Some of the links on this page can take you directly to full-text essays, speeches, works of literature, and other online readings.  Other links below can take you to additional lists of links, many of them quite long.  Almost all of the links on this page are located at universities, colleges, and textbook publishers.  

            To find a specific author or title, go to a metasearch engine (e.g., www.google.com).  For best results, enter your author or title using quotation marks, small letters, and no beginning "a/an/the" or preposition (e.g., for In the Heat of the Night, enter "heat of the night").  If you are not sure of the exact wording of (or initials in) an author's name or a title, use the same entry system without quotation marks (e.g., heat of the night).  

Links to Argumentative Readings  (6-03)

        The following links lead to short, argumentative essays to which you can respond in writing.  As you browse these links, please remember that of their essays have been written by national and internationally recognized scholars while others have been written simply by individuals who wish to post their own opinions on the Internet.  You also may find readings by recognized scholars, leaders, and politicians in larger libraries in the following series of books and pamphlets: Opposing Viewpoints, The Reference Shelf, and Current Controversies.

(CREDIT: The material below was developed by Brenda Thoeny at the University of Minnesota in spring 2001 as directed by Richard Jewell with the assistance of a technology grant from the University of Minnesota CLA Infotech Fees Committee.  The original version of this list may be found at http://composition.cla.umn.edu/students by clicking on (1) "Course Descriptions," (2) "EngC 1011," "EngC 1021," or "EngC 3027," and then (3) "Professional Online Resources.")

• www.csulb.edu/library/subj/opposing (University of California, Long Beach site)

• http://www.about.com (Enter key words "opposing viewpoints.")

• http://www.gale.com/OpposingViewpoints/ (pay-for-use Web site)

• http://str.org/free/commentaries/abortion/index.htm (articles on a wide variety of issues)

• http://www.lib.lsu.edu/ref/viewpoints.html (designed for students required to write response papers to opposing viewpoints articles; large amount of information)

• http://www.aclu.org (Use keyword search viewpoints" or just look at the information on the home page.)

• http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/db/articles.asp'?ID=2821

• http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/SharpOpEd.htm

• http://www.senate.gov/~judiciary/6132000 jkm.htm

• http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/donO110200.htm

• http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/articles.htm

• http://library.thinkquest.org/24355/data/debatenav.html

• http://www.asne.org/ideas/flagedit2.htm

• http://www.asne.org/kiosk/editor/00.oct/shearerl.htm

• http:www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Studio/3015/cap.htm

• http://www.natreformassn.org/schpray.html

• http://users.cnmnetwork.com/~lott2k/prayer.htm

• http://www.ffrf.org/issues/pray.html

• http://www.alligator.org/edit/issues/96-sumr/960523/d2ami23.htm

• http://www.bhs.berkeley.kl2.ca.us/journalism/jacket/11 22/news/legaldrugs.html

• http://www.bhs.berkeley.kl2.ca.us/journalism/jacket/l1 22/oped/noaddicts.html

• http://www.nonline.com/procon/topics/1998/feb/medmj1.htm

• http://home.talkcity.com/librarydr/eztoamuse/webdoc16.htm

• http://www.animalconcerns.netforchange.com/frame.html

• http://www.notdeadyet.org/hemlock.htm

• http://www.jewishworldreview.com

• http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/magazine/current/marker.html

• http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed378665.html

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Other Online Readers & Readings (Nonfiction and Mixed) (6-03)

• Clearinghouse for Internet Research: http://www.clearinghouse.net/index.html

• Electronic Text Center, U. of Virginia: http://etext.virginia.edu

• ERIC (US Dept. of Education/ERIC): www.accesseric.org

• Internet Public Library--9500 online texts, 2300 magazines, journals, world newspapers: http://www.ipl.org

• Misc. readings: www.bibliomania.com, http://www.gutenberg.net

• Misc. readings: http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/engl/gartner/online.htm
  Search engine for academic/undergraduate materials: www.academicinfo.net

• Search engine for educational materials: www.thegateway.org

• Search engine for literature: www.pilot-search.com

• Speeches from past 80 years: www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/

• Some texts: http://english-www.hms.cmu.edu/rhetoric

• Political science virtual library: http://spirit.lib.uconn.edu/PoliSci/polisci.htm
  http://www.speakout.com:  forum for current controversial issues

• First chapters of new books: www.nyt.com/books (NY Times).  www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/books (Washington Post).

• http://web1.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/535/264/48078381w1/purl=rc6_-

  CA&dyn=3!specstart_5?sw_aep=mnkinver 120,000 authors searchable by name, subject, or title (from InfoTrac ELM)

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