A word on paywalls! Online newspapers limit the number of free articles you get per month. Check our library databases to see if we have it in our collection too.
As you read and learn, you will refine your topic focus and develop research questions to answer in your essay.
Use resources on this page to help you find and focus a researchable topic for the quarter.
From the top menu, select Browse Topics.
Each topic links to a full list of related reports (past and present).
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On the homepage, scroll down and click Browse Issues to explore broad subject areas – ideal when you want to browse instead of searching by keyword.
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From the Advanced Search page, click the large Gale Ebooks logo (top left) to see all collections. Then use the subject list on the left to explore subject-specific encyclopedias.
GVRL has collections on business, environment, medicine, science, and technology.
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As shown in the image below, this website is a great one for looking at both sides of a controversial topic. Search by keyword, or look through the lists of current and common topics to view articles as shown in the image below
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Newspapers are ripe with researchable topics! Headlines can generate topics or you can dig deeper for an issue that interests you. Use the links below to find news articles to get ideas for topics.
