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Gale Opposing Viewpoints
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Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues.
SIRS Social Issue Researcher
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Use SIRS Issues Researcher to locate articles about controversial issues selected from newspapers, magazines, journals, and government publications. It features information about a variety of social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, and political issues from around the world.
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Simultaneously searches Business Source Premier, Military & Government Collection, Newspaper Source Plus, and Regional Business News For high school, college-level, and adult researchers.
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Full-text regional U.S. and Canadian business publications for students and adults.
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