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Research issues in the news, policy topics, and debate style topics.

RESEARCHING PROS & CONS

LOCATING EDITORIALS & COMMENTARY

Many article databases will allow you to just search just the editorial/commentary sections.  For example:

  • In Academic Search Complete use the "Document Type" field to limit to Editorials. 
     
  • In the Proquest Newsstand databases, use the "Document Type" field to search for Commentary. 

Check database Help screens for more information.

Also see Political Perspectives in Periodicals to help determine what stance (liberal, conservative, etc.) many popular periodicals often take.
 

BACKGROUND & REFERENCE

SEARCHING NEWSPAPERS