Library Guides: B A 243: Social, Legal, and Ethical Environment of Business: Supporting Information (Pro/Con/Business Impact)

Finding Arguments For/Against

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Gale OneFile: LegalTrac This link opens in a new window
Good for: legal news, opinions on major cases, law reviews - articles that can support your topic.

Gale Group Infotrac database for research in case law, government regulations, the practice of law, statutes, taxation and international law. Covers all major law reviews, and specialty law and bar association journals.
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Good for: finding business articles to support your topic

An essential article database for business research providing the full text for more than 2,000 periodicals, including about 1,000 scholarly journals. Covers virtually all disciplines in business and economics, including: accounting, economics, econometrics, finance, marketing, management, MIS, QMM and supply chain management.
Congressional Research Service Reports (from Proquest) This link opens in a new window
Good for: breakdowns and analyses of legal issues

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.
Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
Good for: both pro and con "viewpoint essays" to help you identify 3 arguments for or against; should also use other sources to help make your arguments!

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.
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
A good place to start finding articles for your pro/con debate - many cite legal cases, so you can go back and find them with the citation provided in their references.

Hein Online is a full-text research collection offering more than 900 legal journals; federal publications such as the Federal Register, U.S. treaties and agreements, U.S. Supreme Court opinions, federal legislative histories, presidential documents; a collection of legal classics; and Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court competition materials.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
A good place to find reports on hot issues.

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.

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