Com 213: Public Speaking

Selected Resources
A. C. Buehler Library,
Elmhurst College

 
 

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    Note: there is no printing capability for off-campus users. You must e-mail articles to your email account in order to print them.


 

Both Sides of the Debate: Information about Contemporary Issues

Use the I-Share Catalog to search the following series of books that deal with both sides of contemporary issues in modern society:
  • Opposing Viewpoints 
  • Taking Sides 
  • Current Controversies 

To find books in these series that deal with your topic, perform a "Guided Keyword" search. Enter your topic in the first search box, and enter one of the series titles in the second box.

  • Example: Abortion AND Taking Sides

Also try...

  • CQ Researcher 

  • An excellent source for information on current issues.

 

Finding Articles about your topic

Newspaper Databases

  • Lexis- Nexis ~A wide range of contemporary news, business, legal, and reference information. You can limit your search to select geographical areas, i.e. North America, the Midwest, or Illinois. Full text.

  • Proquest Newspapers ~ This collection allows you to search The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, and The New York Times Magazine simultaneously. Full text.

General Databases

  • Academic Search Premier ~ Selected full text of magazine and journal articles. Covers an extremely wide range of subject areas.

  • WilsonSelectPlus ~ Includes indexing, abstracting, and full text for a variety of magazines and journals. 

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    Can't find anything on your topic/author? Try searching databases groupings or all our databases at once with this link:

    Type your keywords in the search box(es), choose a subject area or "All Resources" and click "Go."

    So you found an article in one of our databases, but it's not full-text. Now what?

    Don't fret. Look for these buttons: , or , or this line of text: (Find this resource with SFX) next to the article citation on the search screen. Clicking on this will take you to a list of our full-text sources that carry the journal, if we have it.


 

Useful Internet Resources

General Web Sites

  • Britannica Online ~The Encyclopedia Britannica. Also includes Britannica's Internet Guide. Excellent place to get general info about a topic.

  • Librarian's Index to the Internet ~A searchable directory of librarian-reviewed internet websites.

  • CultureGrams Online ~Excellent for cultural or country-specific information (available on campus only)

Statistical Web Sites


 

Evaluation and Citation Resources

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This page was created 02/05/2002 by Anne Jordan Baker, last updated
2/19/2006 by J. Hill, Librarian, Elmhurst College