If you are having trouble picking out a topic for your research, try using one of the topics below. The library has online articles for all these topics and many print (book) sources as well.

9/11 Attacks
Abortion
Abortion: Late-Term/Partial-Birth
Abortion: Parental Consent
Activism
Addiction
Adoption
Advertising
Affirmative Action
Afghan War
Agricultural Subsidies
Agriculture Industry
AIDS
Air Pollution
Airport Security
Al Qaeda
Alcohol and Tobacco Advertising
Alcoholism
Alternative Medicine
Alzheimer's Disease
American Housing Collapse
Amnesty
Animal Experimentation
Animal Rights
Antibiotics
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Arms Trade
Artificial Intelligence
Assisted Suicide
Atheism
Athletes and Sports
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Autism
Banking Crisis
Bilingual Education
Bioethics
Bioterrorism
Birth control
Body Image
Body Piercing and Tattooing
Book Banning
BP Oil Spill
Bullying
Campaign Finance Reform
Cancer
Capital Punishment
Capitalism
Carbon Offsets
Censorship
Central Intelligence Agency
Child Abuse
Child Labor
Child Welfare
Childhood Obesity
Children of Divorced Parents
China
Church and State
Civil Rights
Cloning
Coal
Concealed Weapons
Conspiracy Theories
Consumer Debt
Consumerism
Cosmetic Surgery
Creationism
Crime
Cuba
Cults
Cyberbullying
Cybercrime
Democracy
Developing Nations
Divorce
DNA Technology and Crime
Domestic Terrorism
Domestic Violence
Doomsday Scenarios
Drinking (Alcoholic Beverages)
Drug Abuse
Drug Legalization
Drug Trafficking
Drugs and Athletes
Drunk Driving
Eating Disorders
Education
Egyptian Revolution
Elderly Issues
Electronic Voting
Emigration and Immigration
Employment

 

Federal Budget Deficit
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Feminism
Flu Pandemics
Food Safety
For-Profit Education
Free Trade
Freedom of Speech
Gambling
Gangs
Gay Parents
Gays in the Military
Genetic Disorders
Genetic Engineering
Genetically Modified Food
Genocide
Global Warming
Globalization
Government Bailouts of Private Industry
Green Cities
Ground Zero Mosque
Gun Control
Guns and Violence
Hate Crimes
Health Care Issues
Health Insurance
Homelessness
Homeschooling
Homosexuality
Human Rights
Human Trafficking
Hunting
Identity Theft
Illegal Immigrants
India
Insurance Companies
International Adoption
Internet
Interracial Adoption
Interracial Marriage
Iran

Iranian Green Movement
Iraq
Iraq Wars
Islamic Fundamentalism
Israel
Japan
Judicial Activism
Junk Food
Juvenile Drug Abuse
Juvenile Offenders
Labor Unions
Latin America
Local Food Movement
Marijuana
Mass Media
Media Bias
Media Violence
Medical Care
Medical Ethics
Medical Marijuana
Medicare
Mental Disorders
Mental Health
Mexico
Middle Class
Middle East
Middle East Peace Process
Military Deployment
Minimum Wage
Mobile Phones
Monopolies
Muslim Women
National Security
Native American Casinos
Natural Disasters
North Korea
Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Safety
Nuclear Weapons
Nutrition/Obesity
Occupy Movement
Oceans
Offshore Drilling
Online Education
Online Gambling
Online Music Trading
Online Pornography
Online Social Networks
Organ Transplantation

Organic Food
Outsourcing
Pacifism
Pakistan
Paranormal Phenomena
Patriot Act 2001
Peer Pressure
Pharmaceutical Industry
Political Corruption
Pollution
Popular Culture
Population Growth
Pornography
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Poverty
Prescription Drugs
Presidential Election Process
Prisons
Privacy
Prostitution
Race Relations
Racism
Rap (Music)
Rape
Rebuilding the World Trade Center Site
Recycling
Religious Issues
Renewable Energy
Reproductive Technology
Right of Privacy
Right to Bear Arms
Same-Sex Marriage
School Funding
School Reform
School Uniforms
School Violence
Seat Belts
Sex Education
Sexting
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Slavery Reparations
Smoking
Social Justice
Social Security
Socialism
South Korea
Space Exploration
Special Education and Learning Disabilities
Standardized Testing
Stem Cells
Street Teens
Student Loans
Student Rights
Suicide
Supreme Court
Sweatshops
Taliban
The Tea Party Movement
Technology and Society
Teenage Pregnancy
Teenage Sexual Behavior
Television
Terminal Care
Terrorism
Texting While Driving
Title IX
Torture
U.S. Armed Forces
Underage Drinking
Unemployment
United Nations
United States Foreign Relations
Urban America
US Economy
Vaccines
Vegetarianism
Video Games
Wall Street
War Crimes
Water Pollution
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Welfare Reform
White-Collar Crime
WikiLeaks
Women's Rights
Working Women
World Trade Organization
Zero Tolerance Policies