Contemporary Issues & Speeches
This page has books, e-resources and websites about:
- Contemporary Issues
- Speech and Debate
- Legal
- Medical
- Statistics
E-Resources -- Contemporary Issues
- ProQuest One Academic This link opens in a new windowGreat source for articles & reports covering all business-related topics as well as social sciences. Includes Hoover's Profiles, WSJ, NYT, many Massachusetts newspapers, and more.
- CQ ResearcherInstruction Guide
Examines contemporary issues that affect the public at large. Provides background, historical milestones, an overview of the current situation, future outlook, and opposing viewpoints.
- Global Issues In Context This link opens in a new windowLook for global perspectives on issues relating to current world events.
- Britannica Online Academic Edition This link opens in a new windowFind topical overviews across all subjects. Also includes historical timelines. Best for liberal arts topics.
E-Resources -- Legal Issues
Choose Legal News or Law Review sections.
- WestlawNext This link opens in a new windowAnswers legal questions as it includes cases, statutes, codes, constitutions, dictionaries, encyclopedias, legal commentary, journals and guides.
- National Survey of State Laws This link opens in a new windowProvides an overall view of some of the most-asked about and controversial legal topics in the U.S.: abortion, the right to die, gun control, marijuana, marriage, capital punishment, and many other areas. Check the information guide for tips on finding the full text of articles not available on HeinOnline.
E-Resources -- Speech & Debate
Use Boolean Logic to search on your topic in Library databases in the search box to the left or by going directly to one of our article databases below.
- Academic Search Premier - EBSCOhost This link opens in a new windowFind articles from scholarly publications, magazines, and trade journals in the liberal arts and business/management.
- General OneFile This link opens in a new windowLook for news and journal articles covering general-interest topics such as business, current events, popular culture, technology, arts and sciences, and more.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowThe new platform for Lexis Nexis content. Search for News, Legal, Company, Subjects (Accounting, Environmental Studies, Health & Medical, Government & Politics, People and Consumer Information)
- Academic OneFile This link opens in a new windowAccess thousands of articles in the liberal arts and sciences subjects.
E-Resources -- Medical Issues
- Health and Wellness- Gale This link opens in a new windowThis comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices, and more.
E-Resources -- Statistics
- InfoTracInstruction Guide
Infotrac Web's General Reference Center can start you off with magazine/journal articles on any topic.
- Library Catalog This link opens in a new windowSearch the holdings of the Horn Library which includes books, journals videos, audiocassettes, CDs, CD-ROMs, films, computer software and other materials.
Books -- Contemporary Issues
- Opposing Viewpoints SeriesCall Number: VariesNote: The titles in this series cover a variety of issues.
Best of the Web -- Statistics
- Dictionary of StatisticsE-book accessible through the web; click Details, then Catalog Record and BAB http to view.