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ENC 1102 - College Composition II: Opposing Viewpoints

Argumentative Essay

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Using Opposing Viewpoints

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Opposing Viewpoints is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. It features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.  You can use the basic search, shown below, to enter your own search terms or find a topic from the listed topics on the same page. 

     

 

The illustration below shows articles from two different sources that demonstrate different viewpoints.  

 

 

 

Article in Opposing Viewpoints titled "Artificial Intelligence Can Spark Job Growth"              

Article in Opposing Viewpoints titled "Worker-protection laws aren't ready for an automated future"


 

     

 Here is an example of the types of sources that can be found in Opposing Viewpoints (biographies, audio, websites, academic journals, infographics, news, viewpoints, images, magazines, references, videos, and statistics). 

     
 

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