Getting Started
This guide is describes how to find information relevant to both sides of a controversial issue - such as pro (for) and con (against) arguments on a topic like "Do video games have educational value?" It also provides links to the HACC Library Catalog, licensed databases, and web resources.
Finding Books
The HACC Library System owns the following
series. The titles in these series provide both the pros and cons
of an issue. In addition, each title provides a selected bibliography.
Finding Articles
- Issues
and Controversies @ FACTS.com — provides a list of current
"issues and controversies"
- CQ
Researcher — original, comprehensive reporting and analysis
on issues in the news
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center — Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center brings together viewpoint articles, contextual topic overviews, government and organizational statistics, biographies of social activists, court cases, profiles of government agencies and special interest groups, newspaper and magazines articles, as well as links to more than 1,800 reviewed and subject-indexed web sites
Finding Websites
- ProCon.org -- The Pro and Con of Controversial Issues.
Citing Sources
- MLA handbook for writers
of research papers
Harrisburg - Reference Stacks R 808.02 G437
Harrisburg - 2nd Floor 808.02 G437
- A manual for writers
of term papers, theses, and dissertations
Harrisburg - Reference Stacks R 808.02 T929
Harrisburg - 2nd Floor R 808.02 T929
- Citing
Resources
