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.
BOOKS
USING THE MEDIA
CENTER RESOURCES
Click 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 titles
in : AND -ANYWHERE
box.
PRO/CON
REF 361.1 PRO/CON
(North & South)
Taking Sides
REF 361.1 TAKING SIDES
(North & South
Media Center Research Databases
• Online subscriptions
• Reliable and authoritative resources.
• Magazine, newspaper, journal,
reference book articles.
• Government documents,
timelines, graphics, maps, videos, etc.
• Print and email capabilities.
EBSCO:
Points of View Reference Center
SIRS Researcher-
CQ Researcher
Facts.Com NewsIssues and Controversies
Search example in
Search example in
Search example in
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
Pick up a bookmark with passwords to access the research
home.
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
It is very important that you cite your sources!
Consult the Cherokee Research Guide which
follows the MLA citation format.
• 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.
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 & isearches
Scroll down to: English (right column)
Controversial Issues Research
DON’T HESITATE TO
SEE A MEDIA SPECIALIST FOR ASSISTANCE IF
NEEDED.
Prepared by Mrs. Dennis