Databases for Debate Topics

and Domestic Policy Congress

 

Usernames and passwords are in Edline under Media Center, then Contents, then Online Database Passwords, and on Page 23 of your planbook.

General Databases:

Encyclopaedia Britannica - get background information on your topic

Student Resource Center Gold (Cengage/Gale) - reference source on people, places, and events in history. Includes periodical articles and web links.

Points of View (Ebsco) - presents both sides of controversial topics with essays, articles, statistics, etc from a wide variety of sources

Opposing Viewpoints (Cengage/Gale)- articles from experts in the field

Issues and Controversies in-depth articles on controversial topics

 

Newspaper articles:

Proquest -  Access both ProQuest Platinum (current magazine and newspaper articles) and Proquest Historical Newspapers (articles from 1850 through 2000).

SIRS Knowledge Source -  curriculum related newspaper and magazine articles. Also provides links to external websites.

 

 

Other sites:

Opposing Views

 

 

 

October 13, 2009
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