LibGuides: Essays & Speeches (Ybor City): Prof. Nolasco

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This Assignment page will provide some resources Professor Nolasco's Pro/Con assignment. You will find links to helpful databases and websites to research topics from multiple points of view. Often it is helpful to see a counterpoint to one's own opinion. This can strengthen one's own position or even lead to a new perspective on the issue.

Pro/Con Resources

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Opposing Viewpoints (Gale)
Viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary sources, website links, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles on a vast range of social issues and current topics. Funding source: Statewide allocation. Here is a tutorial.
Issues & Controversies (Infobase Publishing)
Offers a wealth of current topics research information, including pro/con discussions of hot issues, newspaper editorials, numerical snapshots of key topics, photos and graphics, and selected historical source documents. Funding source: FLVC group license. Here is a tutorial.
CQ Researcher Plus Archive (Sage)
Reports on timely issues, from social to environment, health, education, and science. Produced by experienced journalists. Funded by statewide allocation. Here is a tutorial.

Open resources

Debatabase
Directory of debatable topics and other resources for student debaters.
ProCon.org: Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues
Now under the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the country’s leading source for information and research on all sides of the controversial issues of the day. Explore By Category or Topics A-Z.
Public Agenda
Pew Research Center Topics
Nonpartisan "fact tank" that aims to inform the public about "issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world."

Newsbank

Video Databases

Films on Demand (Infobase Publishing)
Academic Video Online (Alexander Street Press)
Academic videos on wide range of subjects—sciences, arts and humanities, business, social sciences, and more. Funded by FLVC group license. Here is a tutorial.

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