Opposing Viewpoints covers contemporary social issues, from abortion to zero tolerance policies. It provides a broad variety of information including viewpoint essays, news and magazine articles, court-case overviews, and more.
Begin at the , go to the 鈥淪hortcuts鈥 box, click on 鈥淒atabases鈥, then find under 鈥淥鈥.
Two Options to Find Viewpoint Essays
To begin your search you can either use 鈥淏rowse Issues鈥 to select a topic suggested by Opposing Viewpoints, or use the search box to find your own topic.
Browse Issues Option
On the right side of the page is a search box with the 鈥淏rowse Issues鈥 option with a light bulb symbol. Click it to see an alphabetical list of controversial topics. Selecting one takes you to a collection of viewpoint essays, articles, and other relevant information sources.
At the top of the page is an essay that provides background and context for the controversial issue. Below it are lists of viewpoint essays, articles from academic journals, news articles, videos, and much more.
抖阴福利导航 Box Option
If your topic isn鈥檛 on the lists of issues, enter it into the search box at the top of the page.
This takes you to a list of viewpoint essays, articles from academic journals, etc. At the top of the page is the 鈥淐ontent Types鈥 list of information sources on your topic. Clicking any of the “Content Types” links will take you to a list of that content type on your topic, for instance News articles or videos.
You can also use the 鈥淔ilter Your Results鈥 options to list articles by date published, subjects, document type, and other methods.
Tools
To find the citation or email the essay, look for 鈥淐ite鈥 and 鈥淪end To鈥 buttons at the top of the page near the search box. An MLA format citation is also available at the end of each article. Check to make sure the formatting is correct and fix any errors you see.
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