Select a Topic - Getting Started - LibGuides at Chabot College

Books to Discover Topics

10,000 Ideas for Term papers, Projects, Reports and Speeches

Call Number: REF DESK: LB1047.3 .L35 1998

Stumped on what to talk about?! Use this book to find inspiration.

Social Issues in America: An Encyclopedia

Call Number: REF: HN57 .S624 2006

Browse through the topics in these volumes to get ideas on contemporary hot topics in the United States. When you find a topic, also take note of any subtopics mentioned in the entry.

Browse Topics in Databases

Here are special links to databases you can use to browse topics. To log on from off campus, click here

	Overviews on the current hot topics of the day. Link currently DOWN until further notice.
	The authoritative resource on hot topics. Browse the topic list of CQ Researcher here
	Under a select a Publication, click on Select All. Browse by Subject in Gale Virtual Reference Library here
	Browse by categories by selecting a broad subject and then a narrow one. Browse ABC-CLIO E-Books here
	Browse hundreds of selected books on hot topics and popular culture here
	To get magazine cover stories on hot topics. To search major magazine articles in EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier, click here

Journal of Social Issues

Browse the Journal of Social Issues by selecting a year and then an issue (right side).

Public WWW

Here are some topic guides for ideas on the World Wide Web. Be sure to evaluate any sites you see from these guides, carefully. Use the Web Evaluation Checklist to help you in evaluating them.

Debatabase
From the International Debate Education Association

Hot Paper Topics
From St. Ambrose University Library

Getting Started

Books to Discover Topics

Browse Topics in Databases

Journal of Social Issues

Public WWW

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