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Includes topic overviews that provide students with a starting point for research; articles, essays, and primary source documents to help students feel successful in their research; and reading level indicators to simplify discovery of grade-appropriate content.

Opposing Viewpoints explores both sides of a wide range of important social issues, such as euthanasia, censorship, gun control, and immigration. Included in the database are viewpoints, infographics, images, video, audio, websites, and articles from periodicals and newspapers.

Points of View Reference Source covers over 400 topics, each with an overview, point, and counterpoint. This resource includes over 1,900 essays from leading political magazines from across the political spectrum, newspapers, radio and TV news transcripts, primary source documents, and reference materials. The database is a guide for writing position papers, developing arguments and debating.