LibGuides: HSC 4631: Critical Issues in Public Health: St. Petersburg campus: Getting Started

Getting an Overview of the Topic

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CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher reports cover “hot” issues in the news in depth. Topics include social issues, the environment, health, education, science, and technology.

Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
Provides information from different types of sources to present various view points on current topics
Drawing upon content from diverse publications such as Opposing Viewpoints from Greenhaven Press, and several reference works from MacMillan, Gale, and Scriber, users may search: viewpoint articles, contextual topic overviews, government and organizational statistics, biographies of social activists, court cases, profiles of government agencies and special interest groups, and newspaper and magazine articles. Other content includes images, curriculum standards, and podcasts. Users can perform basic, advanced, publication and subject queries. Users may choose from a variety of query options such as: date, ISBN, name, document name and content type. Search results are in HTML full text and other formats such as MP3 where available. Search results can be saved, emailed, printed and even exported to a bibliographic management software such as RefWorks. This resource is appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate users.