- The periodical Supreme Court Debates, also available in Academic Search Complete, spotlights a current case before the U.S. Supreme Court and offers both Pro and Con views.
- During the Fall and Spring semesters, pick up a free copy of USA Today, The New York Times, and The York Daily Record from one of the newspaper boxes on campus.
- 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
- Global Issues in Context – perspectives on international news and events
- Browse through Penn State’s electronic journals by choosing a subject category and then selecting one of the journals
- Use some of the links on the Research @ Penn State page to find out what professors in your field are working on
- Browse through the subject encyclopedias in Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here for an example search strategy.
- Enter keywords in LionSearch to see what’s being written about in your field of study.
- Learn about “ideas worth spreading” and hear what’s being talked about at Ted.com. You can search by the topics and issues on the left side of the page.
- I’ve found some interesting articles in the Psychological Science Agenda newsletter.
- Take a look at the top ScienceDirect research articles in your area of interest.
- Read through the questions on my Multi-sided issues page and the list of Concepts.
- Take a look at some of these interesting books!
- Take a look at some of these interesting articles!
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