Comm. 112- Lisa Volkening
Course Specific Resources
Newspaper databases
Sources with pro and con arguments
CQ Researcher explores important issues on a wide variety of topics.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Covers all sides of a variety of different issues.
Google "site:" searching with .gov and .edu domains
You can use this feature to limit to .gov (U.S. governmental websites) and .edu (typically colleges/universities/research institutions) domains, which may be helpful for finding recent governmental policies/research, or institutional research briefs, and other data.
Academic/Scholarly databases
Academic Search Complete searches a variety of different subject areas, this is a good place to start if you're unsure what subject area to begin in.
Business Source Premier searches topics related to business.
ERIC searches topics related to education.
Like ERIC, searches topics related to education.
Contains peer-reviewed sources related to society.
Environment Complete searches environmental topics.
Like Environment Complete, searches topics related to the environment.
Searches topics related to politics.