COM 111: Public Speaking: Finding a Topic

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center provides intelligent, thoughtfully worded discussion centering on the key issues of our time, such as genetic engineering, environmental policy, prejudice, abortion, health care reform, and media violence.

This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics. Students can use either the dropdown menus for Current Events or Topics to easily locate relevant articles. TOPICsearch contains full-text for more than 92,700 articles from 2,500 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers.