John S. Bailey Library: Biomedical Sciences: Viewpoints

Viewpoints

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When conducting academic research, you will often come across opposing ideas and views. Scholars exchange these contrasting views—support, or refute them—in published academic literature or conferences. This way, they take part in a process known as "scholarly conversation" . When you write an academic paper, you are, actually, participating in the scholarly conversation by contributing your own viewpoints, which may or may not coincide with those of other scholars.

Viewpoints in library resources

Search the following databases for material and ideas on various controversial issues from a variety of sources. You can view material in a pro/con list by issue. For information on how to access these databases from off-campus, you may consult our off-campus access page.

Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints

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Select the topic of your interest from an extensive list of over 100 health- and medicine-related topics. Among others, the list includes genetic testing, health care, human genetics, stem cells, and more.

SIRS Issues Researcher

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Select from a list of over fifty leading issues available in the "Drugs, Health & Wellness" category. Among others, the list includes issues such as coronavirus and epidemics, vaccines and prescription drugs, food safety and genetically modified food.

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Description:	Features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full text magazine, academic journal and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to websites for information on today’s social issues.
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CONTENT DETAILS
Description:	Full text articles covering social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, political and global issues. Articles and graphics are selected from 1,800 US and international publications.
Coverage:	Current