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Controversial Issues Resources
Controversial Issues Resources
Google tip for browsing questions related to your topic:
- Search for your topic with Google
- Scroll to People also ask & click on any question to load more questions
To generate questions, also try: Answer the Public
Searching Further
Searching Further
There are two main ways to find different information...
There are two main ways to find different information...
1) Change your starting point
1) Change your starting point
2) Change your keywords
2) Change your keywords
(words you use to search)
Change your starting point: search general library databases
Change your starting point: search general library databases
Change your starting point: search other general websites
Change your starting point: search other general websites
Below are 5 different starting points to try. Results will vary depending on your topic and keywords you use.
- Google Dataset Search - Search for datasets related to your topic.
- Google News - Start hee to search for news articles or by selecting the News tab after conducting a Google search.
- AllSides - Search news coverage across publications that generally present different perspectives.
- FactCheck.org - Search this IFCN signatory fact-checking website to learn about debated and/or debunked evidence. Others to try include Snopes and Politifact.
- Google Scholar - Search for articles and access results that have a link on the right side.
Change your starting point: search across "sides"
Change your starting point: search across "sides"
What and how is information presented differently?
- Search for your topic from a website with a more consistently liberal audience and then from a website with a more consistently conservative audience.
How do sources differ in terms of:
- stories covered and highlighted
- headlines, titles, and images
- pathos: emotional appeals and language
- logos: evidence that is presented and how it is framed; evidence that is omitted
Change Keywords: try synonyms or related terms
Change Keywords: try synonyms or related terms
Example - If you are researching the prison system, you might also search:
Example - If you are researching the prison system, you might also search:
- criminal justice
- prison industrial complex
- correctional system
- incarceration
Try these tools to come up with synonyms or related terms to search:
Try these tools to come up with synonyms or related terms to search:
Change keywords: add context terms to search keywords
Change keywords: add context terms to search keywords
Example - If you are researching the prison system, you might also search:
Example - If you are researching the prison system, you might also search:
- prison system legislation
- prison system timeline
- prison system investigative report
- incarceration rates <---This is an example of using a related term AND adding a context term!
In Google, check out autocomplete suggestions or try:
In Google, check out autocomplete suggestions or try:
Also, below is a list of context terms you may consider adding to your search keywords. Can you think of others?
Also, below is a list of context terms you may consider adding to your search keywords. Can you think of others?
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