Using quality sources in your discussion posts is a great way to make a strong argument. These sources can help you discover new viewpoints on a topic, and when citing quality sources, you add to your authority in a discussion. The databases and quality websites identified below are specialized resources that outline controversial issues and highlight different sides and perspectives on the issues. If you have any challenges logging into the databases, please see our Off-campus Library Access guide. As always, if you have problems finding relevant information, please reach out and Ask a Librarian.
This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text access to differing points of view on current social issues. Brings together viewpoint articles, contextual topic overviews, government and organizational statistics, biographies of social activists, court cases, profiles of government agencies and special interest groups, newspaper and magazine articles, as well as links to more than 1,800 reviewed and subject-indexed websites.
Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues.
This link opens in a new windowEssays on controversial issues to develop debates or be a starting point in writing a position paper.
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