RESEARCH TOPICS

• current drivers license laws
• work permit laws
• emancipation laws
• birth control laws

Step One:  Identify your Topic
Step Two:  Brainstorm related Keywords
Step Three: Select and Use a Research Tool
Step Four: Evaluate Results

Repeat as Necessary!
 

CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT WEBSITES

State of California
http://www.ca.gov

California Political Process - Citizen's Guide
http://capitolmuseum.ca.gov/english/citizens/index.html

California State Senate
http://www.senate.ca.gov/

California Legislative Information
http://www.legislature.ca.gov/
 

LIBRARY DATABASES @ YOUR LIBRARY

Like the UC Irvine Libraries, The Estancia Library pays for online resources which are "formatted for students, available at school or at home, and free of advertisements."

Proquest: eLibrary Curriculum Edition : Newspapers, magazines and reference books online!
 

SUGGESTED RESEARCH WEBSITES FOR TOPIC SEARCHES

GENERAL SOURCES

Google Unclesam
http://www.google.com/unclesam

Sacramento Bee
http://www.sacbee.com
 

BIRTH CONTROL & SCHOOLS (EDUCATION, ETC.)

Alan Guttmacher Institute
http://www.guttmacher.org/
 

See in particular: State Policies in Brief
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/spib.html

California Healthy Kids -- Click on School Health Law
http://www.californiahealthykids.org
 

EMANCIPATION OF MINORS

California Courts Self-Help Center
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/family/emancip/

Emancipation of Minors: A Table of State Laws
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/Table_Emancipation.htm
 

DRIVER'S LICENSE - UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS

Legislative Analysis of SB 60
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sb_60&sess=CUR&house=S&author=cedillo
 

WORK PERMITS

Child Labor Laws 2000
http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSE/childLaborPamphlet2000.html

Youth Rules! From the U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.youthrules.dol.gov/index.html