Research Guides: English as a Second Language (ESL 23/24): TOPIC SELECTION & ARTICLES

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Opposing Viewpoints
This database features continuously updated viewpoints (pro/con arguments), topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Issues & Controversies
This database presents extensive, objective, and comprehensive coverage of today's hot-button issues—a credible resource that provides current context for research papers, debate preparation, and persuasive writing assignments.
CQ Researcher
An excellent source for original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues shaping our world. Reports cover topics in health, international affairs, education, public policy, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy. Topics include a “pro-con” feature. Coverage: 1991 to present, updated monthly.

ARTICLE DATABASES

Before you Google, begin your research with the library's research databases. The selected databases below will help you locate credible full-text articles from magazines, journals, newspapers, and more. For a complete listing of all the library's e-resources, go to the A-Z List.

Academic Search Complete
Research across all subject areas from more than 9,000 full text journals; over 13,800 indexed & abstracted journals. Selected PDF content dating back as far as 1887. Updated daily.
Britannica Academic
High quality encyclopedia articles, videos, audios, with related Web links, magazines, newspapers/news feeds, atlas, statistics & biographical information. Site also includes the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and integrates with Image Quest.
Honolulu Newspapers
Full text access to three of Honolulu's local newspapers (past & present):
Coverage - Honolulu Star-Advertiser: June 7, 2010 - present;
Honolulu Advertiser: November 30, 2002 - May 15, 2010;
Honolulu Star-Bulletin: March 18, 1996 - June 6, 2010.
US West Newsstream
Regional news content, as well as archives which stretch back to the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active full-text format. West Newsstream covers news sources from Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Includes access to Hawaii newspapers: Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Honolulu Advertiser, and Honolulu Star-Bulletin; coverage varies for each title.