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WRI-101, Prof. Scala, Fall 2024: 'Opposing Viewpoints'

Access 'Opposing Viewpoints' here.

Transferable Skills

Use the search box, or select Browse to view a list of topics.

Topic entries will lead to an overview essay, and further down on the landing page, a selection of articles.

Use the CITE button under the Quotation Mark symbol, to capture the article's citation.

Transferable Skills: Several article databases share a similar interface and features: 

Browse Issues - List of topics

Click Browse Issues to view an alphabetical list of topics that are given extensive coverage in Opposing Viewpoints.

Screen shot: Opposing Viewpoints database: A-Z list of topics

 

Source Types

If you have clicked on an overview topic from the Browse Issues list, then scroll further down on the landing page to find a selection of articles from various types of publications: 

  • Academic / Scholarly 
  • Viewpoint / opinion pieces
  • News 
  • Magazines 

Look for the CITE button within each document.

Opposing Viewpoints: Search or Browse options

 

Opposing Viewpoints: Overview Essay

Topics listed under Browse Issues lead to an introductory overview essay. Note the "Cite" button, which will generate the components needed to compose the citation for the works cited list. 

 Screen shot: Opposing Viewpoints database, topic overview essay on school funding, with cite button highlighted.

 

Opposing Viewpoints: Source Types [Scroll past the thumbnail for the overview essay to view selection.]

Screen shot: Opposing Viewpoints database, sample articles on school funding