Developing Your Topic - WRIT105 - Codey - Research Guides at Montclair State University

Choosing and Developing Your Topic

Use the library resources below to help choose a topic of interest, or to help develop, narrow, and/or expand on a topic that you've already selected. Remember - let the literature inform your topic selection and your eventual research question.

Library Resources to Check Out

The Economist
The Atlantic

CQ Researcher
Each weekly report explores a single "hot" issue in the news that covers all sides. Includes charts, graphs and bibliographies. Global Researcher includes monthly single-topic reports on vital world issues. Full text.
U.S. Newsstream

U.S. Newsstream provides access to over 1,000 news sources with coverage stretching back into the 1980s. These sources include the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, LA Times, NY Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post.
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