LibGuides: EN 231 Technical & Professional Writing: Search for Topics

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Gale in Context: Opposing ViewPoints (DISCUS) This link opens in a new window
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Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues.
More than 400 reference book titles and over 8,700 pro and con viewpoint articles
Points of View Reference Center This link opens in a new window
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Contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including more than 1,300 main essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books.
Standalone database. Not searchable with other EBSCO databases.
Opposing Viewpoints (DISCUS) This link opens in a new window
Thousands of pro and con viewpoint articles on contemporary social issues, topic overviews, primary sources, images, statistical tables, charts, and graphs. Subjects: Current Issues
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Read the News!

Choose a topic you're interested in and read current events about that topic. This can help you pinpoint some issues, perspectives, etc. that may give you ideas for your topic or narrow your topic.

Historical Newspapers of South Carolina
Includes full text. Historic local and regional newspapers throughout South Carolina dating back to the 1700s.
BBC (British Broadcasting Company)
NPR (National Public Radio)
New York Times
The Washington Post

Access World News (NewsBank) This link opens in a new window
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NewsBank's Access World News Research Collection contains current and archived articles on issues, events, people, government and more with the world's largest collection of full-text news sources. Includes local news, editorials, announcements and other sections from more than 4,700 sources.
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis) This link opens in a new window
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Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as alerts and saved
searches and a collaborative work-space with shared folders and annotated documents.

You can also look at the websites of your preferred, reputable newspaper or media company. Some examples:

Guides, Handbooks, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries

Britannica Online
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CREDO Reference (DISCUS) This link opens in a new window
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Credo Reference provides access to a broad variety of reference sources from dictionaries to encyclopedias covering topics from the arts to the sciences. It has an image collection, maps, and audio pronunciation files. You can search the whole collection or a specific subject area.

EN 231 Technical & Professional Writing: Search for Topics

Need a Topic?

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Guides, Handbooks, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries

If you are experiencing problems with our guides and databases, please contact ProfessorJanet S. Ward, jward@limestone.edu, Assistant Director of the Library and Web Services Librarian.