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MASTERY OBJECTIVE You should be able to: Locate relevant information such as opposing viewpoints and analyses on a controversial topic in authoritative books, research databases, and Internet resources to support and develop your position in a written research paper.
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MASTERY OBJECTIVEYou should be able to:
Locate relevant information such as opposing viewpoints and analyses on a controversial topic in authoritative books, research databases, and Internet resources to support and develop your position in a written research paper.
USING THE MEDIA CENTER RESOURCES
BOOKSClick here
RESEARCH DATABASES
Click here
After viewing this PowerPoint, access the resources listed on the Controversial Issues - Research Paper Pathfinder found on the Media Center Web Page: www.lrhsd.org/chmedia
Click here for Controversial Issues Research Paper Pathfinder info.
Use the Book and Audiovisual Catalog
on the Media Center Web Page
TYPE YOUR BROAD TOPIC IN THE SUBJECT SPACE
TO REFINE YOUR SEARCH, IF THERE ARE TOO MANY HITS,
ADD ANOTHER TERM
Example: immigration AND government policy
FIND OUT IF THERE IS A BOOK ON YOUR TOPIC IN ONE OF THE SERIES ON CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES: At issue Current controversies Open for debate Opposing Viewpoints Point-counterpoint
Type your topic in the Subject space
Add one of the series titlesin : AND --ANYWHEREbox.
PRO/CONREF 361.1 PRO/CON(North & South)
Taking SidesREF 361.1 TAKING SIDES(North & South
• Online subscriptions
• Reliable and authoritative resources.
• Magazine, newspaper, journal, reference book articles.
• Government documents, timelines, graphics, maps, videos, etc.
• Print and email capabilities.
Media Center Research Databases
EBSCO:Points of View Reference Center
SIRS Researcher-
CQ Researcher
Facts.Com News-
Issues and Controversies
Search example in
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CQ Researcher
Reports are very long. Therefore, print sections of each report only. See print box above.
Search example in
Issues and Controversies
Click on: Issues and Controversies
Citation example at the end of each article
Get a Media Center Password Bookmark from either media center
to use the Research Databases from home.
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/sochc.html Multnomah County Library Homework Center Social Issues
www.gc.maricopa.edu/English/topicarg.html Assisted suicide, gun control, animal rights, etc.
NCPA National Center for Policy Analysis
• Access the Cherokee Research Guide on the Media Center Web Page.
• Handouts of pages in the Cherokee Research Guide are on the low bookcases in the media centers.
It is very important that you cite your sources!
Consult the Cherokee Research Guide whichfollows the MLA citation format.
The pathfinder will provide a list of sources and links that will be useful in research for
controversial and social issues.
The Pathfinder is on the media center web page
www.lrhsd.org/chmedia
Click on: Assignments/eboards Pathfinders & isearchesScroll down to: English (right column) Controversial Issues Research
DON’T HESITATE TO
SEE A MEDIA SPECIALIST FOR ASSISTANCE IF NEEDED.
Prepared by Mrs. Dennis
