Friday 11 December 2009

Gender, genetic modification and guinea-pigs!

‘Have you got anything on gender issues?’ Or climate change or pornography or alcoholism or abortion or homelessness or gambling or any of the other hobbies Young People have nowadays? We’ve all had these questions from teenagers doing projects and we’ve all wandered over to the shelves hoping that all the books on animal rights aren’t out. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a single site you could use for all your homework needs on these issues? Well now there is and, imaginatively it’s called Issues Online. Some of you may know the Issues series of books – useful A4 sized volumes full of excellent articles on subjects like euthanasia and global warming. Well, this is the online version and jolly useful it is too with topics ranging from one-parent families to cloning.

You can find it on the Gateway in the Society & Citizenship section and also on the Exclusive Resources page (http://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/libraries/247/exclusives) under Social Issues.

‘This is all very find and dandy but where are the guinea-pigs?’ I hear you cry! On the Westminster Advent Calendar (linked from the library homepage), that’s where. Click on the link for the 2nd of December and sit back and enjoy the legendary Guinea Pig Theatre’s moving adaptation of A Christmas Carol.

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