GSU Library Research Guides: ENGL 1101 with Andrea Hudson-Tomblin: Finding Sources

Assignment Instructions

Topics for Compare/Contrast Essay

Organic vs. non-organic foods, 1960s vs Now (choose specific aspects of each), Two sports teams (of the same sport), Natural healing vs medicinal, Strict parenting vs permissive, Private school vs public school, Rural vs suburban living, High school vs college, E-books vs textbooks, Instagram vs Twitter, Squids vs Octopuses, Paper bags vs plastic bags, Books vs movies, Biology vs chemistry

Below are different source types to support your argument that are available to you at GSU Library. If you don't see what you need, visit our Databases page and read the descriptions. You are always welcome to contact your librarian, Sheeji Kathuria, for more help.

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Library Handout from Class

Reports on Opposing Viewpoints

Issues & Controversies This link opens in a new window
This database helps researchers understand today’s crucial issues by exploring hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture. Updated weekly, with an extensive backfile, Issues & Controversies offers in-depth articles each presenting both sides of an issue clearly, coherently, and without bias made to inspire thought-provoking debates.
SIRS Issues Researcher This link opens in a new window
PERIMETER COLLEGE CAMPUSES ONLY. An editorially curated pro/con database. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources. All content is 100% full-text and selected from authoritative magazines, newspapers, photographs, books, statistics, infographics, websites, and more.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Provides in-depth coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy dating back to 1991.

Encyclopedia Entries and Historical Background

Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
An online collection of encyclopedias for multidisciplinary research.

Newspaper Articles

News & Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Full text of U.S. and international news sources. Includes coverage of several major U.S. and international newspapers such as The Atlanta Journal Constitution, The New York Times, and the Times of London.
New York Times (ProQuest Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Coverage ranges from 1980 - current. The New York Times is considered the official U.S. newspaper because it publishes the complete text of important documents, speeches and presidential press conferences. The paper's reporters have won scores of Pulitzer Prizes throughout the publication's 150-year history.

Scholarly Articles

Discover Search
When it doubt, start here! The Discover search searches across multiple databases and resources at the same time.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete provides complete coverage of multidisciplinary academic journals. The collection includes peer-reviewed journals, full-text periodicals, reports, and books, for STM research, the Social Sciences, Humanities, and other areas of academic studies. PDF content dates back as far as 1887.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar searches academic publishers, professional societies and pre-print archives.