OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS ESSAY PREPARATION

____1. Go to the S.C.C. Library Home page.

____2. Click on Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (right-hand column under Search Articles and Databases).

____3. If you are off-campus, enter your Student I.D. number in the box where it asks for your library card number. Click Continue.

____4. Scan the many topics in both columns.

____5. Pick several of topics of interest, click on them, and explore each of them a bit.

____6. For each topic you explore, see if you can find two opposing essays.

For example, under Alcoholism you will find one essay entitled Alcoholism Is a Disease and one essay entitled Alcoholism Is not a Disease.

Under Environmentalism you will find an essay entitled The Environmental Movement is Effective and another entitled The Environmental Movement is Harmful.

Under Nuclear Weapons you will find an essay entitled The United States Should Not Eliminate Its Nuclear Arsenal and another entitled The United States Should Eliminate Its Nuclear Arsenal.

Under Narcotics Legalization you will find an essay entitled Drugs Should Be Legalized and another entitled Drug Should Not Be Legalized. You get the idea.

____8. Settle upon one of the topics you explored and read both opposing essays.

____9. Choose the side you agree with most and re-read the support essay.

____10. Read How do Write a Summary

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