One of your assignments this summer is to participate in a debate on multiculturalism. Preparing for a debate requires finding information about the facts and opinions surrounding the issue and then evaluating and organizing the information. This page lists library and Internet sources for finding information on your issue.
Come up with a Research Plan
- Here are some questions to ask yourself about your topic:
- What keywords should I use?
- Where should I look?
Use library databases
- Access library resources by finding the Rutgers University Libraries Web page and clicking on Indexes and Databases.
- Quickly orient yourself to the dimensions of your debate topic by using the summaries of 27 regional newspapers in Newspaper Abstracts.
- Find scholarly and popular periodical articles online by using Academic Search Premier. Many, but not all, of these articles are available full-text.
- Explore newspapers and news magazines full-text through Dow Jones Interactive, Academic Universe (Lexis-Nexis) and Ethnic NewsWatch.
Use Internet sites
- Access more online newspapers at Newspaper Libraries on the Web. Some newspaper sites, such as The New York Times, require registration or payment before you can get access to their stories. Fortunately, you may retrieve current articles from some of these through the library databases listed above. This site tells you how to get access to each site and also has links to the sites which are open to the public and free.
- Access television news by visiting CNN.com, MSNBC or Online News Hour.
- Explore these sites to find what you want by using a site map or by searching the site.