Information Competency Literacy Research Guides

Instructor: T. Perla
English 120

PURPOSE: This research guide has been designed to help you complete your assignment.

STEP 1: Find articles

DIRECTIONS to find articles: 1) Go to Library homepage. 2) Click on Databases A-Z.

Proquest - San Diego Union Tribune database
General Onefile - database of articles from magazines and journals.
CQ Researcher - Excellent for political, social, family, education and health issues.
Opposing viewpoints - controversial issues.

California provides statistics on the state and all its counties in the California Statistical Abstract

Stateline.org PEW Research Center
NBCSanDiego.com News
NBCSanDiego.com. Lists information on local propositions of Nov 2004.
SignOnSanDiego News
North County Times
ProCon.org
Public Agenda: The Issues
GrassCatcher (policy issues for all 50 states)
Speakout.com provides topics with "on one hand and on the other hand" viewpoints (concept of pros and con)
National Library of Medicine: Social and family issues.
National Public Radio: Talk of the Nation Discussion Topics (caution: use this list to generate topics only. Opinions on issues are not necessarily from experts in the field.)
The Commonwealth Fund - Research and information on health care and health insurance issues

Opensecrets.org - "The online source for money in politics data"

Opinion-Pages - Searchable database of current newspaper editorials from around the world

Political Information - "A search engine for politics, policy, and political news"

Public Agenda Online - Great source for colorful charts and quick facts
Only covers 21 topics such as abortion, crime and immigration issues