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The Opposing View

A strong, well-written research paper will acknowledge and consider the opposing viewpoint, and then go on to refute that position. So, for example, if you are arguing in favor of something, you want to find an article that argues against that same thing. Discuss this opposing viewpoint in your paper, and then discuss why that view point is wrong.

Issues & Controversies This link opens in a new window
- What it is: Pro- and Con- viewpoint articles on many "hot topics." Also includes overview or background articles and news. Sometimes includes primary sources, newspaper editorials and videos. Keyword search or browse popular topics by category or alphabetical listing.
- Who It Is Great For: Communication Studies, Criminal Justice (Criminology Studies), General Studies, History Studies, Human Services (Human Services, Social Work Studies), Political Science Studies, Sociology Studies
SIRS Issues Researcher This link opens in a new window
- What it is: Balanced content with diverse viewpoints from thousands of international sources that cover the pros, cons, and everything in between on nearly 400 social, scientific, health, historic, economic, and political issues. Save found resources to OneDrive using Office365 credentials.
- Who It Is Great For: Allied Health (Medical Assisting, Medical Laboratory Technician), Business (Accounting, Business Administration, Business Studies), Communications (Communication Studies), History (History Studies), Science (Biomolecular Science, Biology Studies, Chemistry Studies, Environmental Science, Physics Studies), Human Services (Human Services, Social Work Studies), Social Science (Economic Studies, Geography Studies, Political Science Studies, Psychology Studies, Sociology Studies), Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies

Multi- Disciplinary Databases: Academic and Scholarly Articles

These databases include many types of articles: scholarly, academic, and popular.

Choose the " limit to peer review" or " limit to academic journals" to excluded popular magazines and newspapers from the results.

Be sure to also choose "limit to full to full-text" so you only get results that will let you access the full article.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
- What it is: A rich, multi-disciplinary database which includes thousands of full-text peer-reviewed journals, select open-access journals, and ahead-of-print content.
- Who It Is Great For: All Students
MasterFILE Premier This link opens in a new window
- What it is: Collection of full-text magazines, e-books and primary source documents. Includes a large image collection.
- Who It Is Great For: All Students
Gale Power Search This link opens in a new window
- What it is: Big database that allows users to search multiple GaleCengage databases at once.
- Who It Is Great For: All Students

Newspaper Databases

News & Newspapers This link opens in a new window
- What it is: ProQuest’s collection of digitized news content, from the latest headlines and developments in contemporary politics, culture, health and technology, to historical coverage dating back to the 1700s.
- Who It Is Great For: Anthropology, Communication Studies, General Studies, History Studies, Political Science Studies, Sociology Studies

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Recommended Discipline - Specific Databases

Black Freedom: Primary Documents from Slavery to Civil Rights This link opens in a new window
- What it is: Primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history from the 1700s to the present. Browse through subject eras or use the search box to find information on specific people, organizations, or events.
- Who It Is Great For: Anthropology, Communication Studies, General Studies, History Studies, Liberal Arts, Sociology Studies
Gale In Context: U.S. History This link opens in a new window
- What it is: Primary and secondary sources in a comprehensive, multi-media collection with topics that range from the arrival of Vikings in North America through to the terrorist attacks of September 11th and more.
- Who It Is Great For: History (History Studies), Social Sciences (Economic Studies, Geography Studies, Political Science Studies, Psychology Studies, Sociology Studies), Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies
Ralph J. Bunche Oral Histories Collection on the Civil Rights Movement This link opens in a new window
- What it is: A unique resource for the study of the era of the civil rights movement in the United States. Includes nearly 700 transcriptions of interviews with those who made history in the struggles for voting rights, against discrimination in housing, for the desegregation of the schools, to expose racism in hiring, in defiance of police brutality, and to address poverty in the African American communities.
- Who It Is Great For: Anthropology, Communication Studies, General Studies, History Studies, Political Science Studies, Sociology Studies