LibGuides: ENGL 1110G : Rhetoric and Composition: Explore Topics

Tools for Exploring Topics

CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Often the first source that librarians recommend when researchers seek original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Founded in 1923 as Editorial Research Reports. CQ Researcher is noted for its award-winning in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published online 44 times a year by CQ Press, an imprint of Sage Publications.
Points of View Reference Source This link opens in a new window
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A full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
Opposing Viewpoints in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the solution features continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience

Journalist's Resource
Based at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, the Journalist’s Resource project examines news topics through a research lens. We surface scholarly materials that may be relevant to media practitioners, bloggers, educators, students and general readers. In 2013 the American Library Association named us one of the best free reference Web sites.
Room for Debate - NY Times
In Room for Debate, The Times invites knowledgeable outside contributors to discuss news events and other timely issues.