WR 121: Wahl-Stephens

Sources to Help with Essays #3 and #4

Looking for a topic? Try Opposing Viewpoints.  Click on 'Issues' to see a whole lot of issues. Click on the issues to get background information, argumentative and general information on the topic.

FInding background information. Use an encyclopedia!

• If you use Wikipedia, make sure the sources have footnotes (citations). The other encyclopedias listed below are reliable.
• Gale Virtual Reference Library has about 60 encyclopedias rolled into one.
• World Book is a good general reference. It is not as specialized as Gale.

Getting more specific information.

• Statistical Abstract of the United States. The best single source for statistics, on all sorts of things.
• EbscoHost's Masterfile Premier Our single best collection of magazine articles.
• World Newspapers from Lexis Nexis, including the New York Times.
• Oregon Live. The online version of the Oregonian. Not as good, but free!

Material for Essay #4: Mental Health and Illness

• Mental Illness Research Guide, created by the PCC Library.