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Pro/Con Issues & Hot Topics Databases

Alexander Street Press - Politics & Current Affairs
Politics and Current Affairs Video Online is a unique streaming video resource featuring a collection of issue-based documentaries from around the world. Covering Immigration and Border Studies, Middle East Studies, Urban Studies, Political Science, Globalization, and Human Rights, the films focus on the key issues and events of recent global history.

CQ Researcher
The choice of researchers seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Published in print and online 44 times a year, the single-themed CQ Researcher report offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Each 12,000-word CQ Researcher report is a unique work, investigated and written by a seasoned journalist. It can be read in its entirety or by section, which include a background and chronology ; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources. 

Issues & Controversies (1995 to present)
A comprehensive online source and reference database of up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day which combines authoritative factual analysis, covering clear explanations of opposing points of view and numerous special features, so students and other users can quickly grasp the essentials of even the most complex topics. This database presents and enhances the full backfile of Issues and Controversies On File, which has probed about 600 controversial topics in the news since its debut in September 1995. Chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information augment the balanced, accurate coverage of current and historical events.

Open CRS - Reports for the People
A project of the Center for Democracy & Technology provides citizens access to CRS Reports already in the public domain and encourages Congress to provide public access to all CRS Reports since these reports are not readily available to the public.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles

National Newspapers Core (ProQuest)
Search coverage of 4 major newspapers, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and the Christian Science Monitor all in one search.

 

Pro/Con Issues & Hot Topics Web Sites

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - Issues

American Prospect: Articles by Subject

dmoz: Open Directory Project - Issues

The Hoover Digest: Research and Opinion on Public Policy

Hot Topic Sites for Research Papers - PVCC

Internet Public Library - Social Issues

Multonah County Library - Social Issues

National Issues.com

Okeefe Library: Best Information on the Net

ProCon.Org

Public Agenda - The Issues

Speak Watching America

The White House: Issues

World Resources Institute

Worldpress.org

Yahoo - Issues & Causes

Yahoo - Political Issues

You Decide - KQED News & Public Affairs - Perspectives & Opinions

 

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