Choosing a Topic

• Browse through issues of CQ Researcher - shelved in Reference at H35 .E352
• Check out the Idea Generator from Old Dominion University
• Look through the issues discussed on PBS' NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
• Browse local newspapers through ProQuest Newsstand Complete or national newspapers through Lexis Nexis
• Look at Documents in the News - current events and related government documents
• FindLaw: Hot Topics - legal issues
• Check out the Almanac of Policy Issues for neutral background information on lots of controversial issues
• Browse the headlines at Handnet.org which contains Current news of relevance to human services
• Envirolink - A clearinghouse on all environmental issues
• Look through the current news listed on Science in the Headlines - from the U.S. National Academies

International News and Research

• Use the World News feature in Lexis Nexis to access English-language papers from all over the globe.

• Foreign Affairs
  Available from 1964 in Academic Search Premier

• Foreign Policy
  Available from 1990 in Academic Search Premier

Extemporaneous Speeches

See also: the section on Choosing a Topic and utilize the journals and databases listed below.

Relevant Journals

Also use the Publications button in Academic Search Premier to browse for journals in a particular subject area.

• Atlantic Monthly
  Available from 1993-present in Gustavus Print Holdings

• Chronicle of Higher Education
  Available online - ask a librarian for the username and password.

• Commentary
  Available from 1990 in Academic Search Premier

• Current History
  Available from 1999 in Ebsco EJS

• Economist
  Available from 1975 in Lexis Nexis

• New England Journal of Medicine
  Available from 1965-present in Gustavus Print Holdings

• Scientific American
  Available from 1995 in Business Source Premier

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