Library Research Guides: ENG 102 Dr. O'Brien: Home

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CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published weekly in print and online 44 times a year by CQ Press.
Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints
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Contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues, featuring continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Issues and Controversies
Explores hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture.
Points of View Reference Center
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Containing resources that present multiple sides of an issue, this database provides content such as essays, primary source documents, topic overviews, and guided analysis research guides.

Gale in Context - Literature Resource Center
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available.