InfoGuides: UWRT 100 Critical Reading &amp; Writing (Kavin): Articles

Last Updated: Mar 17, 2023 2:28 PM

Finding Topic Ideas

Browse through these database sites to get topic ideas. SIRS KnowledgeSource has hundreds of possible topics. Opposing Viewpoints also has a list of topics. Explore the topics in CQ Researcher as well.

CQ Researcher Online This link opens in a new window
Reporting & analysis of political & social issues, with topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology & the U.S. economy.
Gale Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
Full text viewpoint essays and articles on current social and political issues.
SIRS Issues Researcher (formerly SIRS Knowledge Source) This link opens in a new window
SIRS Knowledge Source (SKS) is an online interface that provides integrated access to thousands of full-text articles, documents, Internet resources and graphics from SIRS highly-acclaimed reference databases.

Academic Search Elite This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary database of articles from scholarly journals, magazines, newsletters, and newspapers.
Proquest Complete This link opens in a new window
All-in-one database that provides coverage for nearly all academic areas of study including arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, sciences and current affairs. Basic Search Demo and Advanced Search Demo. The advanced video is from 2015 but the concepts still apply.
SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Search SAGE journal articles. SAGE Help