Current Events

• Vanderbilt University Library - Public Policy Issues and Groups (alphabetical list of possible research subjects)
• Old Dominion Libraries Idea Generator (topic ideas under broad categories such as education, health sciences, etc.)

See also: CQ Researcher, Opposing Viewpoints, and Issues & Controversies listed in the next section.

Titles marked as free web = access without a library card

All other titles = off campus by HCPL & Lone Star College System library card holders

Library Catalog

Other Libraries

• Contemporary World Issues
• Current Controversies
• Opposing Viewpoints
• Taking Sides Clashing Views on Controversial Issues

• Best Information on the Net - Hot Paper Topics (compilation of Internet sites on several current topics from reference librarians at St. Ambrose University)
• Brookings Institution Topics (from the independent, nonprofit public policy research organization covers international political and social topics)
• Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports prepared by the Library of Congress (browse and/or search for topics)
• Natural resources and ecological issues sponsored by The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)
• Terrorism, national security, foreign policy issues sponsored by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
• International and domestic issues from the U.S. Department of State
• Frontline (PBS program offers in-depth discussion on controversial issues in their current programs or previous reports)
• Issue Organizations (from Project Vote Smart, a national, non-partisan organization that provides citizens political issues information includes links to various organizations
• The National Academies News Archive (press releases and links to full reports from the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council) See also Science in the Headlines and its archive of topics.
• Online NewsHour - Recent Programs (PBS program transcripts of discussions on current issues) See also the NewsHour Index with the latest news and collections of transcripts by subject.
• Public Agenda Online: Public Opinion and Public Policy (from Public Agenda, "a nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization" includes discussion of political and social issues)

• Harris County, Texas QuickFacts (Census Bureau)
• Houston Police Neighborhood Crime Statistics - provides monthly statistics by police beat in geographical areas
• Statistical Abstract of the United States - from the U.S. Census provides numbers in such areas as health, employment, law, and population
• Statistical Sources on the Web - from the University of Michigan Library Documents Center
• Statistics and Demographics - from the University of Texas Libraries

Public Opinion Polls

• The Gallup Poll - In Depth: Topics A to Z - from the Gallup Organization provides responses to their questions, organized by subject
• Houston Area Survey - Items by Topic - from the Center for Public Policy at the University of Houston and Dr. Stephen Klineberg, Rice University Sociology Professor
• Pew Research Center - Research Topics Index - from a nonpartisan "fact tank" that gathers information in areas such as religion, immigration, Internet, and the environment.