The CQ Researcher (REF 300.5 E23)
The CQ Researcher is the perfect answer
for people who need a place to begin research on current topics. This
weekly publication covers the most current and controversial issues of
the day with complete summaries, insight into all sides of the issues,
bibliographies and more.
Opposing Viewpoints (located with other books on the topic you are researching)
The Opposing Viewpoints series includes many
volumes, each on a controversial topic. Each book includes several
essays that address opposite points of view on the issue, so they are
especially helpful in understanding all sides of a debate topic or
research question. To find these volumes, do a word search in the
library catalog: for example, animal rights and opposing viewpoints or
environment and opposing viewpoints.
Other series similar to Opposing Viewpoints are
Issues
in Focus
and
At Issue.
1001 Ideas for English Papers: term papers, projects,
reports and speeches (REF 820.76 M652o)
10,000 Ideas for Term Papers, Projects, and Reports
(808.02 L232t 1991)
Web Resources
Debate Central
An online resource created and maintained by the National Center for Policy Analysis
for high school students researching the nationwide high school debate topic.
High
School Debate Topics 1998 - present
Includes the text of current and past High School
Debate Topics with innumerable links from the University of Michigan.
Hot
paper topics
Maintained by St. Ambrose University, this site
has excellent links to research sources on a variety of paper topics on
controversial social issues.
Paper Topics
A guide to help find ideas or topics for writing papers
and links to other helpful sites.
Social
Issues
You'll find many debate topics listed here--censorship, drunk driving,
gun control, homelessness, and plenty more. For each topic you are
provided with links to various Web resources that can help you find lots
of information. An important feature of this site is that it gives links
to current legislation on the various topics. A super-helpful site from
Multnomah County Library.
Yahoo
Full Coverage
This news site is especially helpful when you want to
find out what the hot happenings are on your topic. The site is
organized by broad topics, but your best bet is to search it. Click in
the search box, for example, and type "affirmative action" or
abortion.
Yahoo's
Issues and Causes
Links to articles and web sites on various topics. There is a lot of
information here, but the collection of articles for each topics is not
always balanced. Sometimes you may need to go elsewhere to find an
opposing viewpoint for your issue.
Magazine Databases
Ebsco's MasterFILE Premier
This magazine database
indexes for over 1,800 periodicals covering nearly all subjects,
providing many articles in full-text. You can search by keyword or
subject, in a basic or advanced search mode, and can print or e-mail the
article for your use.
Opposing ViewPoints
Social issues database of current event topics - the facts as well as the arguments of each topic’s proponents and detractors.
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