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ENG 101: English Composition I - Brown

Searching Databases and the Catalog

Click here to search the library catalog for books and ebooks.

Click here to search all of the library's databases at once for books, ebooks, articles, book reviews, videos, and more.

If you want to search a more focused collection of resources, you can start with one of the databases below.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Desktop view of Gale in Context database.

When doing research for this paper, the Opposing Viewpoints in Context database is likely to be particularly useful. This database is divided into curated sections that provide a variety of viewpoints on many different current issues.

The links below will each bring you to a page that provides lists of sources that address a specific issue. You can use the "search within results" box to search for something more specific about the topic highlighted. For example, on the page that addresses online education, you might try searching "community colleges" if you want to investigate how other community colleges are approaching online learning. Click on the title of a resource to access it. Once you've done so, you can use the "cite" button at the top of the page to generate an automatic citation for that resource to add to your works cited page.

Here's a sampling of the issues you can research in Opposing Viewpoints in Context: