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Argument Essay Database Detective Work! For your assigned database/website, look around the site and work with your group to find these three elements:
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Group 1: Issues & Controversies Group 2: Points of View Group 3: ProCon.org |
Personal Interview Citation:
Personal interviews refer to those interviews that you conduct yourself. List the interview by the name of the interviewee. Include the descriptor Personal interview and the date of the interview.
Smith, Jane. Personal interview. 19 May 2014.
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Please note: when searching Google, articles from Debate.org may show up as the first links. Debate.org is basically a public opinion site with users voting and commenting on issues. It is not the best site for research! Start with one of the following databases or, in Google, scroll down the list of hits and look for news sites, educational sites, etc.
Don't forget to check out the articles' bibliographies. Lots of great CREDIBLE resources there. Most can be clicked on to directly reach the article or copy & paste article info into Google to find article!
Use Google "News" tab OR
Site Search-- site: source topic
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(example-- site: new york times gun control debate)
Other keywords: issue, controversy, argument, supporters, opponents
Other good sources: time.com
usa today
nbc.com
npr.org
washington post
cnn.com
boston globe
