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Controversial Issues 

Researching a hot topic? Start here!
Last update: Aug 19th, 2010 URL: http://libguides.sunyacc.edu/controversialissues  Print/Mobile Guide   RSS Updates ShareThis

Getting Started         Print/Mobile Page
  
 

Starting Your Research

Start your research by clicking each of the blue tabs above:

- Books tab - lists reference books, subjects and a link to the online catalog for overviews of your subject

- Online Reference tab - links to the library's full-text electronic reference databases for fast facts and overviews 

- Article Databases tab - links to current magazine and journal articles from the library's subscription databases

- Other Web Sites tab - other non-subscription Web sites that could offer useful facts, selected by SUNY Adirondack librarians

- Graphics, Video and Animations tab - other information to help with your research 

- Writing and Citing Help tab - information about the college's Center for Reading and Writing.

 
 

Consult These To Discover a Topic:

  Useful online sources:

  • CQ Researcher - This source takes two forms: print and electronic. Each weekly issue offers research on a current controversial issue. The print version is in the Reference Collection at Ref. H 35 .C672 (1993-present).

These four book series will be very useful  - search for them by title in the Book Catalog search box above:
    * Taking Sides  
    * Library in a Book      
    * Opposing Viewpoints    
    * Contemporary World Issues
 

Facts on File

Looking for world issues? Try this link.  Search by a subject, look at current news headlines, or browse under the "Need a Research Topic?" section on the lower right. (It also offers "More research topics" in that section.)

 
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