Reference materials
Use these sources to help you pick a topic and to provide context to your research based argument.
Second edition.
Green Library » Information Center » HM1121 .C85 2014 V.1
3 vols.
5th ed. New York : International Debate Education Association, 2011.
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Includes index of topics.
2nd ed. London : Academic, 2012.
Green Library » Information Center » BJ63 .E69 2012 V.1
4 vols., also available online.
Farmington Hills, MI : Thomson Gale, [200-?]-
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Many encyclopedias included; see record for list.
13th ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2012.
Green Library » Information Center » BJ1012 .T24 2012
Series you may find useful
These books provide arguments in favor and against controversial topics. Many are in the Information Center, and many are online. Remember you can do a SERIES search in Searchworks.
Selected Databases
"Choose databases" (next to search box) to add: Alternative press index, Communication and Mass Media Complete, Environment Index, Left Index, Women's Studies International, and many more.
Science and humanities.
For more options, see SEARCHING in the upper left-hand corner to add ABI/INFORM (business), many historical newspapers, PAIS (political science), PsycINFO, Sociological abstracts, etc.
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