Researching Controversial Topics
The resources on this page can help you identify controversies related to topics you're researching.
After you learn more about the controversy you're researching -- such as who's involved, reasons behind supporting one side or the other, possible solutions -- you can take those ideas back to the article databases under the Magazine, Newspaper, and Journal Articles tab (ProQuest) to search for more information.
Issues & Controversies
Issues & Controversies provides two points of view on many controversial topics.
You can either type in a topic or browse the topics and sub-topics.
- Issues & Controversies This link opens in a new windowDetailed reports on controversial issues in the news. (VCCS)
Opposing Viewpoints
Opposing Viewpoints has many resources, including magazine, newspaper, and journal articles. It also has essays and articles that present one side of a controversial topic - these are called Viewpoints.
To find the Viewpoints articles, after you type in your topic, look at the range of results across the top of the page - select Viewpoints.
If there are no Viewpoints essays on the topic you typed in, try alternate, related ideas or a broader approach to the topic.
- Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new window
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Essays, magazines, journals, newspapers, statistics, primary sources; focus is on controversial issues. (VCCS)
