Topic Ideas for Research
TCC Library provides a variety of topic suggestion sources for students conducting research. The resources below will open up a world of topic possibilities for your selection, topics which may provoke, inspire, interest or even mystify. Happy perusing. Available in PDF format for printing.
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CQ Researcher is both a print subscription and online full-text database at TCC. A weekly publication, CQ Researcher covers current controversial issues of the day, with complete summaries, all the pros and cons, bibliographies, and more. Ethics, politics, science, religion, social issues. The home page opens to the current issue, and lists the 9 most recent issue topics. Browse by topic or date, search by 'key word', or use CQ's 'Find a Topic' guide. on-campus shortcut For login-off campus a TCC Borrower ID is required.
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SIRS Researcher provides a listing of the top 100 research topics, with links for full-text articles in newspapers, and magazines, as well as full-text government documents, and recommended web sites. On-campus link to SIRS
SIRS Topics: 2011
Abortion |
Environmentalism Ethics and Criminal Behavior Ethnic Relations European Union Euthanasia Experimental AIDS Treatment Extraterrestrial Life Factory Farms Fad Diets Fair Trade Family Famine Fantasy Sports Leagues Federal Government and Economic Policy Federal Regulation of Prescription Drugs Filtering Software First Amendment and Censorship Food and Nutrition Food Safety Freedom of Religion Freedom of Speech Freedom of the Press Gambling Gangs Gay Adoption Gay Liberation Movement Gay Rights Gays in the Military Genetic Engineering Genetic Testing Genetically Modified Foods Genocide Global Financial Crisis Global Warming Globalization Globalization, Moral and Ethical Aspects Green Movement Gun Control Gun Safety Hate Crimes Health Care Health Care Reform Herbal Supplements Holocaust Denial Homelessness Homelessness, International Homeschooling Homework Human Cloning Human Reproductive Technology Human Rights Human Rights, Universal Human Smuggling Human Trafficking Hunting Identity Cards Identity Theft Illegal Immigration Immigration Interfaith Movement International Adoption International Monetary Fund International Space Station International Trade International War on Drugs Internet Censorship Internet Gambling Internment Interracial Adoption Iraq Islamic Fundamentalism Jammu & Kashmir Jobs for Immigrants Journalism and School Censorship Jury System Juvenile Delinquency Korean Peninsula Late-Term Abortion Lobbying Local Food Movement Marijuana Legalization Mass Media Media Bias Medical Ethics Medical Malpractice Medical Marijuana Medical Practice Regulation Mental Depression Mental Health Mental Health Insurance Merit Pay for Teachers Military Recruiting Minimum Wage Mixed Martial Arts/Ultimate Fighting Mortgage and Lending Issues Music Lyrics National Security vs. Privacy Natural Disasters No Child Left Behind Act Northern Ireland Nuclear Energy Nuclear Weapons Obesity Organ Donation Organic Food |
Outsourcing Overpopulation Ozone Depletion Palestinian Territories Parentage, Right to Know Parental Consent for Abortion Partial Birth Abortion Patients' Rights Paying for Grades Plastic Surgery Pollution Polygamy Popular Culture Pornography Poverty Poverty, International Prescription Drug Advertising Privacy and the Press Privacy in Schools Privacy in the Workplace Privacy Rights for Teenagers Privatization Property Rights Prostitution Racial Discrimination Racial Profiling Recycling Religion Religion in the Public Sphere Religious Fundamentalism Renewable Energy Reporters and Shield Laws Right of Privacy Rights of Non-Mainstream Religions Same-Sex Marriage School Discipline and Corporal Punishment School Prayer School Safety School Schedule School Shootings School Uniforms School Vouchers Second Amendment and Right to Bear Arms Sex Education Single Parents Single-Sex Schools/Classrooms Smokeless Tobacco Smoking Smoking Bans Social Security Reform Solar Energy Sovereignty Space Exploration & Travel Space Missions Space Vehicles Sports State Lotteries Stem Cells Stock Markets Student Expression and School Discipline Student-Athlete Compensation Substance Abuse Suicide Surrogacy Sweatshops Tax Exemptions for Religious Organizations Taxation Teaching of Evolution Technology Technology and Privacy Teenage Pregnancy Teenage Sexual Behavior Teenagers, Civil Rights Teenagers, Suicidal Behavior Teens and Cosmetic Surgery Teens and Driving Terrorism Title IX Tobacco Advertising Tobacco Regulation Torture Treatment of Prisoners U.S. Foreign Aid U.S. War on Drugs Underage Drinking Underground Economy Unemployment United Nations Vegetarianism Violence in Mass Media Voting Age Voting Fraud War Crimes/War Criminals War on Terror Water Use Weapons of Mass Destruction Web 2.0 Welfare Women's Rights Work and Family Workplace Discrimination World Conflicts Zero-Tolerance Policies Zoos |
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles
~ Opposing ViewPoints ~Abortion: Late-Term/Partial-Birth Alcohol and Tobacco Advertising |
Cults Democracy Drinking (Alcoholic Beverages) |
Reproductive Technology Same-Sex Marriage Special Education and Learning Disabilities |
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Issues & Controversies
Offers a wealth of current topics research information, including pro/con discussions of hot issues, newspaper editorials, numerical snapshots of key topics, photos, maps and graphics, and selected historical source documents. This database includes the complete backfile of Issues and Controversies on File
, from 1995 to the present.
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SERIES book titles available at TCC, listed in LINCC catalog include: |
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| Opposing Viewpoints (reserve & circulating) | Taking Sides (circulating) |
| Ideas in Conflict (circulating) | Current Controversies (circulating) |
| Point/Counterpoint (circulating) | Contemporary World Issues (circulating & Reference) |
The Research Paper Guide
, prepared by the Writing Specialists in the Learning Commons, available both in the Learning Commons Communications area and online, provides more detailed information on how to write an academic paper. Writing specialist staff will " discuss with you the focus, organization, and development of your paper; we also can help you improve your sentence structure, grammar, and punctuation". Check the Learning Commons site for workshops and online assistance.
Many web sites provide student research assistance.
The following recommended web sites were selected as useful sources of research topics for college students.
Online! a reference guide to using internet sources
by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger, 2000, Bedford/ St. Martins Publishers
A superb web site, providing detailed examples of APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian, and other formats. Also at this site are recommended links to research by academic topic areas. This is one of the best!
Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
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Professor Michael Harvey, Washington College, Chestertown, MD
The Nuts and Bolts Guide is one of the web's most popular college writing how-to sites, winning recognition from Yahoo! and other content-meisters.
Aplus Research & Writing for High Schools and College Students Home Page
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Internet Public Library's comprehensive and popular site. The Internet Public Library is an educational initiative of the University of Michigan School of Information and is sponsored by Bell & Howell Information and Learning.
Speak Out: Issues, Politics, Activism
News and opinions on current issues.
ACLU American Civil Liberties Union
One of the best known activist organizations. Site includes list of issues with full-text background information.
Yahoo ! Full News Coverage
Wide ranging list of current issues topics, with links to articles.
ReferenceDesk
links to headline news, news agencies, newspapers, and subject sources. A library reference desk online.
Print topic lists available in PDF (pdf 47.84 kB)
revision history: July 2011-September 2008
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