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ProCon.org: Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues
ProCon.org's mission is to promote critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, primarily pro-con format. Find the pros and cons of 53 controversial issues on this Website.
They Say/I Say
By Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein
Call #: 808 GRA
Write Better Essays in Just 20 Minutes a Day
By Elizabeth Chesla
Call #: 808.042 CHE
Writers Inc: A Student Handbook for Writing and Learning
By Patrick Sebranek, Dave Kemper, and Verne Meyer
Call #: 808.042 KEM