Once again you can use LionSearch although you won't necessarily need to limit to scholarly publications or recent works. You can limit to books or ebooks, and you can exclude newspaper articles if you need to.
The following databases are also very useful and their content is not covered by LionSearch
Access to essays on covering political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.
The CQ Researcher is a collection of reports covering political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Keywords: hot topics, current events, social issues, social trends, archive, English 15, CAS 100, background information, general interest, contemporary issues, overviews. CQ Global Researcher (formerly a stand alone DB) content was merged into CQ Researcher.
Objective, non-partisan analysis of public policy issues before the legislature.
Research papers written by the Library of Congress for the use of Congress. Provide objective, non-partisan analysis of public policy issues before the legislature. Full text PDF of reports.
Research and background information on social issues.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center provides research and background information on social issues. The database contains the essays from the Opposing Viewpoints series, supplemented by statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. Keywords: hot topics, current events, social issues, social trends, English 15, CAS 100, background information, general interest, contemporary issues, overviews.