Sex_Education

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This guide is designed to help you research information about Sex Education. It includes an index of scholarly sources that should be used. Included in the list are websites that will be helpful in your research. If you have any trouble finding these sources, please ask a librarian for help. Good Luck! Any comments or suggestions are welcome! (add any course specific information if needed)
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=Books=

Books
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Good Search Terms to use: words or phrase

 * sex education
 * sexual education
 * abstinence education
 * sex education in schools
 * sex instruction and teens/children
 * safe sex
 * teenage pregnancy

Books
__ Condom nation : the U.S. government's sex education campaign from World War I to the Internet __ by Alexandra M. Lord. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. ** HQ31 .L817 2010 ** __ The politics of virginity : abstinence in sex education __ by Alesha E. Doan and Jean Calterone Williams. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, c2008. **HQ35.D63 2008**

__ Risky lessons : sex education and social inequality __ by Jessica Fields. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008. **HQ53.F53 2008** __ Taking sides. Clashing views in human sexuality __ selected, edited, and with introductions by William J. Taverner and Ryan W. McKee. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2010. **HQ18.U5 T35 2010**

__ When sex goes to school : warring views on sex--and sex education--since the sixties __ by Kristin Luker. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2007. **HQ57.5.A3 L84 2007**

Electronic Books
[|Ebrary] The library has recently added 20,000 online books from the vendor Ebrary. This is the “community college” collection, of interest to students and faculty at 2-year colleges. All books are simultaneously available to all RCC users.

__ [|Harmful to minors: the perils of protecting children from sex] __ by Judith Levine; foreword by Joycelyn M. Elders. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2002.

__ Pre-Teen And Teenage Pregnancy : A 21st Century Reality __ by Leishman, June Moir, James. M&K Update Ltd., 2007.

__ Adolescent Health : Understanding and Preventing Risk Behaviors __ by DiClemente, Ralph J., Santelli, John S., Crosby, Richard A., Jossey-Bass, 2009.

=Periodicals= Browse these paper journals and magazines in the library's first floor periodicals section for articles about Sex Education
 * Newsweek
 * Time

=Articles= Access to millions of journal, magazine, newspaper and reference source articles through our research databases.

Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for more than 3,800 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including over 22,800 article mentioning "sex and education", 10,000 articles mentioning "sex and education and schools", 1,300 mentioning "abstinence only" and 1400 using "schools and birth control." [|Tutorial]

Issues and Controversies
Issues and Controversies helps researchers understand the crucial issues we face today, exploring more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture. Updated weekly, with links to a 12-year back-file, Issues and Controversies offers in-depth articles made to inspire thought-provoking debates. This database is great for research papers and debate prep. A search for "sex education" brings over 150 reference documents, 4 "By the Numbers" charts on issues like Abstinence-only education, and 160 featured articles. Their Sex Education feature story is an excellent starting point.

Opposing Viewpoints
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites. They have an entire page devoted to the debate around sex education in schools (type sex education into the search bar), which includes over 100 Viewpoints, 700 News articles, 250 Magazine articles, 30 Reference sources, 7 Statistical sources and 20 websites.

ERIC
ERIC, the U.S. Department of Education Educational Resource Information Center database, contains citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals, as well as full text of more than 2,200 digests. A search for "sex education" yields over 4,600 results. Tutorial

Global Issues in Context
Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues. Searching for "sex education" brings up over 350 Global Viewpoints, 2,300 News stories, 100 Magazine stories, and 35 Reference sources.

=Streaming Videos= Full length and segment videos from Films On Demand.

Films On Demand
Inside the Lives of Children Having Children As teen pregnancy rates rise in the U.S., this ABC News program follows four families coping with the day-to-day realities of the issue. Case studies come from Massachusetts, where a teen couple tries to raise their six-month-old son together; from Kentucky, where a 14-year-old girl attends a school designed for pregnant teens; from Washington State, where a senior quarterback has impregnated his school’s homecoming queen, subsequently ignoring her; and from Texas, where a young mother in labor cries out for her own mom when her contractions intensify. The program also studies two disparate schools of thought on combating teen pregnancy—one highlighting abstinence, the other safe sex. (42 minutes)

Preventing Teen Pregnancy (02:58) From Title: Kids Raising Kids: Teenage Parenthood Without adequate sexual education teens are not equipped to make intelligent responsible choices regarding abstinence, safe sex, or family planning.

Abstinence (02:57) From Title: Teen Pregnancy: Reel Stories, Real Life Teens who choose abstinence discuss their decision. Students advocate for abstinence.

Teen Pregnancy, Sex Education, and Abstinence (03:27) From Title: George W. Bush: November 21, 1999 Gov. George Bush responds to Naomi Wolf's suggestion to teach "sexual gradualism" to teens as a way of preventing early sexual intercourse and teen pregnancies. Bush says her suggestions are "pathetic," and he favors abstinence.

=Web sites= There are many good Sex Education web sites on the internet. These web sites have been evaluated by library staff. Remember to always evaluate internet resources. To find out more about evaluating web sites, [|Lesley University] has a very good guide.
 * The National Conference of State Legislators has a breakdown of state policies on sex education in schools. Charts include 2011 Sex Education Legislation and State Laws on Medical Accuracy in Sex Education.
 * Facts on American Teens’ Sources of Information About Sex is a comprehensive fact sheet published by The Guttmacher Institute. The Institute,"continues to advance sexual and reproductive health in theUnited Statesand worldwide through an interrelated program of social science research, policy analysis and public education designed to generate new ideas, encourage enlightened public debate and promote sound policy and program development."
 * The National Abstinence Education Association exists to serve, support and represent individuals and organizations in the practice of abstinence education.
 * AVERT is an international HIV and AIDS charity, based in the UK, working to avert HIV and AIDS worldwide, through education, treatment and care. Their Sex Education That Works page provides an overview of sex education, with the philosophy that,"Sex education aims to reduce the risks of potentially negative outcomes from sexual behaviour, such as unwanted or unplanned pregnancies and infection with sexually transmitted diseases including HIV. It also aims to contribute to young people’s positive experience of their sexuality by enhancing the quality of their relationships and their ability to make informed decisions over their lifetime. Sex education that works, by which we mean that it is effective, is sex education that contributes to both these aims thus helping young people to be safe and enjoy their sexuality.
 * Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly by PBS featured a story on the conflict surrounding Abstinence-only Education. The transcript is available here.
 * Planned Parenthood offers a list of resources for sexual educators here.

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Research guide prepared on 7/20/11 by Quinn Eureka