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SLS 1101 - The College Experience

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Choosing a topic can be a daunting task! Try choosing something that's meaningful to you. That will make the research and writing process feel less like work and more like a discovery process.

The Opposing Viewpoints in Context database has a list of dozens of current trends and issues that you can consider choosing from. Once you're in the database, just look for the "Browse Issues" tab on the upper left-hand side of the homepage to view the issues.

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• Opposing Viewpoints in Context

When writing a research paper, you must always aim to give credit where it is due.

Whether using a direct quote, paraphrasing, or summarizing a thought, if it is not your original idea, then you need to tell your reader where you found it or else you run the risk of plagiarizing, which is a form of stealing. Find out more about plagiarism at www.plagiarism.org.

To avoid plagiarism, you need to cite your sources, and while a few different formatting styles exist, the one to use for this assignment is the American Psychological Association's (APA). You can read more about how to utilize and incorporate APA formatting into your papers in the APA section of this guide.

To learn more about SPC's policy on Academic Honesty, visit go.spcollege.edu/AcademicHonesty/ .

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ENG 131 -- Intro to College English

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With an argumentative essay, an important skill is to learn how to use sources you may disagree with to help support your own argument. A great persuasive essay can acknowledge the opposite side of the issue, and explain to the reader why it is wrong or flawed.

The library has a resource called   Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)  that is perfect for finding essays and articles written in a persuasive way. You can click here to connect directly, or choose  Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context) from our list of Popular Databases .

Here are two ways to use this database:

• Browse Issues : If you look on the right-hand side of the Opposing Viewpoints homepage, there is a light bulb that says Browse Issues . Click on the light bulb to see a large list of topics from a variety of subjects. If you click on the drop-down menu at the top of the page, you can narrow down the type of topic you might be interested in (business, politics, etc.). Once you click on a topic, you will see a brief overview and sources organized by type of source. The Featured Viewpoints  and  Viewpoints  are argumentative essays written for or against an aspect of your topic,  and will probably be the most useful for this assignment.
• Search : In the upper left-hand corner of the main page, there is a search box. Choose 2-3 keywords that best describe your topic and type them into the search box. You may see phrases suggested to you as you type; any phrase in  bold  means there is already a collection of sources compiled for your topic - choose that! If not, go ahead and hit search. You will see a results page organized by type of source. Be sure to click on  Viewpoints  to see  argumentative essays written for or against an aspect of your topic. You can choose any type of source you like, but  Viewpoints  will probably be the most useful source type for this assignment.

For help with MLA style, including examples and a Word doc template already formatted for MLA style, click on the Citations tab!

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Opposing viewpoints and position papers.

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About This Guide

The purpose of this LibGuide is to display resources that will help you respectfully and thoughtfully write papers and create assignments that address topics with opposing viewpoints and varying positions. 

In addressing difficult or divisive topics, let us look to the example of Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia, who - despite having vastly differing beliefs - maintained a close and respectful friendship. 

"We are two people who are quite different in their core beliefs, but who respect each other's character and ability." - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, on her friendship with Justice Antonin Scalia

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• Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints covers social issues such as capital punishment, immigration, and marijuana use. This research database supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes by providing differing views with the goal of helping learners to develop critical-thinking skills and to draw their own conclusions about issues. Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints is also recommended for debaters and includes frequently studied and debated issues, pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive maps, and infographics.
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• Race Relations Abstracts Race Relations Abstracts contains thousands of bibliographic records from various magazines and journals relevant to the study of race relations.
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RSCH 1203 Basic: Opposing Viewpoints

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Description

Opposing Viewpoints is a database which covers many currently debated topics. Materials in Opposing Viewpoints include:

• Viewpoint Articles
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Opposing Viewpoints allows you to browse Maps, Topics and Current Issues. If you are having trouble deciding on a topic this may help jumpstart your brainstorming.

You may search in Opposing Viewpoints using the Advanced Search Option. Or you may also perform a Basic Search .

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An Advanced Search allows you to set search limiters. Limiters include, material type, level of content difficulty, date range and full-text or peer-reviewed documents.

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WRT 102 - Downtown - Research Scavenger Hunt: Opposing Viewpoints In Context

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Using  O pposing Viewpoints in Context

Find an editorial or other viewpoint article related to your topic

Use the Source Evaluation Checklist to  to analyze the quality, bias, and appropriateness of the source. Respond to the questions to write a paragraph. Be sure to include a quote that captures the main idea of the source and cite it properly in MLA format. This paragraph is your annotation. 

Use the  Citation Tool in the database to generate an MLA style citation. 

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Opposing Viewpoints in Context contains informational articles, editorials, newspaper articles, and multimedia content about current controversial issues . Gale is the company that owns and maintains this database. 

Gale databases will generate an MLA citation for the article you choose. Simply click the "Cite" button on the top right side of the page. Copy the citation into your Annotated Bibliography.

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Opposing Viewpoints offers material to support differing views and help students develop critical thinking skills on thousands of current social topics in the forms of primary source documents, statistics, websites and multimedia.