities; Classes; Race).
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Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles
- Expanded Academic ASAP/InfoTrac: full-text journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
- CQ Researcher: in-depth reports on current, hot, and controversial topics.
- LexisNexis: large database of current and archived newspaper articles.
- General Reference Center/InfoTrac: full-text journal, magazine, and newspaper articles
Internet Resources
Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from the Web Resources page.
- Corporation for National and Community Service
http://www.cns.gov
information on volunteer opportunities - Public Interest Research Group
http://www.masspirgstudents.org
student chapter of public interest advocacy group - Idealist/Action without Borders
http://www.idealist.org
volunteer and nonprofit job opportunities - Habitat for Humanity
http://www.habitat.org
home construction volunteer opportunities; see Greater Boston site - Case Foundation
http://www.casefoundation.org
foundation supporting civic engagement and volunteerism - An Inconvenient Truth
http://www.climatecrisis.net
actions to promote energy efficiency and reduce global warming