Current Issues and Controversies

Find information about more than 180 controversial issues, such as abortion, online education, consumer debt, affirmative action, childhood obesity, and prisons. For each issues, this database provides viewpoints by activists and editorial writers, news and magzines articles, journal articles, statistics, and related websites.

In-depth reports on a wide range of controversial issues such as immigration, food safety, gene testing, and the value of a college education. Each report is written by an experienced journalist and includes an overview of the topic, an assessment of the current situation, pro/con arguments, a chronology, maps, and a bibliography.

A good starting point for general magazine and journal articles on a wide variety of subjects.

A database that focuses on social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints. TOPICsearch™ contains full text for over 60,000 articles from 399 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.