Select from the Point/Counterpoint databases and online resources below (& left nav bar) to learn more about how college library databases can assist as you formulate your own opinion on these (and other) controversial campaign topics.
Use the worksheet below to guide you through accessing relevant library databases and finding information about these issues.
One of the Categories listed is Law and Politics. Find and click on the issue 'Midterm Elections'
Scroll down to view the types of formats listed 'on this page' and select 'Infographics'.
Click on the top (and most recently posted Infographic) titled: "Americans' Opinions of and Confidence in 2022 Midterm Elections"
What are some of the ways you can utilize this information to your benefit? [cite?, extract?, quote?, identify with key issue?]
Balanced News from the Left, Center and Right
One of the highlights of AllSides is that identify the slant of each story with a color-coded five-point system. And of course, they cite their sources!
If you do not see “2022 Elections” in the Top Stories bar, then type “2022 Elections” into the search box and press enter.
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ProCon.org
Explore the top three opinions of Book Banning in a side-by-side format on ProCon - Use this & other Databases to research your opinion.
Gale in Context - Opposing Viewpoints (another academic library database you may access) also features viewpoints, infographics, news articles and videos related to Book Banning.
You will find more infographics at Statista
More than half of US adults, over 128 million people, have tried marijuana, despite it being an illegal drug under federal law. Nearly 600,000 Americans are arrested for marijuana possession annually – more than one person per minute. Public support for legalizing marijuana went from 12% in 1969 to 66% today. Recreational marijuana, also known as adult-use marijuana, was first legalized in Colorado and Washington in 2012.
Author: ProCon.org
Gale in Context | Opposing Viewpoints published this article titled 'US Public Opinion Regarding Potential Health and Social Impacts of Marijuana' in April of 2022.
Be sure and explore the 'Browse Issues' button for a listing of 468 categories of people, places and subjects where people have Opposing Viewpoints.
27.5 million people in the United States (8.5% of the US population) do not have health insurance. The United States is the only nation among the 37 OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) nations that does not have universal health care either in practice or by constitutional right.
Opponents argue that a right to health care amounts to socialism and that it should be an individual’s responsibility, not the government’s role, to secure health care.
Proponents of the right to health care say that no one in one of the richest nations on earth should go without health care.
Many people have strong opinions on this topic. Take a look at some similar as well as Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints is a library database brought to you by Gale in Context.