ENGL015: Rhetoric & Composition

The resources below will assist you in effectively researching your English 015 assignments. If you need further assistance with your research, stop by the Gateway Library Reference Desk, located across from the Lending Services desk.

• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center -- Provides research and background information on a wide range of social issues. This database contains informative essays from the Opposing Viewpoints books, supplemented by statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
• CQ Researcher – A weekly publication that covers hot issues and events and gives you references to other useful resources.
• Congressional Research Service Reports — Research papers written by the Library of Congress for the use of Congress. Provides objective, non-partisan analysis of public policy issues before the legislature. Full text PDF of reports are available.
• Browse the Contemporary World Issues, Current Controversies, At Issue and Opposing Viewpoints series in The CAT. These books provide background information, biographies, statistics, timelines, and other important information on a variety of current social topics.
• Oxford English Dictionary Online - This comprehensive dictionary will help youto define terms and understand concepts.
• Search The CAT (library catalog) – For books and other materials on your topic.

• ProQuest Direct – Provides access to articles from over 5,000 publications, including periodicals, newspapers and popular magazines. Many articles are available in full text.
• New York Times Historical provides the full-text of The New York Times, 1851-2002.
• LexisNexis Academic – A full-text database containing newspaper and magazine articles, news transcripts, and legal materials.

• Daily Collegian – Search back issues of the Collegian, 1989 - Present.
• Centre Daily Times – Use NewsBank to search back issues of the CDT and other state and local newspapers.
• Centre Daily Times Index — provides access to article citations from the CDT, 1981-Present. Visit the News & Microforms Library, Ground Floor Pattee Library West to view the full text of articles.

• Social Sciences Library Statistics and Data page — A comprehensive gateway to statistical information from a wide variety of sources.
• LexisNexis Statistical — Indexes and provides access to statistics and data contained in Federal government publications.

• Best Information on the Net  —  Maintained by Saint Ambrose University, this is an index to a variety of controversial topics that are of current interest. Each topic is accompanied by a list of related Web sites
• Documents in the News  —  This site provides access to a wide variety of Federal government documents relevant to current social issues.
• First.gov — Information by Topic  —  A clearinghouse of goverment information organized by topic
• Organizations Relevant to Key Issues  —  Trying to find the official organization associated with your topic? This page will help you find the official group or organization that you are looking for.
• Public Education Network  —  The Public Education Network is an organization collecting data, statistics, and quotes in a variety of areas, including crime and violence, education, the environment, international relations and media and advertising.
• Google's Directory of Societal Issues  —  A directory of web sites focused on a wide variety of controversial issues and hot topics.
• Yahoo!'s List of Issues and Causes  —  Browse Yahoo's comprehensive list of hot topics and social issues.