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Library Catalog

To locate books on this debate topic search the library catalog by subject. Use those listed below or others that you have found useful.

Go to the ASW library catalog here; enter each subject heading separately and then click the subject button:

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Health Databases


Teen Health and Wellness
All content is reviewed by leading professionals in medicine, mental health, nutrition, and guidance. Topics include:
  • Diseases
  • Drugs
  • Alcohol
  • Nutrition
  • Mental health
  • Suicide
  • Bullying
  • Green living
  • Financial literacy

Health Source
80 full text, consumer health magazines. Topics include:
  • Consumer health
  • Medical sciences
  • Food and nutrition
  • Childcare
  • Sports medicine


General Databases

Advanced Placement Source

Designed to meet the needs of high school students in AP of IB courses
  • 5,550+ full-text academic journals and magazines

JSTOR

1,000+ academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources in all academic areas.

Global Issues in Context

Analysis of issues - social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, cultural
  • Focuses on broad issues, such as war, genocide, terrorism, human rights, poverty, famine, globalization, world trade, nuclear proliferation, and global warming, as well as more specific events and topics in the news that are related to these broader issues.
  • Detailed information on nations to provide a foundation for cross-cultural studies
  • Overviews summarizing background information, historical context, and contemporary stances
  • Expert perspectives analyzing an issue or event through multiple aspects
  • Reference documents providing background information on all issues and nations
  • Full-text international magazines, academic journals, news source, and primary sources
  • Statistics, including interactive graphs, tables, and charts

MAS Ultra
  • 500 popular, high school magazines
  • 360 full text reference books
  • 85,670 biographies
  • 107,000+ primary source documents
  • 510,000 photos, maps & flags