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Getting Started

Hot topics and current events are all around you. To get started look around and see what is going on now. Some places to start are watching the evening news, reading a newspaper, a news blog, or even talking to your friends.

Current news:

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Or, try some of these places to get started:

Opposing Viewpoints: The front page give you a list of hot topics, click on one for an instant search on that topic.
CQ Researcher: browse topics by date, or click on In the News to see the latest additions
Time.com: Time Magazine online
United Nations
BBC News
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Finding Articles

Because you are looking for things that are happening right now there probably aren't too many books or research articles published on your topic. There are still other types of articles out there, such as newspaper articles and magazine articles. These tend to come out more frequently than the average scholarly journal.

Note: Be aware of bias in the articles you find. For example, articles on abortion published by Planned Parenthood are more likely to have a pro-choice bias than articles on abortion published by Focus on the Family. Such biases change the way the same information is presented. By examining the publisher and authors of an article, you will have a better idea of why they came to the conclusions they present in the article.