Research Topic
(Highlighted Topics in
SIRS as Main Topics)
Animal Testing
Alternative Search Terms
Books
Available
Database Articles
Animal Experimentation
(EBSCO)
Websites
Animal Rights
Animal Experimentation
Yes
American AntiVivisection Society
(Check out the alternatives
section)
People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals
Institute for Laboratory Animal
Research
Athlete Salaries
Professional Sports Contracts
No
Death Penalty
Capital Punishment
Yes
Death Penalty
National Coalition to Abolish the
Death Penalty
Few American Support the Death
Penalty
Death Penalty Information
Center
Euthanasia
The Right to Die
Assisted Suicide
Yes
Euthanasia (EBSCO)
American Life League
PBS Right to Die Timeline
Death With Dignity
Global Warming
Climate Change
Greenhouse Effect
Yes
Global Warming (EBSCO)
Natural Resources Defense
Council
Forbes Global Warming Survey
Intepretation
Forbes list of highest-paid
athletes
Huffington Post Athlete Salaries
Recap
Bleacher Report Pro-Con
Gun Control
Second Amendment
Yes
Gun Control (EBSCO)
Huffington Post
U.S. News and World Report
CNN.com
The National Rifle Association
Immigration
Border Control
Yes
Immigration Restrictions
(EBSCO)
Texas Troop Deployment for
Border
White House Stance on
Immigration
Updated Immigration Statistics
Huffington Post on Immigration
Immigration Policy.org
PerformanceEnhancing Drugs
Doping in Sports
Sports Ethics
Yes
Steroids (EBSCO)
Allow Doping in Sports
Runner’s World Should Doping
Be Allowed?
Performance Enhancing Drugs
Fast Facts
United States Anti Doping Agency
Forbes Article For Legalization
Why Steroids Have No Place in
Sports
Religion in Schools
Separation of Church and State
Establishment Clause
Yes
School Prayer (EBSCO)
Pledge of Allegiance (EBSCO)
Teaching Evolution (EBSCO)
ACLU
Protected Prayer Guide
USA Today Article
New York Times Article
ABC News Article
Documents
Right to Life/Right to
Choice
Abortion
Pro-Choice
Pro-Life
Roe v. Wade
Yes
Abortion (EBSCO)
Attach Documents
National Right to Life Website
(check out the issues section)
Planned Parenthood
(check out the section to the
right, “the facts on…”)
Gallup Poll about Abortion
National Abortion Federation
Pro-Life Action Ministries
Brochure
Same-Sex Marriage
Gay and Lesbian Rights
Proposition 8
Defense of Marriage Act
Yes
Same-Sex Marriage (EBSCO)
Documents
Standardized Testing
Educational Tests and Measures
No
Standardized Testing (EBSCO)
No
Should Public School
Teachers Get Tenure?
Schooling Teachers
The Test Generation
Why We Can’t Get Rid of Bad
Teachers
Yes
Call of Duty Linked to Teen
Suicides
All We Need is Common
Sense
How Obscene is Video Game
Violence?
Teacher Tenure
Video Game Violence
Video Games and Children
Violence and the Media
Video Game Ratings
CNN Fast Facts
Freedom To Marry.org
Against Same Sex Marriage
New York Times Article on
Obama’s Views
American’s Oppose Same-Sex
Marriage
Standardized Tests Don’t
Measure…
Why Poor Schools Can’t Win…
Huffington Post Articles
Pros and Cons of Testing
Stick with Standardized Tests
New York Times Articles: Room
for Debate
National Education Association:
Tenure Explained
Time Magazine Should Tenure Be
Abolished
NPR: Is Teacher Tenure Still
Necessary?
Finishing School
Violent Video Games Make Us
More Aggressive
Video Games Do Not Cause
Aggression
Fox News Study Interpretation
Bloomberg Article
War on Terror
Terrorism
War on Terror
Yes
Violent Video Games Can Be
Sold to Minors, Says Supreme
Court
Video Games May Not
Desensitize Kids
Video Games and
Desensitivity Go Hand-inHand
Documents
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
BBC News
The Guardian Article
War on Terror (EBSCO)
Time Magazine
CNN.Com
Economist.com