Erin Burns
eburns@psu.edu
724-983-2883
Erin Burns
eburns@psu.edu
724-983-2883
Shopping for a topic? Try these for some ideas
Research Ideas Ripped From the Headlines - a blog by PSU Librarians about topic ideas
CQ Researcher – On the left navigation bar, click on “Browse by Topic” or “Browse by Date” to see categories to help you brainstorm
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center – check the list of popular topics here to get some ideas
Hot Topics from Newsbank - provides topic ideas as well as search terms for conducting research on that topic
Special Reports from Newsbank - Images and articles about current issues grouped by topic
How to Generate Keywords - need help brainstorming search words? Give this a try!
Ready for articles and other sources? Try these first
Lion Search – one single search box that searches across all library resources for books, scholarly journals, e-books, newspapers, and more!
Academic Search Complete – A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals - in other words, lots of great stuff!
CQ Researcher – provides reports on hot topics and includes an overview, pro/con, viewpoint, chronology, in each report
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center – a good source for opinions about popular topics
Gale Virtual Reference Library – The library’s version of Wikipedia! Good for a short, authoritative summary of a topic
Need newspaper articles?
The New York Times - search exclusively for New York Times articles using this link. Coverage goes back to 1980 and is free for Penn State users.
Access World News (Newsbank) has access to hundreds of newspapers including Pennsylvania newspapers (e.g. Centre Daily Times), plus national and international newspapers.
New York Times Historical provides the full-text of The New York Times, starting with 1851.
PressDisplay e-Image Database – Page image editions of daily newspapers from around the world
Daily Collegian Online with back issues through 1988. Check the Historical Digital Collegian Archive for issues from 1887-1987.
Need some more specialized sources?
Congressional Research Service Report – Research papers written by the Library of Congress for the use of Congress. Provide objective, non-partisan analysis of public policy issues, but written in laymen’s terms.
Global Issues in Context – Perspectives on international news and events
GREENR –Global information about the environment, energy, and natural resources
iPoll provides data from the Roper Center’s pubic opinion archives about a variety of issues.
Newspaper Photos (from AP Photo Archive) - Hundreds of thousands of news photos provided by the Associated Press, with approximately 800 added daily.
Try the United States Statistics and Data guide for a wide variety of statistical sources
More speech resources
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