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WRIT 101: First Year Writing I_ Meisel

Library Resources

Browzine
Browzine is a great tool for browsing journal articles to help with brainstorming a topic.

CQ Researcher

Contains original, comprehensive reports and analysis on issues in the news. CQ Researcher is part of CQ Collections.
Newspaper Source
Provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 U.S. and international newspapers. Also contains selective full text for regional U.S. newspapers. In addition, full text television and radio news transcripts are also provided.
Nexis Uni
Full text coverage of general news, business, legal, government and other topics.
Statista

Statista is one of the leading statistics companies on the internet. With a team of over 200 statisticians, database experts, analysts, and editors, Statista provides users with an innovative and intuitive tool for researching quantitative data, statistics and related information.
This database includes an AI powered tool. For more information see the Statista Research AI information page.
Wall Street Journal

Online version of the Wall Street Journal available through ProQuest.

Online Resources

Google Scholar
Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including articles, theses, books, and abstracts.

The Intercept
A news organization dedicated to holding the powerful accountable through fearless, adversarial journalism. Its in-depth investigations and analysis focus on politics, war, surveillance, corruption, the environment, technology, criminal justice, the media, and more.
New York Times Topics
Each topic page collects all the news, reference and archival information, photos, graphics, audio and video files published on topics.
Pew Research Center
A nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world.
Pros and Cons of Debate Topics
Formerly Procon.org, this Britannica page offers "pro and con" ideas for students beginning research on controversial topics.
Vox.com
Vox’s staff of over 100 journalists and subject-matter experts report and produce articles, videos, and podcasts to clarify the issues that matter, explore the ideas that are shaping our country and the world, and answer questions you might not even have known to ask.
NPR
An independent, nonprofit media organization that was founded on a mission to create a more informed public.

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