Embedded Files
These databases are best used for:
* Popular Controversial Issues
* Varying Perspectives / Opposing Viewpoints
* Debate
When you are off campus, you will need to log into each database to access the contents.
Database Login (Username and Passwords) - must be logged in to your @fusdk12.net account to view.
Don’t forget to cite your sources! APA citation format may not include the link.
** MAKE SURE YOU COPY THE LINK FOR YOUR OWN RECORDS!!
Hints: If you are researching "Gambling," you may want to use search terms such as: Betting, Online Gambling, Sports Betting, Lottery, etc.
Short summary
3 periodical articles in support
3 periodical articles in opposition
Links to more resources
Critical Questions to consider
Timeline of important events that led to this issue.
Topics A - E
Topics A - E
Abortion Funding
Affordable Housing
Agricultural Subsidies
Autonomous Weapons
Bail Reform
Campaign Funds
Child Care
Child Labor
College Tuition
Conservation of Natural Resource
Cryptocurrencies
Cuban Embargo
Debt Ceiling
Drilling for Oil
Economic Inequality
Economic Sanctions
Electric Vehicles
Executive Pay
Topics F - N
Topics F - N
Fair Trade
Fast Fashion
Federal Regulation of Prescription Drugs
Federal Reserve System
Firearms Permits
For-Profit Schools
Fracking
Gambling
Gender Pay Gap
Globalization
Government Bailouts
Gun Control
Health Care
Homelessness
International Monetary Fund
International Trade
Internet and Mobile Advertising
Internet Gambling
Job Automation
Jobs for Immigrants
Junk Food Tax
Labor Unions
Minimum Wage
Nuclear Energy
Topics O - Z
Topics O - Z
Outsourcing
Overpopulation
Plastics
Police Reform
Poverty
Public Funding of the Arts
Public Welfare
Renewable Energy
Sharing Economy
Slavery Reparations
Social Security Reform
Socialism
Solar Energy
Sports and Economics
Sports Betting
State Lotteries
Student Debt Forgiveness
Student-Athlete Compensation
Taxation
Tipping
US Economic Policy
US Foreign Aid
Unemployment
Universal Basic Income
Wildfire Management
All Debate Topics
CTRL-F to find your topic
4 possible source citation
Overview - a summary detailing important vocabulary and history.
Guide to Critical Analysis - provides specific examples that may guide research.
Point - one article written to support the topic
Counterpoint - one article written in opposition of the topic.
Topics A - E
Topics A - E
Affordable Housing Crisis
Airline Subsidies
Arms Sales (Listed under 2019-20)
Arts Funding
Bank Bailout
Border Walls
Bottled water
Campaign Finance
Capital gains Tax
Capitalism
Coal Burning Power Plants
Corporate Income Tax Rates
Credit Card Rates
Criminal Justice Reform (Listed 2020-21)
Debt Buying
Debt Ceiling
Deficit Spending
Disaster Funding
Economic Inequality (Listed 2023-24)
Education Reform (Listed under 2017-18)
Electric Vehicles
Topics F - N
Topics F - N
Factory Farming
Federal Deficit
Federal Reserve
Fees in Public School
FEMA Response to Hurricane Katrina
Flint Water Crisis
For Profit Universities
Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Free College Tuition
Free Trade
Government Funding & Sports Facilities
Green Consumerism
Health insurance
Homelessness
Inflation
Legalized gambling
Mandatory Health Insurance
Medicare
National Debt
Topics O - Z
Topics O - Z
Paying College Athletes
Pentagon Budget
Police Funding
Poverty
Salary Caps in Sports
Sales Tax vs. Income tax
Solar Power
Student Loan Debt
Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Sugar Tax
Sustainable development
Tax cuts
Tax reform
Tax-exempt Political Organizations
Unemployment Benefits
Universal Basic Income
Universal Child Care
Universal Health Care
Water Resources (Listed 2021-22)
Wealth Gap
Welfare
Use 1-3 keywords (not full sentences) in your search.
Filter by:
Online Full Text - this ensures the full article is available to you, and not just the summary or abstract.
Peer-Reviewed - to ensure that you only retrieve scholarly articles that have been vetted by experts.
Date Range - filter to the past 5 years to have articles that are written recently and are applicable.
Use 1-3 keywords (not full sentences) in your search.
Make sure to select "Full Text"
Filter by:
Full Text - this ensures the full article is available to you, and not just the summary or abstract.
Peer-Reviewed - to ensure that you only retrieve scholarly articles that have been vetted by experts.
Publication Date - filter to the past 5 years to have articles that are written recently and are applicable. (ie, 01/01/2017)
You may also find books in our libraries that present different Points of View.
Search "Opposing Viewpoints" for that collection.
How to cite from a book with multiple articles/essays from different authors.
LOCAL NEWSPAPERS
SF Gate ** After using the Search tool, change Type to “Articles”
KQED ** After using the search bar, double check that you are viewing "news"
Tri-City Voice ** Editorials may be considered Opinion articles and would not necesarily be considered a credible source.
East Bay Times **Some articles require subscription, and therefore you may not access.
APA Citation (news article from a website) Example
**Periods, Commas, Parenthesis, and Italics are important when doing Citations.
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