If you need help finding a topic to write about go to:

• Hot Topics from the University Library at California State University, Long Beach
  
• Hot Topics from O'Keefe Library, St. Ambrose University, Best Information on the Net
  

Use the "Hot Topics" function of some of the Library's databases:

Discovery Guides available through Cambridge Scientific Abstracts brief you in the basics of a subject and offer recent insights, while providing the technological tools to enhance your understanding.

Congressional Universe Hot Topics provides congressional and news information gathered about selected current legislation: Hot Bills Enacted This Congress, Hot Bills Under Consideration,
Hot Topics (news articles about other current governmental topics).

CQ Researcher is a collection of full-text documents, charts, and illustrations about current issues.

Topic Search. This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 139,800 articles from more than 4,800 diverse sources.

Also for opposing views use the Opposing Viewpoints book series is an excellent resource for browsing for controversial issues. View PSU Library's collection of Opposing Viewpoints

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