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GOVT 2305 - Current & Controversial Topics (Dr. Valles): Home

EBSCO Discovery Service

EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) allows you to search multiple databases and the Library Catalog from a single search box. Results may include articles from newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals; books; and e-books.

Search for books, articles, DVDs & more...

Picking a Topic

Suggestions for topics:  Abortion bans, gun safety/firearms/AR-15, minimum wage, immigration reform, opioids/fentanyl, election integrity, universal health care...

Bias and Fact Checks

Tools for Citing

Off Campus Access

​Login when you are off campus by using your my.epcc.edu account and password.  You can move from database to database and stay logged in.

In EDS (Ebsco Discovery Service) click on the words “hello guest” in the green bar at the top of the page.  Login with your EPCC network username and password.

Controversial

Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints -- [Full Text | Gale]  

Provides social issues viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. Sources used are the Opposing Viewpoints Series from Greenhaven Press, as well as other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA core reference sources. Includes Lexile reading levels.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com

Credo Reference -- [Full text | Credo] 

Credo is an easy-to-use tool for starting research. Gather background information on your topic from hundreds of full-text encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, and subject-specific titles, as well as 500,000+ images and audio files and hundreds of videos.
https://search.credoreference.com

Opposing Viewpoints Database Search steps

Use Opposing Viewpoints database to find a recent event that interests you. 

  • Click on BROWSE ISSUES
  • Use pull down to choose the topic: LAW AND POLITICS. 
  • Choose an issue of interest  and explore the OVERVIEW and then the various types of articles including VIEWPOINTS, Academic journals, news, etc. 
  • FILTER your results (right hand side) if needed. The "search within" button searches the full text of selected articles. Useful if you want to look at Texas implications (for example)

As you find information, jot down KEY TERMS that describe your topic to use in searches in other places.

SAVE or EMAIL or PRINT article with citation in style specified by your instructor. Note citation is at the bottom of the articles.

 

General Search Steps for EDS and other databases.

KEYWORD SEARCH your topic.  

REFINE YOUR SEARCH - click on a subject/descriptor that fits to redo your search. This narrows down the list.

FURTHER REFINE - choose type of source,  or Georgraphy choose United States, etc. 

SORT by relevance or newest, whichever is pertinent. 

CHECK VIEWPOINT -- google name/organization or review other articles in the issue, or use MEDIA BIAS FACT CHECK (see Tools for Citing and Evaluating Sources Box)

SAVE or EMAIL or PRINT article with citation in MLA style.  Optional: use Noodle Tools link below to save your citations and print bibliographies

Voting Guide

Learn how to register to vote and research the candidates to be an informed voter. Vet your news sources for reliability and bias.    Click on this link: 

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