Suggested Resources for COMM 1110 assignment

1. COMM 1110
Suggested Library Resources
Erin Nagel
Fall 2015

2. Issues & Controversies
• Pro and Con
statements for each
issue
• Timelines, primary
source documents, and
statistical tables
• Editorial cartoons,
newspaper editorials,
and discussion
questions
• Bill of Rights in Debate
• Links to news
coverage, encyclopedia
entries, and other
background articles
• Debate videos
• Editorial cartoons

3. CQ Researcher Plus Archive
• Reports on current
issues.
• In-depth coverage of
health, social trends,
criminal justice,
international affairs,
education, the
environment, technology,
and the economy.
• Overview and
background information
• Pro/con section on a
particular aspect of the
topic
• Bibliography.
• Two types of reports: Full
and short
• Video tutorial:
https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=-

4. World News Digest
• Archival record of domestic
and international news,
covering all major political,
social and economic events
since November 1940
• Ahead in Time and Back in
Time links for complete
chronology
• Timelines of top stories
• Primary source documents,
profiles of newsmakers,
countries, and issues
• Searchable news feed,
updated hourly
• Newspaper editorials and
editorial cartoons
• Search by topic, time,
person, or country
• Video tutorial

5. LexisNexis Academic (hot topics)
• Selected topics
in current
news
• Search in
major national
and global
news sources
• Browse front
page headlines
for current
date

6. ProCon.org
• (Not a library
resource)
• Pro-con related
research on
controversial issues
• Independent
• Video gallery
• Key facts and figures
• Summaries of
presidential
candidates’ positions