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ERIC Number: EJ720643
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Sep
Pages: 2
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0889-9371
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Reach for Reference. No Opposition Here! Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Is a Very Good Database
Safford, Barbara Ripp
School Library Media Activities Monthly, v21 n1 p30-31 Sep 2004
"Opposing Viewpoints" and "Opposing Viewpoints Juniors" have long been standard titles in upper elementary, middle level, and high school collections. "Opposing Viewpoints Juniors" should be required as information literacy/critical thinking curriculum tools as early as fifth grade as they use current controversies to teach students how to discriminate between fact and opinion, to identify propaganda, and to recognize bias. "Opposing Viewpoints" explores controversial subjects (there are ninety titles in the series) by including materials representing both sides of the issues. This article describes a new related online resource, "Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center" (OVRC) that combines most of the articles from "Opposing Viewpoints," some reference source from MacMillan USA, Gale databases related to court cases and statistics, more than thirty periodicals, over 1000 Web links, 800 selected images, and built-in online manuals that teach critical reading and research. This database is recommended for middle schools, high schools, public libraries, and college libraries.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Middle Schools; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Students
Language: English
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