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2009 High School Debate Topic: Poverty

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Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase social services for persons living in poverty in the United States

 

Sites listed below link to a number of resources useful for researching the 2009 High School Debate Topic. Some of the resources from other university libraries are subscription based and not available on the SDSU campus. For a complete list of SDSU Library Databases see the Library Research Databases page linked on the library homepage. This guide is only an introduction to debate topic research. For more in-depth information or for assistance in using these sources, contact a Librarian.

 

Online Resources:

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Census Bureau Poverty Data

Child Welfare Information Gateway

Congressional Documents: National Debate Topics for High Schools 1996-2008

Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS)

Debate Central- National Center for Policy Analysis Project

Department of Education

Department of Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines

     Administration for Children & Families

Department of Housing & Urban Development

Department of Veterans Affairs

Libraries and the Economy (American Library Association)

National Agricultural Library (Agricola)

National Center for Education Statistics

National Institutes of Health

Recovery.gov

Science.gov

Social Security Administration

South Dakota State University Library Guide to Government Information

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)- (formerly the food stamp program)

United Nations

USA.gov-

     Benefits, Grants and Financial Aid

     Libraries

USDA Nutrition Assistance Programs

Whitehouse In Focus choose topics

 

Databases available on the SDSU campus useful for debate research:

Agricola via CSA

CIA0-Columbia International Affairs Online

CQ Researcher

CQ Weekly

CSA Social Sciences

ERIC-Education database (free access)

FDSys-Government Information (free access)

GPO ACCESS-Government Information  (free access)

EBSCOhost (state wide access through State Library Web Site)

LexisNexis Academic, Congressional and Statistical

Marcive WebDOCS-Government Information

MedlinePlus (free access)

ProQuest (state wide access through State Library Web Site)

PubMed (free access)

Sage Journals

 

Documents Home

 

This guide is only an introduction to locating government materials.
For more in-depth information or for assistance in using these sources, contact the

Government Documents Department.

 
Vickie Mix, Documents Librarian
Telephone: (605) 688-5958

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16 June 2009