Pro & Con Resources

Print:

• Catalog Search: Opposing Viewpoints - 120 records
• Catalog Search: Pro Con - 9 records
• CQ Researcher - bound volumes in reference & loose leave issues behind the circ. desk
• Pamphlet files

Databases:

• CQ Researcher
• EBSCO Points of View Reference Center
• Gale Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

Strategies for finding more obscure topics:

• Choose all cross-searchable EBSCO databases or Gale databases and
• Put Pros and Cons in one searchbar and limit it to "Title"
• Put the subject(s) in the second searchbar
• Try Newspaper databases & limits to opinion

Library Catalog Searches

• Remember to search the catalog - not just databases.
• Use word variations: spearfishing OR "spear fishing."
• Use the uppercase OR between your terms in MnPALS Plus, or it will not work as a Boolean term.