What Are You Looking For?
Are you looking for... 
Books ??
Articles ??
The two databases linked below are good places to start. You can find articles and pro/con points of view. There are also citations for every article.
- Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new windowDatabase of contemporary social issues with content structured to promote critical-thinking skills. It contains reference book titles, pro and con viewpoint articles, and a variety of periodicals, podcasts, reviewed Web links, images, statistical tables, charts, and graphs.
- CQ Researcher This link opens in a new windowEach issue examines a single "hot" topic with comments from experts, lawmakers and citizens on all sides of every issue. Includes charts, graphs and sidebar articles -- plus a pro-con feature, a chronology, lengthy bibliographies and a list of contacts.
Click over to the Find Articles page for links and information about more article databases.
Welcome
Welcome to the Oakton Library and Your Research Class! 
My name is Ruth Whitney.
I'll be your guide to learning about research and library resources at Oakton.
This online guide to the Oakton Library will help you
- Learn about popular, scholarly and peer reviewed articles.
- What they are and
- How you can find them
- Learn about databases
- Search tips,
- Tools for saving articles you find,
- Tools for getting article citations
- Learn about MLA & APA citations
- Discover how the Oakton Library can help you succeed with your research assignment
Be Strategic
Have a Strategy for Your Time and Work
- Choose your topic and your thesis
- Find your sources
- Find the required sources
- What kind? Scholarly? Peer Reviewed?
- How many sources?
- Check for Quality and Fit
- Fit ideas and quotes into your paper
- Cite your Sources
An Oakton Librarian will be glad to help you with any of these steps in your research.
Visit the library at either campus or Chat with a librarian by clicking the link below.
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