Research Guides: Women's Studies: Policy & Legal Resources

General Resources

Opposing ViewPoints This link opens in a new window
Easy way to research controversial issues - Abortion, Civil Rights, Global Warming, etc. For more info, click on the "i" icon above.Search Instruction: Opposing Viewpoints Video Provides full text information on about 70 controversial social issues. It "brings together viewpoint articles, contextual topic overviews, government and organizational statistics, court cases, profiles of government agencies and special interest groups, newspaper and magazines articles, as well as links to more than 1,000 reviewed and subject-indexed web sites."Full Text; only 2 users at a time, so please try again later if you cannot connect.

The Gallup Poll
Link above takes you to Gallup, Inc.'s web site. Gallup, Inc. and Gallup polls are good sources for public opinion.
Call No.: HN90 .P8 G35
(1999-2002) Location: 3rd Level.
(1978-1992) Location: Storage.
See Esearch listings for availability and/or to place a request for a resource in storage.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law
Call No.: KF154 .W47 1998
Location: ARC Storage

Marriage Equality USA
Focuses on issues surrounding same-sex marriage.
Mothers Movement Online
Serves as an "open source for information about social, cultural, economic, and political issues related to the well-being of mothers."
National Women's Health Network
This organization seeks to improve "the health of all women by developing and promoting a critical analysis of health issues in order to affect policy and support consumer decision-making. The Network aspires to a health care system that is guided by social justice and reflects the needs of diverse women."
Social and Political Aspects of Women's Health: A Research Guide
Links to a page on a University of Wisconsin research guide.
Women's Studies / Women's Issues Resource Sites
This link directs you to "a selective, annotated, highly acclaimed listing of web sites containing resources and information about women's studies / women's issues, with an emphasis on sites of particular use to an academic women's studies program."

On Sabbatical Winter 2025

Subjects: African American Studies, Anthropology, Communication & Speech, Criminology, Sociology, Women's & Gender Studies