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Points of View Reference Center Now Available

Points of View Reference Center Now Available. Click the category “Earth & Environment”

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Points of View Reference Center

Now Available

Click the category “Earth & Environment”

Click the topic “Global Warming”

See results for 4 main essays on “Global Warming”

– an “Overview”, “Point”, “Counterpoint” and

“Critical Thinking Guide”

Full Text View – Includes Related Insets

OR choose a topic from the “All Topics” tab

Points of View Reference Center

• 250 topics, each with:

– Overview (objective background/description)

– Point (argument)

– Counterpoint (opposing argument)

– Critical Thinking Guides

• Helps the student judgeFact vs. Opinion

• Enhances the student’s abilityto read and think critically

Points of View Reference Center

• The database contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints

– 1,143 main essays

– Leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle

– Newspapers

– Radio & TV news transcripts

– Primary source documents

– Reference books

EBSCO’s Points of View Reference Center is theonly database providing users with complete

perspective from both sides of the aisle

All of these have ongoing full text in EBSCOhost databases.Other vendors only offer ongoing full text for Human Events or National Review.

Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century

• Points of View Reference Center provides students with a searchable collection of some of the most important social, political and cultural moments of the 20th century

• After a keyword search, click on any entry in the result list to see the citation page, which includes an image from the video, along with a detailed abstract and shot list, and a link to the video itself

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