Resources for Navigating Difficult Conversations: Researching Controvertial Topics

One-stop shopping for information on a variety of controversial social issues. Contains articles from pro-con essays, journals, magazines, and news sources, as well as statistics, biographies, court cases, profiles of special interest groups and more.

Original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. Controversial topics are addressed in a balanced, unbiased manner. Every 12,000-word report is written by an experienced journalist and features comments from experts, lawmakers and citizens on all sides of every issue. Numerous charts, graphs and sidebar articles -- plus a pro-con feature, a chronology, lengthy bibliographies and a list of contacts -- round out each report.

Access the full-text of more than 70 national and international newspapers including the New York Times, USA Today, the Washington Post, the Financial Times (London), the Guardian (London), and the Globe & Mail (Canada).

With more than 63 million full-text articles, including those from more than 1,210 newspapers, more than 130 newswires, and nearly 50 news magazines,this database provides a comprehensive collection of the world's major newspaper content. Videos and podcasts are coming soon.

The new LexisNexis Academic, Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.

This robust database provides ultimate coverage for full-text business publications, on a regional level, for the United States and Canada. Whether searching for information about presidential candidates, franchise restaurants, the retail industry, business planning, or political participation, Regional Business News will cover the story.