Hot Topics

American Civil Liberties Union: Check out the issues listed along the right margin to find discussions, stories, news releases, and other resources on civil rights topics.

Argumentative Essay Topics (Glendale Community College): Provides a selection of topics suitable for argumentative essay assignments. Suggested thesis statements and a list of web links to pertinent information are provided for each topic.

Best Information on the Net: Hot Paper Topics (St. Ambrose University): Annotated links to Internet resources related to various popular paper topics. Includes information on plagiarism and help for term paper writers.

CQ Researcher (CQ Electronic Library): Used by students and other researchers who need to complete an assignment, prepare for a debate, or become a quick expert on a topic, each 12,000-word report in this series is a unique work on a specific topic of current interest, investigated and written by a seasoned journalist. Each report can be read in its entirety or by section, which includes a background and chronology; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of relevant books, journal articles, and research reports.

Currently Active Conflicts (ReligiousTolerance.org): Discussions and analyses of topics that currently cause dissension between Christian spokespersons and others in society.

Debatepedia (International Debate Education Association): The "Wikipedia of debate and reasoning," this free "wiki" encyclopedia of debates, arguments, cases, supporting evidence, and debate-related materials is built by you, the citizen-activist-editor. It is a project of the International Debate Education Association (IDEA) and Georgetown University students and grads. Debatepedia is a way for citizens to frame issues they care about so that they can deliberate effectively and act and vote confidently and with conviction. It is also a way for you to create briefing-quality pro/con articles that will be read by leaders and staffers (most of whom are in their twenties and who use Wikipedia to brief legislators) and to influence legislation and policy outcomes.

Discovery Guides (CSA): Comprehensive information on current issues with an overview of the subject, key citations with abstracts, and links to related Web sites. Areas covered include Arts and Humanities; Natural Sciences; Social Sciences; and Technology.

Documents in the News (University of Michigan): Identifies issues about government making news headlines and Web sources with additional information. Archive identifies issues that were hot back to 1995.

Ethics Updates (University of San Diego): Designed primarily to be used by ethics instructors and their students, this site provides resources and updates on current literature, both popular and professional, that relates to ethics.
Hot Topics (Evergreen State College): Inernet resources on a variety of topics and anniversaries. Some of the topics listed are not particularly hot. Includes an archive of Previous Hot Topics.

Hot Topics (Murray State University Libraries): Library resources and Internet resources pertaining to a small selection of topics currently in the news.
Hot Topics (University of Louisville): Web resources related to various topics of current interest. Arranged alphabetically by topic.

Idea Generator (Old Dominion University Libraries): Struggling with ideas for an upcoming term paper, speech, presentation, etc.? This site presents a number of broad categories. Select any one to browse through a variety of key words and phrases, then explore the ideas and devise a more specific topic.
Issue Guides (Public Agenda): These nonpartisan guides are used by journalists, policy makers, teachers, students and citizens who want to better understand controversial topics. Public Agenda Issue Guides provide facts and figures, different perspectives and analysis of public attitudes from surveys conducted by Public Agenda and by other respected polling and news organizations.
Issues (SpeakOut.com): Thirty-second news stories don't give enough information. Newspapers and magazines can give you too much data on subjects you don't care about. SpeakOut.com solves both problems by providing the entire range of information in one place. Information is sorted into topics and sub-topics

LexisNexis Congressional (UNT Libraries): Select "Political News/Hot Topics" from the left-hand navigation bar. Select the "Hot Bills & Hot Topics" tab. The Hot Bills & Hot Topics site presents links to bills and news articles related to issues of national importance. It features bills under consideration or recently enacted, along with news links grouped by topic areas. LexisNexis editors update this site monthly. This service is available to members of the UNT Community.

Opposing Viewpoints (California State University, Long Beach): Links to Web sites that provide resources for issues or arguments. These paper topics have more than one point of view and are considered controversial.

Public Policy Issues and Groups (Vanderbilt University): LInks to governmental, private, and educational agencies and institutions that collect research on various topics of current interest.

Research Guide on Paper Topics (University Library at California State, Long Beach): Tips on selecting a topic for a paper. Some suggested topics appear as specific questions.
Research Help: Speech and Term Paper Topics (Borough of Manhattan Community College): Books, Web sites, and library resources to assist with researching various topics of current interest.

Social Issues (Multnomah County Library): Inernet resources on various controversial topics, selected to meet the needs of middle and high school students researching current social issues from multiple perspectives.

Wild Ideas: An Online Exploration of the Wild: Resources pertaining to various facets of wildness, from the familiar concept of wilderness and wild nature to looser interpretations of the term in the contexts of spirituality, sexuality, creativity and politics. Includes news stories, essays, reviews of books and Web sites, and discussion forums.

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