GSU Library Research Guides: ENGL 1101: Researching an Argument (Harrison): Researching an Argument

Introduction & Tutorial (6 min, 21 Seconds)

ProCon.org
ProCon.org has over 100 topics complete with pro and con arguments, quotes and statistics from experts, historical information, and other pertinent research.
New York Times Room for Debate
In Room for Debate, The Times invites knowledgeable outside contributors to discuss news events and other timely issues.
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. We do not take policy positions.

Opposing Viewpoint Databases

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.

Searching the News & Media

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.

Finding Peer-Reviewed / Scholarly Articles

Discover
Use this link to research across multiple subject databases at the same time.