Collection Development and Strategies Department
Featured Database: Opposing Viewpoints
You can use databases to easily find organized collections of articles, journals, news, streaming videos, primary sources, data, and more!
This month, we highlight one of our unique communications and argumentation databases: Opposing Viewpoints.
What’s in it?
Opposing Viewpoints is a database that compares contemporary debatable topics. It covers a range of disciplines that are organized from broad to specific argumentative topics.
Opposing Viewpoints is organized by topic, which narrows into more specific arguments. You can read real journal articles from scholars arguing on those topics. There are also newspapers, audio clips, images, and other material relevant to that topic. The database also includes overviews that give a general understanding of a specific topic, whether that’s Plastic Waste, YouTube, or Police Brutality
Why should you use it?
Many students must write argumentative papers, and Opposing Viewpoints can help students choose their arguments or learn more about potential topics.
Who should use it?
Students in almost any discipline!
Why use a database?
When you use a specific database, rather than a search engine or discovery tool, you can often find more relevant sources. For example, subject databases include sources about that subject only, rather than a general search engine or discovery tool that includes information about everything. This way you don’t have to wade through thousands of irrelevant results!
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