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ENGL 102 Research Guide: Pro & Con Books

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Book Resources for Opposing Views

Pro/Con Series

The Library currently has 5 series of books that offer pro/con arguments on various topics. Not all of them contain the same topics, so you may have to search several of them for your topic.

Advanced Searching for Pro/Con series

If you are looking for a specific topic, look at your results list. Do you see any relevant books? If not, you can click on the Series searches and then refine your results by going up to the search box and adding relevant terms in front of the series search. You may have to try several different terms.

Examples: 

  • se:(at issue)  ---> alcohol se:(at issue) = 2 books
  • se:(at issue)  ---> substance abuse se:(at issue) = 3 books
  • se:(at issue)  ---> drugs se:(at issue) = 32 books

Finding Out More about a Book (without Going to the Library)

Book Record for _Heroin_You can often find the table of contents information and the subject information by clicking on the Description bar.

You can also find additional books by using the Subjects you find listed under the Contents section.

Tutorials for Searching