Through a mutual agreement with California State University, Los Angeles, students enrolled at Rio Hondo can obtain a library card from Cal State L.A. and check out books. Before you go to Cal State please read the information:
Abstinence and AIDS Prevention
Alcohol and Tobacco Advertising
Animal Experimentation
Anonymous Egg and Sperm Donation
Artificial Intelligence
Assisted Suicide
Cell Phones in School
Censorship
Children's Online Protection Laws
Conservation of Natural Resources
Convicted Felons' Rights
Genetic Engineering
Genetically Modified Food
Local Food Movement
Mental Disorders
Offshore Drilling
Organic Food
Sweatshops
Tablets vs. Textbooks
Technology and Society
The next step in your research process is to find a book on your chosen controversial topic. The library has several special series of books exclusively on controversial issues (Opposing Viewpoints, Current Controversies, At Issue, Contemporary Issues, Information Plus, Point Counterpoint, Taking Sides). These specialized books contain essays either for or against an issue, and they contain factual data to help support their argument. To learn how to search for Controversial Topics Books, click here.
Taking sides. Clashing views in mass media and society by 
Taking sides. Clashing views in life-span development by 
Regulating violence in entertainment by Regulating violence in entertainment by 
Sexting by 
Should junk food be sold in schools? by 
Crime, prisons, and jails by