Vertical File Information
SIRS refers to the Social Issues Resources Series.
SIRS is a compilation of current articles from many sources, technical
and otherwise. They are found in
large gray loose leaf folders in the library office.
Ask the Librarian for these. Students
may check out individual articles.
OP tells you to have the librarians look in a separate box for the
Opposing Viewpoint pamphlets. They
are numbered from 1 to 109 and are checked out on VF cards.
ABORTION I and II – Title IV-B folder,
OP #26
Adolescents – see YOUTH and Juveniles
ADOPTION
AFRICA
AGED/GERIATRICS OP 26-30,
93-97
AGENCIES (Government & private)
Agriculture/Land – see FARMING/RANCHING
AIDS
Aircraft – AVIATION
ALASKA
ALCOHOL – SIRS
Alternative lifestyles – see CULTS
- OP 85-88
AMERICAN LITERATURE
AMERICANA – OP 35-41
ANIMALS
ANOREXIA NERVOSA/BULEMIA
ANTHROPOLOGY
APOLLO I, II, III, IV (space flights)
ARCHITECTURE
ART (paintings & artists)
ARTISTS
THE ARTS (dance, music, sculpture, theater, films)
ASTRONOMY
AUTOMOBILES and DRIVERS
AUTHORS (copyright laws, publishers)
AVIATION (planes, balloons, helicopters)
BICENTENNIAL INFO
Biographies – see AUTHORS
BIOLOGY
BIRDS
BIRTH CONTROL – op #26
BLACK, AMERICANS
BUSINESS (finances)
CANADA
CANCER
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
CAREERS
CAVES/SPELUNKING
CENSORSHIP
CHILD ABUSE – see also CRIME – Title IV-B folder
CHILD CARE
CHINA
CITIES – see POPULATION
CIVIL DEFENSE
CIVIL RIGHTS
COMMUNICATIONS (radio, TV, language, literature)
COMMUNISM – see also RUSSIA – OP #68, 72-80
COMPUTERS – see also TECHNOLOGY
CONSERVATION/RESOURCES
CONSUMERS (education, protection)
COURTS – see also LAWS and CRIME
Title IV-B folder OP
31-34, 106-109
CRAFTS
CRIME – SIRS – OP 52-56
CULTS (religious,
counter-culture, alternate, or escape life styles)
See also MENNONITES - OP
85-88
CUSTOMS – see TRADITIONS
DEATH – OP 26-30, 93-97
Death Penalty – see CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
DENTAL HEALTH
DEPRESSION YEARS, 20’S and 30’s
DISEASE I, II
DIVORCE
DRAFT & AMNESTY
Drama – see also THE ARTS
Dreams – see SLEEP
DRUGS I, II – see also NARCOTICS – SIRS
EARTHQUAKES
ECOLOGY – OP 6-9
ECONOMICS – OP 45-51
EDUCATION/SCHOOLS I, II
Egypt – see AFRICA
ELECTIONS/VOTING
ELECTRICITY – see also RURAL ELECTRICITY
EMPLOYMENT
ENERGY – see also NUCLEAR POWER – OP 10-13
ENVIRONMENT
EPA – (Environmental Protection Agency)
ERA – (Equal Rights Amendment)
ESP – (Extrasensory perception- see PSYCHOLOGY
ETHNIC GROUPS IN U.S. (Jewish, Polish, etc.)
EUROPE
EUTHANASIA (Mercy killing)
FAMILY – see also SIRS OP
#21
FAMOUS PEOPLE
FARMING and RANCHING
FBI – see AGENCIES
Finances – see BUSINESS
FISH – see also MARINE BIOLOGY
FLAGS
Floods – see PHENOMENON
FLOWERS
FOOD I, II, III
FORESTRY – see also CONSERVATION
FRANCE
Freedom – see U.S., JUSTICE, and COURTS
GAMES (gambling, amusements, cards, recreation)
See also SPORTS
GAMBLING
GARDENING
GENETICS
Geriatrics – see AGED
GEOGRAPHY & TRAVEL
GERMANY
GOLD & GOLD MINES – see also MINING
GREAT BRITAIN
GREECE
GUN CONTROL – OP #56
Halloween – see TRADITIONS
HANDICAPPED
HAWAII
HEALTH I, II, III
HEALTH – Eyes and Hearing
HEALTH – Heart
HEALTH – Kidney & other organs; see also SIRS
HERBICIDES & PESTICIDES
HISTORY (ancient, medieval, European, American, modern)
See also AMERICANA
HOBBIES
Holidays – see TRADITIONS
HORSES – (training, care, racing)
Hostages – see WORLD POLITICS
HUMAN RIGHTS – see also SIRS, Title IV-B folder
Hurricanes – see WEATHER
HUMOR (wit, poetry, stories, puns)
HYPNOSIS (Clairvoyance, mind-reading)
See
also PHYSICAL RESEARCH
IMMIGRATION – OP # 62
INDIA
INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT (industry, capital, labor
relations)
INFLATION
INSECTS
INSURANCE
Investments – see BUSINESS
IRAN
IRELAND
JAPAN
JEWELRY/GEMS
Jews – see ETHNIC GROUPS in U.S.
Jobs – see CAREERS & EMPLOYMENT
JOURNALISM
Justice – see U.S. COURTS
KENNEDY, John F. & Kennedy family
KING, Martin Luther
KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
LABOR UNIONS – see also UNIONS
LAWS and LAW ENFORCEMENT
LIBRARIES
LITERATURE & CRITICISM – see also AUTHORS
Manners, Customs – see TRADITION
MAPS – (USA, CANADA)
MAPS – (World)
MARINE BIOLOGY
MARRIAGE
MEDICINE – see also HEALTH
MENNONITES & HUTTERITES
MENTAL HEALTH – see also PSYCHOLOGY
MENTAL RETARDATION
Mexico – see SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES
MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES
MINES & MINING
MONEY & MONEY MANAGEMENT
Moving Pictures – see THE ARTS
MUSIC & MUSICIANS
MYTHOLOGY – see also RELIGIONS
NARCOTICS – see also DRUGS
Negroes – see BLACK, AMERICANS
NIXON, Richard
NUCLEAR POWER & TREATIES – see also RADIATION
OCEAN-GOING VESSELS (ships,
subs, etc.)
OIL – see also ENERGY
PANAMA CANAL
PARKS (National & State)
PEACE CORPS
Pearl Harbor – see WARS
Pesticides – see HERBICIDES
PHENOMENON (Natural) see
also EARTHQUAKES
PHOTOGRAPHY
PICTURES
PLANETS
POETRY
POLITICS
POLLUTION – see also SIRS
PORNOGRAPHY – see also CENSORSHIP
POVERTY
PRESIDENTS
PRISONS – OP 81-84
PSYCHOLOGY
RACIAL ISSUES – OP 61-63,
66
RADIATION – see also NUCLEAR POWER
RAILROADS
RAPE
RELIGION – OP 98-101, 102-105
Rivers – see GEOGRAPHY/TRAVEL
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
RUSSIA – OP 76-80 (Communism)
SAFETY
SATELLITES
SCANDINAVIAN NATIONS
SCIENCE, see also PHENOMENON – OP 102-105
SIRS—see
below
SEX EDUCATION – OP 21-25
Ships – see OCEAN GOING VESSELS
SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
SLEEP
SMOKING
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES
SOUTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNMENT
SOUTH DAKOTA PARKS & RECREATION
SOVIET UNION – see RUSSIA
SPACE – see also APOLLO
SPORTS
SUICIDE – see also CRIME – OP # 29
Survival – see SAFETY
TAXES
TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH
TELEVISION
Tornadoes – see WEATHER
TRADITIONS
Transplants –see HEALTH
NEW SIRS: EARTH SCIENCE
MEDICAL
SCIENCE
PHYSICAL SCIENCE