LibGuides: ENG 111: College Composition I (Russo-Loudoun): Websites

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Websites

Search Google for your topic keywords. Look for government, education, and/or organization webpages as well as news/magazine publications.

For more information, please see NOVA Libraries' guide on How to Evaluate Websites.

Before using information found on a webpage, consider the following criteria to evaluate its credibility.

Who is the author?
What are his/her qualifications?
Why was the website created?
When was it last updated?
How reliable is the information?

Example Websites

AllSides Media Bias Chart
The AllSides Media Bias Chart™ helps you to easily identify different perspectives and political leanings in the news so you can get the full picture and think for yourself.
New York Times: 300 Questions and Images to Inspire Argument Writing
Recent Student Opinion and Picture Prompts, categorized by topic, to help students discover the issues that matter to them.
New York Times: 401 Prompts for Argumentative Writing
Prompts that touch on every aspect of contemporary life — from social media to sports, politics, gender issues and school. See which ones most inspire you to take a stand. Each question comes from NYT's daily Student Opinion feature, and each provides links to free Times resources for finding more information.
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. They conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. They do not take policy positions.
USAFacts
USAFacts is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan civic initiative making government data easy for all Americans to access and understand. They provide accessible analysis on US spending and outcomes in order to ground public debates in facts.

NPR (National Public Radio)

NPR (National Public Radio) "is an independent, nonprofit media organization that was founded on a mission to create a more informed public... Through its network of member stations, NPR makes local stories national, national stories local, and global stories personal."