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Problem / Solution Research Paper: Web Resources / Media

Reliable News Sources

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New York Times and Chicago Tribune are IRC subscription databases. To access to them from home...go to the IRC Database Page, click on the database,then enter your school login for access.

Pros and Cons


These sources provide various viewpoints on controversial topics.

Opposing Viewpoints is an IRC subscription database. To access it from home, find it on the IRC database page. Sign in with your student login.

Accessing Databases from Home

If you are at home, click on the Niles North database link below, select the database you'd like to use, and enter your student login for access.

NILES NORTH IRC DATABASE PAGE

Citing a Page of a Website

The following is information on how to cite a page from a website that was found online (CIA World Factbook, BBC Country Profiles, etc.). This information is taken from Owl at Purdue:

A Page on a Web Site

For an individual page on a Web site, list the author or alias if known, followed by the information covered above for entire Web sites. Remember to use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.

"How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.