Pro/Con Research

Book Series

• Issues that concern you - “a balanced, in-depth look at multiple sides of a single issue.” Contains editorial cartoons and color photographs, charts graphs and tables, a bibliography, a list of organizations to contact and an index.
• Taking Sides - present current issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills.
  
• Issues on Trial - focuses on a specific issue and examines how the courts have helped to shape that issue through their rulings
• At Issue - focus a wide range of viewpoints onto a single controversial issue, providing in-depth discussions by leading advocates.
• Open for Debate - explores the past, present, and future to shed light on complex, high-priority public policy.
• Opposing Viewpoints - covers one topic from1980 to today
• Current Controversies - covers today's most current national and international issues and contain the most important opinions of the past and present.
• Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America - trace the historical roots and key aspects of questions that Americans have found of compelling importance in shaping our way of life
• Hot Pro/Con Issues - each book is broken up into clear and concise sections discussing every facet of the controversial topic

Online Research Databases (passwords are available from the NN Library)

From Norman North Library

• CQ Researcher – Covers a single ‘hot’ topic each week. Topics include social and teen issues, environment, health, education and science and technology
• EbscoHost – Comprehensive online collections of full text periodical articles and searchable databases. Updated daily

From Norman Public Library

• TopicSearch - Current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints.

Websites

• Opposing Views: Issues, Experts, Answers- experts go head-to-head on real-life concerns, debating news and events, addressing the questions that keep you up at night. We introduce the questions, the experts present their cases (and disagree with each other), and you leave ready to make well-informed decisions and take action.
• ProCon.org - online clearinghouse for accurate and unbiased information through its web-based public issue websites.

OWL @ Purdue - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/