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• SIRS Issues Researcher (for opposing viewpoints on controversial issues)
• Opposing Viewpoints database

Use SIRS Issues Researcher to locate articles about controversial issues selected from newspapers, magazines, journals, and government publications. SIRS features information about a variety of social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, and political issues from around the world. ​A helpful list of popular topics is included as well as current issues organized in a “Pro/Con” argument format.

Click on Leading Issues to browse through possible subjects to choose from.  

For more help in finding topics try: 

• CQ Researcher 
  CQ Researcher is the acclaimed, award-winning weekly publication that reports on current, newsworthy social issues with in-depth analysis of the most controversial issues of the day with summaries, Pro/Con, bibliographies and more.