Library Guides: CAS 404: Conflict Negotiation: Research Resources

Reference and Instruction Librarian

Amy E. Rustic

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New Magazine Sources and Topic Ideas

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Just need to get started? Try these background and basic sources.
Pew Research Center
A nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world by conducting public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research.

Pro and Con Information

Looking for Pro and Con Information for a Debate?

Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
research and background information on social issues; supplemented by statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center provides research and background information on social issues. The database contains the essays from the Opposing Viewpoints series, supplemented by statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. Keywords: hot topics, current events, social issues, social trends, English 15, CAS 100, background information, general interest, contemporary issues, overviews.

Finding Arguments using Opposing Viewpoints
Strategies to get the best out of using this database.

CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Articles on hot topics that include an overview, historical background, chronology, pro/con, graphics, and resources for additional research.
The CQ Researcher is a collection of reports covering political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Keywords: hot topics, current events, social issues, social trends, archive, English 15, CAS 100, background information, general interest, contemporary issues, overviews. CQ Global Researcher (formerly a stand alone DB) content was merged into CQ Researcher.
Congressional Research Service Reports This link opens in a new window
The full text of reports that provide objective, non-partisan analysis of public policy issues before the legislature.
Research papers written by the Library of Congress for the use of Congress. Provide objective, non-partisan analysis of public policy issues before the legislature. Full text PDF of reports.

Finding Full Text Articles from a Citation

When you have a citation for an article or book that you'd like to find, use the title to search LionSearch for the Full Text. See the LionSearch information above for more details.