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 ACC Library online catalog for overviews of your subject
- Online Reference tab - links to ACC Library's full-text electronic reference databases for fast facts and overviews
- Article Databases tab - links to current magazine and journal articles from ACC Library's subscription databases
- Other Web Sites tab - other non-subscription Web sites that could offer useful facts, selected by ACC librarians
- Graphics, Video and Animations tab - other information to help with your research
- Writing and Citing Help tab - information about ACC's Center for Reading and Writing.
From the ACC Library home page, visit the tutorials for quick research tips.
Library Quick Links
Consult These To Discover a Topic:
Useful online sources:
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center offers a preliminary list of controversial issues.
- Alamo Colleges - Palo Alto College lists many current controversial issues.
- 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).
- http://www.procon.org/- controversial issues site by a nonpartisan non-profit group.
These four book series will be very useful - search for them by title in the online catalog:
* 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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