Almanac of Policy Issues
"Comprehensive, unbiased background information and links on major U.S. public policy issues."
Includes topics like the death penalty, abortion, global warming, etc. A general summary of
the issue is given, followed by links to news, laws, articles, directories, and organizations
dealing with the issue.

CSA (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) Discovery Guides
Hot Topics in Biomedical, Environmental, Engineering and Social Science/Humanties

Controversial Topics
North Harris College Library's selection of links on controversial topics.

Current Topics for Research
Kingswood College Library provides web links for a broad variety of current issues.

Documents in the News
The University of Michigan Library hosts this current events research site.

Ethics Updates
The University of San Diego offers a list of topics and resources related to ethics.

Envirolink Network
Comprehensive clearinghouse on all environmental issues, from fairly technical topics
to those in frequent public discussion, such as animal rights, pollution, and rainforest
destruction.

Google Issues Web Directory
Google provides an excellent collection of links covering many societal issues and
research paper topics.

Hot Paper Topics
St. Ambrose University Library provides topics and related links.

Subject Guide to Hot Topics
San Diego State University librarians compiled this list that includes links
to Hot Topics Supersites.

Public Agenda
"Public Agenda Issue Guides are used by journalists, policy makers, teachers,
students and citizens who want to better understand controversial topics.
Public Agenda Issue Guides provide facts and figures, different perspectives and
analysis of public attitudes from surveys conducted by Public Agenda and by other
respected polling and news organizations. "

Science in the Headlines
Summary of science issues in the news with links to related reports.

Yahoo! Issues and Causes
Yahoo's directory of current issue topics.