MASTERY OBJECTIVEYou should be able to:

Locate relevant information such as opposing viewpoints and analyses on a controversial topic in authoritative books, research databases, and Internet resources to support and develop your position in a written research paper.

USING THE MEDIA CENTER RESOURCES

BOOKSClick here

RESEARCH DATABASES

Click here

After viewing this PowerPoint, access the resources listed on the Controversial Issues - Research Paper Pathfinder found on the Media Center Web Page: www.lrhsd.org/chmedia

Click here for Controversial Issues Research Paper Pathfinder info.

Use the Book and Audiovisual Catalog

on the Media Center Web Page

TYPE YOUR BROAD TOPIC IN THE SUBJECT SPACE

TO REFINE YOUR SEARCH, IF THERE ARE TOO MANY HITS,

ADD ANOTHER TERM

Example: immigration AND government policy

FIND OUT IF THERE IS A BOOK ON YOUR TOPIC IN ONE OF THE SERIES ON CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES: At issue              Current controversies              Open for debate              Opposing Viewpoints              Point-counterpoint

Type your topic in the Subject space

Add one of the series titlesin : AND --ANYWHEREbox.

PRO/CONREF 361.1 PRO/CON(North & South)

Taking SidesREF 361.1 TAKING SIDES(North & South

• Online subscriptions

• Reliable and authoritative resources.

• Magazine, newspaper, journal, reference book articles.

• Government documents, timelines, graphics, maps, videos, etc.

• Print and email capabilities.

Media Center Research Databases

EBSCO:Points of View Reference Center

SIRS Researcher-

CQ Researcher

Facts.Com News-

Issues and Controversies

Search example in

Search example in

Search example in

CQ Researcher

Reports are very long. Therefore, print sections of each report only. See print box above.

Search example in

Issues and Controversies

Click on: Issues and Controversies

Citation example at the end of each article

Get a Media Center Password Bookmark from either media center

to use the Research Databases from home.

http://www.multcolib.org/homework/sochc.html Multnomah County Library Homework Center Social Issues

www.gc.maricopa.edu/English/topicarg.html Assisted suicide, gun control, animal rights, etc.

NCPA National Center for Policy Analysis

• Access the Cherokee Research Guide on the Media Center Web Page.

• Handouts of pages in the Cherokee Research Guide are on the low bookcases in the media centers.

It is very important that you cite your sources!

Consult the Cherokee Research Guide whichfollows the MLA citation format.

The pathfinder will provide a list of sources and links that will be useful in research for

controversial and social issues.

The Pathfinder is on the media center web page

www.lrhsd.org/chmedia

Click on: Assignments/eboards Pathfinders & isearchesScroll down to: English (right column) Controversial Issues Research

DON’T HESITATE TO

SEE A MEDIA SPECIALIST FOR ASSISTANCE IF NEEDED.

Prepared by Mrs. Dennis