Global Issues

• There are many important topics that concern us all today, including poverty, endangered animals, war, world debt, climate change, globalisation, trade policy, corporate and social responsibility and more
• At Gateway to the Internet > Global issues you can find 'umbrella' web sites that lead to information on a wide range of such topics
• You will find further information on individual topics in individual Gateway sections, for example in Environment, Food and drink, World statistics
• For overview articles and further web links, you can search the Encyclopaedia Britannica online
• Find quick reference information on global issues at Reference books online, especially in Credo reference and Oxford reference online
• See News web sites and Newspapers to keep up with current issues
• You can search for articles and article references at Magazines and journals online

Further information

• Library catalogue
• Contact us if you need help to find information

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Special topic

Abolition of the slave trade, produced to mark the 200th anniversary of the UK's Abolition of the Slave Trade Act of March 1807