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Books from the Catalog

Use the library catalog to search for books on your subject, or place holds on the books listed below:

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Thinking Critically by Christine Wilcox
ISBN: 9781601529565
Publication Date: 2016
Does the popularity of e-cigarettes mark the end of smoking tobacco, or are they addicting a new generation to nicotine and exposing them to dangerous chemicals?
Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? by Alexander Keyssar
ISBN: 9780674660151
Publication Date: 2020
With every presidential election, Americans puzzle over the peculiar mechanism of the Electoral College. .
Voting Rights and Voter ID Laws by M. M. Eboch (Editor)
ISBN: 9781534503656
Publication Date: 2018
In 1965, the Voting Rights Act ensured that Americans would no longer be denied the right to vote because of their color. Fifty years later, debates over voting rights have re-emerged.
Free Speech by Jacob Mchangama
ISBN: 9781541600492
Publication Date: 2022
In Free Speech, Jacob Mchangama traces the riveting legal, political, and cultural history of this idea, its' crusaders and detractors.
Debating Your Plate by Randi Minetor
ISBN: 9781440874352
Publication Date: 2021
This book examines the most controversial foods and ingredients, providing an objective, well-balanced look at the health benefits and risks of each. .
Video Game Addiction by David A. Olle; Jean Riescher Westcott
ISBN: 9781937585822
Publication Date: 2018
This book addresses the history, symptoms, causes, and available treatment for "video game overuse."
Current Issues and Enduring Questions by Sylvan Barnet; Hugo Bedau
ISBN: 9781457622601
Publication Date: 2013
This extraordinarily versatile text and reader continues to address current student interests and trends in argument, research, and writing.

Ebooks in our collections

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- Over 35,000 eBooks available to read and download.
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- This database allows you to use an online dictionary and create a citation for the eBook

The Gentrification Debates by Japonica Brown-Saracino
ISBN: 9781134725649
Publication Date: 2013
This innovative text-reader strengthens students' critical thinking skills, sparks classroom discussion, and also provides a comprehensive and accessible understanding of gentrification.
The Integration of Immigrants into American Society by Panel on the Integration of Immigrants into American Society; Mary C. Waters (Editor); Marisa Gerstein Pineau (Editor); Committee on Population; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
ISBN: 9780309373982
Publication Date: 2016
The United States prides itself on being a nation of immigrants, and the country has a long history of successfully absorbing people from across the globe.
Prisoners of Politics by Rachel Elise Barkow
ISBN: 9780674919235
Publication Date: 2019
America's criminal justice policy reflects irrational fears stoked by politicians seeking to win election. A preeminent legal scholar argues that reform guided by evidence, not politics and emotions, will reduce crime and reverse mass incarceration.
Mass Shootings and Gun Violence in America by John C. Zandler (Editor)
ISBN: 9781626188938
Publication Date: 2013
Shooting incidents such as the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012 and the one at Aurora, CO, movie theatre in July 2012 have focused attention on federal policy issues in the law enforcement, public health, and education arenas.
Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Committee on the Review of the Health Effects of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems; David L. Eaton (Editor); Leslie Y. Kwan (Editor); Kathleen Stratton (Editor)
ISBN: 9780309468343
Publication Date: 2018
Millions of Americans use e-cigarettes. Despite their popularity, little is known about their health effects.