CQResearcher

LIBRARY STUDENT HANDBOOK

Use CQ Researcher, Plus Archive to find original, comprehensive reporting, and analysis of issues in the news. CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. The CQ Researcher, Plus Archive offers access to reports extending as far back as 1923. It can be used to study how these topics have changed over time.

The CQ Researcher online is both a tool for selecting a topic to research and a comprehensive resource for exploring that topic. To start your topic search, consider the resent CQ Researcher reports listed on the CQ Researcher home page.

Each CQ Researcher online report is based on a common structure. The opening section, or "Overview," introduces the issue under consideration and poses one or more questions such as, "Should minors who commit adult crimes be tried as adults?" The report then offers a "Background." which provides a history of the issue, including pertinent policy and legal decisions. Under the heading "Current Situation," the report provides a snapshot of the issue at the time of publication and, in "Outlook," the report's writer offers a projection of what the future may bring. The "Pro/Con" section brings together statements from representatives of opposing positions on the issue. To offer yet other perspectives, the report includes an "Issue Tracker" sidebar on other dimensions of the issue. The "Chronology" section offers a list of key events in the issue's history.

CQ Researcher is designed to provide multiple points of access to CQ Researcher reports. You may:
     Select from the current or recent reports on the Home page.
     Find your topic in the section titled "In the News," which highlights earlier reports on topics that are once again in the
     headlines.
     Search by keyword, with the Quick Search on the Home page or using a number of delimiters in the Advanced Search page.
     Browse by topic, which is similar to using the index at the back of a book.
     Browse by Date of publication, accessing reports from 1923 to the present.

Access CQ Researcher from the SWCC home page http://www.sw.edu/library.
Choose either the CQ Researcher link or the Periodicals link.

Sometimes a CQ Researcher report will be found during a search in the SWCC Online Library Catalog. If this happens, access the report from the hyperlink given in the External Link column of the Catalog results list. The hypertext link for a CQ Researcher report will include the wording {Link available to VCCS users only}.

See the MLA and APA citation pages for information on how to create a citation for CQ Researcher reports.

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