Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society
News sound bites and traditional databases often merely scratch the surface of the most important issues of our time. This database helps students develop an in-depth understanding of how society shapes and is shaped by controversy-with authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on the most enduring, significant, and timely issues.
Issues helps student researchers connect past and present with its comprehensive coverage of 150 of the most studied controversies. Students and teachers alike can investigate controversial topics and frame thoughtful questions, supported by the database’s background and reference resource... all leading to the analytical skills required for insightful, well-reasoned answers.
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Points of View Reference Center™
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8,000 diverse entries and a carefully edited collection of primary sources, including speeches, transcripts of court cases, and over 3,200 images and audio and visual files | |
Tools that enable students to conduct deep research into historical and modern dilemmas | |
A complete historical background and the contemporary status of each issue, providing supporting facts, figures, and timelines |
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U.S. & Canada