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- Dictionary Of Literary Biography, PS221
.D45, Reference
Twentieth-century American science-fiction writers,
v. 8
Multi-volume series offering bio-bibliographical information
on significant British and American authors. Each volume
is separately cataloged and includes a cumulative index
to locate entries on individual authors.
- Contemporary Literary Criticism, PN771 .C59, Reference
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- Contemporary Authors, Z1224 .C63, Reference
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Guides, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
- Reference guide to science fiction, fantasy, and horror,
Z5917.S36 B87 1992, Reference
- British and American utopian literature, 1516-1985 : an
annotated, chronological bibliography, Z2014.U84 S28 1988,
Reference
- Index to science fiction anthologies and collections,
Z1231.F4 C65, Reference
- Science fiction writers : critical studies of the major
authors from the early nineteenth century to the present
day, PS374.S35 S36 1982, Reference
- Science fiction and fantasy literature : a checklist,
1700-1974 : with Contemporary science fiction authors II,
Z5917.S36 R42, Reference
- Anatomy of wonder 4 : a critical guide to science fiction,
Z5917.S36 A52 1995, Reference
- The Encyclopedia of science fiction, PN3433.4 .E53 1993,
Reference
- FutureSpeak : a fan's guide to the language of science
fiction, PN3433.4 .R64 1991, Reference
- Critical terms for science fiction and fantasy : a glossary
and guide to scholarship, PN3435 .W64 1986, Reference
Circulating Collection
- What futurists believe, CB161 .C63 1989
- Foundations of futures studies : human science for a new
era, CB158 .B45 1996
- Mapping the futures : local cultures, global change, HM101
.M266 1992
- The plot of the future : utopia and dystopia in modern
drama, PN1650.F88 K58 1991
- SERIES:
- Contributions to the study of science fiction and
fantasy, 9 volumes.
- Foundations of science fiction : a study in imagination
and evolution
- Great themes of science fiction : a study in imagination
and evolution
- When world views collide : a study in imagination
and evolution
- Out of the night and into the dream : a thematic study
of the fiction of J.G. Ballard
- Odd genre : a study in imagination and evolution
- Staging the impossible : the fantastic mode in modern
drama
- The dystopian impulse in modern literature: fiction
as social criticism
- Into darkness peering : race and color in the fantastic
Books at Western Michigan University
- Science fiction writers : critical studies of the major
authors from the early nineteenth century to the present
day, PS374.S35 S36 1999, Reference
- Science fiction and fantasy reference index, 1985-1991
: an international author and subject index to history and
criticism, Z5917.S36 S297 1993, Reference
- Predicting the future : an introduction to the theory
of forecasting, CB158 .R47 1998
- Creating a new civilization : the politics of the Third
Wave, HN17.5 .T636 1995
- International futures : choices in the creation of a new
world order, H61.4 .H828 1993
- The Community of the future, HM131 .C74288 1998
- The fortune sellers : the big business of buying and selling
predictions, CB158 .S456 1998
- Out of the blue : wild cards and other big future surprises
: how to anticipate and respond to profound change, CB161
.P47x 1997
- Reworking success : new communities at the millennium,
HT166 .T47x 1997
- The future is ours : foreseeing, managing and creating
the future, CB158 .M38 1996
- The next 500 years : life in the coming millennium, CB161
.B459 1996
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4. Currency
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5. Coverage
Does the site cover the topic comprehensively, or are
there information gaps?
Sites that provide guidance on evaluating Websites:
Millennial Madness
- Billions and billions : thoughts on life and death at
the brink of the millennium / Carl Sagan Q173 .S24 1997
- Mapping the next millennium, Q162 .H315 1993
- Apocalypses : prophecies, cults, and millennial beliefs
through the ages, BL503 .W43 1999
- Millennium, messiahs, and mayhem : contemporary apocalyptic
movements, BL2520 .M55 1997
- Visionary fictions : apocalyptic writing from Blake to
the modern age , PN701 .A34 1996
- Millennium rage : survivalists, white supremacists, and
the Doomsday prophecy, HM206 .L26 1996
- Apocalypse now and then : a feminist guide to the end
of the world, BL501 .K45 1996
- Prophecy & apocalypticism : the postexilic social setting,
BS646 .C66 1995
- When time shall be no more : prophecy belief in modern
American culture, BR526 .B58 1992
- The end of the world as we know it : faith, fatalism,
and apocalypse in America, BR526 .W65 1997
- Radical religion in America : millenarian movements from
the far right to the Children of Noah, BL503.2 .K37 1997
CCN.com
In Depth Reports@2000
Calendars
and their History
An explanation of calendars from several cultures and throughout
time.
Reprinted from the Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical
Almanac, P. Kenneth Seidelmann.
Center for Millennial Studies
Gateway to all aspects of the new Millennium.
Center for Millennial
Studies: Millennial Sites
An excellent description of different approaches to the Millennium,
with links to general sites as well as those dealing with
specific attitudes towards the Millennium.
A Guide to Terminology
in the Study of Millennial Movements
By Jennifer Snow, copyright 1997 by the Center for Millennial
Studies and Jennifer Snow, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Utopia
Utopia
as Mirror for a Life and Times
By Richard Marius Keynote Address, Loyola College of Baltimore,
Baltimore, Maryland.
Dystopia
Utopias
and Dystopias
Out of This World: Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy, by
the National Library of Canada.
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Early Science Fiction
- Science-fiction, the early years, Z5917.S36 B62 1990
- Science fiction writers : critical studies of the major
authors from the early nineteenth century to the present
day, PS374.S35 S36 1982
- Science fiction and fantasy reference index, 1878-1985
: an international author and subject index to history and
criticism, Z5917.S36 S297 1987
- Foundations of science fiction : a study in imagination
and evolution, PN3433.8 .P54 1987
- Explorers of the infinite: shapers of science fiction,
PN3448.S45 M65 1974
- Science fiction before 1900 : imagination discovers technology,
PN3433.5 .A45 1994
- Science fiction : history, science, vision, PN3448.S45
S33x
- When world views collide : a study in imagination and
evolution, PN3433.8 .P55 1989
- Odd genre : a study in imagination and evolution, z PN3433.5
.P54 1994
- Metamorphoses of science fiction : on the poetics and
history of a literary genre, PN3448.S45 S897
- The future of eternity : mythologies of science fiction
and fantasy, PN3433.6 .F7 1982
ROBOTICS/COLONIZING SPACE
Pro: New
Scientist: Alien Haven
Con: same
Center
for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas
Provides information about the Center and its programs, data
about science fiction and informed commentary, and occasional
news about SF in general. It also provides links to other
SF information sources.
Early
Science Fiction Concepts
Descriptions with images of early science fiction concepts.
Jerry Woodfill of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston,
Texas developed this program known as the SPACE EDUCATORS'
HANDBOOK for educational use. Approval to use copyrighted
materials which are not public domain has been obtained except
for items which are deemed "Fair Use" by the copyright act
of 1976. Opinions and materials included in this program do
not necessarily reflect NASA policy, research, or endorsement.
Science
Fiction Research Bibliography
A Bibliography of Science Fiction Secondary Materials in Holland
Library, Washington State University. By Paul Brians Department
of English, Washington State University.
Ultimate
Science Fiction Web Guide
Compiled by Magic Dragon Multimedia.
Timeline
19th Century
From the Ultimate Science Fiction Web Guide.
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Writers of America
Their official Nebula
Award site.
World Science Fiction Society
Their official Hugo
Award site.
Awards
for Science Fiction Writing and Art Work
From CyberSpace Spinner.
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The Environment
- Beyond the warming : the hazards of climate prediction
in the age of chaos, QC903 .M5 1996
- Climate of fear : why we shouldn't worry about global
warming, QC981.8.G56 M64 1998
- Climate of hope : new strategies for stabilizing the world's
atmosphere, QC981.8.C5 F4 1996
- The coming plague : newly emerging diseases in a world
out of balance, RA651 .G37 1994
- The heat is on : the climate crisis, the cover-up, the
prescription, QC981.8.G56 G45 1998
- Ending the explosion : population policies and ethics
for a humane future, HQ766.15 .H65 1996
- Global meltdown : immigration, multiculturalism, and national
breakdown in the New World disorder, HC79.E5 S5357 1998
- Feeding the ten billion : plants and population growth,
HB871 .E92 1998
- Juggernaut : growth on a finite planet, HB849.4 .G73 1996
- The heavens are falling : the scientific prediction of
catastrophes in our time, CB161 .K36 1992
- The global casino : an introduction to environmental issues,
GF41 .M525 1995
- Global climate change : human and natural influences,
QC981.8.C5 G66 1989
- The Energy-environment connection, TD195.E49 E543 1992
- A garden of unearthly delights : bioengineering and the
future of food, S494.5.B563 M38 1995
Genetically-manipulated foods
Pro: Genetix
Food Alert - Policies and Definitions
Con: Biotechnology
Industry Organization
Artificial Intelligence
An Introduction to
the Science of Artificial Intelligence
Journal
of Artificial Intelligence Research
EPA Global
Warming Site
Brought to you by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency.
Global
and regional air site
By the Environmental Defense Fund.
Sierra Club Global
Warming Campaign
US Global Change Research
Information Office
The US Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO) provides
access to data and information on global environmental change
research, adaptation/mitigation strategies and technologies,
and global change related educational resources on behalf
of the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) and its
participating Federal Agencies and Organizations. GCRIO is
implemented by The Center for International Earth Science
Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University.
The Council for Responsible
Genetics
The Council for Responsible Genetics (CRG), founded in 1983,
is a national nonprofit organization of scientists, public
health advocates and others which monitors the development
of new genetic technologies and advocates for their responsible
use. CRG works in the area of human genetics and commercial
biotechnology and the environment. CRG programs foster informed
public debate about the social, ethical and environmental
implications of these genetic technologies through educational
materials, position papers, model legislation, and the bi-monthly
publication GeneWatch.
GeneWatch UK
GeneWatch is an independent organisation concerned with the
ethics and risks of genetic engineering. It questions how,
why and whether the use of genetic technologies should proceed
and believes that the debate over genetic engineering is long
overdue.
Population
Studies Center: Resources on the Internet
From the University of Michigan. Links to sites on all aspects
of population issues.
The
Population Institiute
The Population Institute, 107 Second St., N.E. Washington,
D.C. 20002
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The Family and Reproduction
- The gene wars : science, politics, and the human genome,
QH445.2 .C66 1994
- Access to the genome : the challenge to equality, QH431
.M366 1998
- Perilous knowledge : the human genome project and its
implications, QH445.2 .W55 1994
- All our families : new policies for a new century, HQ536
.E88 1998
- American families : a multicultural reader, HQ535 .A583
1999
- No more kin : exploring race, class, and gender in family
networks, HQ536 .R65 1997
- The way we really are : coming to terms with America's
changing families, HQ535 .C644 1997
- Out of the past : gay and lesbian history from 1869 to
the present, HQ76.25 .M56 1994
- American gay, HQ76.3.N67 M87 1996
- St. James Press gay & lesbian almanac, HQ76.3.U5 S75 1998
- Love makes a family : portraits of lesbian, gay, bisexual,
and transgender parents and their families, HQ76.13 .K34
1999
- Changing sex : transsexualism, technology, and the idea
of gender, RC560.G45 H38 1995
- The clone age : adventures in the new world of reproductive
technology, RG133.5 .A57 1999
- Clones and clones : facts and fantasies about human cloning,
QH442.2 .C55 1998
- A companion to bioethics, R724 .C616 1998
- The ethics of human cloning, QH442.2 .K37 1998
- Family bonds : adoption and the politics of parenting
, HV875.55 .B38 1993
- The encyclopedia of adoption, HV875.55 .A28 1991
Human Genome Project
Pro: Genetics
in the 21st Century
Human
Gene Therapy: Present and Future
Con:Protecting
Genetic Privacy: Why It is So Hard to Do
Ethical
Issues in Human Gene Therapy
Feminism in the Future-Necessary?
General: Center for Women
and Information Technology, from the University of Maryland.
REPRODUCTION/OVERPOPULATION/CLONING
General: CLONING
SPECIAL REPORT from New Scientist.
Human Genome Project
Begun in 1990, the U.S. Human Genome Project is a 13-year
effort coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy and the
National Institutes of Health. The project originally was
planned to last 15 years, but rapid technological advances
have accelerated the expected completion date to 2003. Project
goals are to identify all the more than 100,000 genes in human
DNA, determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base
pairs that make up human DNA, store this information in databases,
develop tools for data analysis, and address the ethical,
legal, and social issues (ELSI) that may arise from the project.
Definition
of Cloning
From The Council of Research, Technology, and Innovation,
April 1997.
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - Kennedyallee 40 - 53175
Bonn - Letzte Änderung.
MEL
Health Information Resources Human Cloning
Evan
B. Donaldson Adoption Institute: National Adoption Organizations
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Power Relations and Surveillance
- Privacy in the information age, KF1263.C65 C38 1997
- Who owns information? : from privacy to public access
, KF2979 .B67 1994
- Privacy on the line : the politics of wiretapping and
encryption, KF9670 .D54 1999
- The End of Privacy: how total surveillance is becoming
a reality,
- Technology and privacy : the new landscape, QA76.9.A25
T43 1997
- Global shift : transforming the world economy, HD2321
.D53 1998
- Globalization and its discontents, HF1359 .S37 1998
- Global corporations and national governments, HG4538 .B455
1996
- The myth of the global corporation, HD2755.5 .M96 1998
- Spaces of globalization : reasserting the power of the
local, HF1359 .S69 1997
- When corporations rule the world , HD2326 .K647 1995
Surveillance/Global tracking systems
Pro: Global
Positioning System Overview
Con:
GPS Vehicle
Tracking Systems
The Center For Democracy
& Technology
CDT is working for individual privacy on the Internet.
Censorship/Freedom
of Information/Privacy Issues
Maintainted by Mike Van Fossen, Walter Davis Library, University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Electronic Privacy Information
Center
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Economics
- The euro and the dollar, HG136 .P7, Essays in international
finance ; no. 205
- A concise history of European monetary integration : from
EPU to EMU, HG930.5 .U47 1997
- Money and European union, HG925 .O94 1997
- Restructuring corporate America, HD2741 .C45
- The transformation of corporate control, HD3616.U46 F57
1990
- The case against the global economy : and for a turn toward
the local, HD75.6 .C376 1996
- Global corporations and nation-states : do companies or
countries compete?, HF1414 .G56
Globalization
Pro: GLOBAL
FINANCIAL DATA The Eurodollar
Con:
The
Euro
This is the European Commission's internet site dedicated
exclusively to the euro.
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Star Trek and Futuristic TV shows and Movies
- The search for extraterrestrial life : essays on science
and technology, QB54 .S417 1998
- Star trek and history : race-ing toward a white future,
PN1995.9.S694 B37 1998
- The metaphysics of Star Trek, BD111 .H24 1997
- Androids, humanoids, and other science fiction monsters
: science and soul in science fiction films, PN1995.9.S26
S26 1993
- Jungian reflections within the cinema : a psychological
analysis of sci-fi and fantasy archetypes, PN1995.9.S26
I23 1998
Star
Trek in the Classroom
By Robert Blake, Vanderbilt University, and Robert Sekuler,
Brandeis University.
The
Science of Star Trek
copyright 1993 by David Allen Batchelor, Ph. D. (This article
may be copied freely in its entirety. Contact the author for
permission to excerpt or publish for profit.)
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CITING YOUR SOURCES
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to Cite Sources
See also Citing
Sources for help in citing print and electronic resources
in various bibliographic styles (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.)
MLA
Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
5th ed., New York : Modern Language Association of America,
1999.
Reference, LB2369 .G53 1999.
MLA
Style
From The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center.
MLA Style
From the Modern Language Association. Offers some
examples of citing electronic resources.
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