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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
This database focuses mainly on providing the Pros and Cons on controversial and debatable topics--allowing the researcher to see both sides of the issue.
SIRS Issues Researcher This link opens in a new window
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.

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
A rich, multi-disciplinary database which includes thousands of full-text peer-reviewed journals, select open-access journals, and ahead-of-print content.
MasterFILE Premier This link opens in a new window
Collection of full-text magazines, e-books and primary source documents.
Gale Power Search This link opens in a new window
A large database that allows users to search multiple GaleCengage databases at once. Great for broad searches.

Newspaper Databases

News & Newspapers - ProQuest This link opens in a new window
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.

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Recommended Discipline - Specific Databases

Black Freedom: Primary Documents from Slavery to Civil Rights This link opens in a new window
Primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history from the 1700s to the present.
U.S. History - Gale In Context This link opens in a new window
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.
Civil Rights Movement - Ralph J. Bunche Oral Histories Collection This link opens in a new window
A unique resource for the study of the era of the civil rights movement in the United States.