LibGuides: UNV 100: So You Want 2 Change the World, A Look at the Opioid Crisis: Overview

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Opposing Viewpoints
This database organizes sources around current and controversial issues like the opioid crisis. You will find articles from academic journals, news outlets, and magazines, along with audio and video sources. The other type of source to pay attention to are the "Viewpoints;" these essays are typically opinion articles and write from one side of an argument or the other.

Covers contemporary social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration. Helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations, and more. This resource helps students explore issues from all perspectives, and includes: pro/con viewpoint essays, topic overviews, primary source documents, biographies of social activists and reformers, court-case overviews, periodical articles, statistical tables, charts and graphs, images and a link to Google Image Search, podcasts (including weekly presidential addresses and premier NPR programs), and a national and state curriculum standards search correlated to the content that allows educators to quickly identify material by grade and discipline.
CQ Researcher Plus Archive
This database is a collection of full and short reports on current and controversial issues, including the opioid crisis. The full reports contain several sections including, overview, background, outlook, chronology, and pro/con, to give you a more complete understanding of the issue. Short reports are brief updates on a topic. The footnotes are a great place to find related articles and read more in depth coverage.

1923-present. Each single-themed, 12,000-word report is researched and written by a seasoned journalist, and contains an introductory overview; background and chronology on the topic; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources.

Congressional Research Services (CRS) Reports
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports are particularly useful because they are the reports many federal legislators use to learn about topics on which they are voting.

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CRS approaches complex topics from a variety of perspectives and examines all sides of an issue. Staff members analyze current policies and present the impact of proposed policy alternatives.
Opioid Overdose | CDC
The Center for Disease Control's portal to information and resources regarding opioid overdose and treatment.

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US Newsstream
Full text of hundreds of contemporary newspapers from across the U.S. including most of the individual newspapers listed below.

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The New York Times
Coverage: 2008 - current year, via Proquest. Use the "Search within Publication" box to find articles.

Wall Street Journal Online
Current content of the Wall Street Journal.

A free personal account is available for all U-M Flint affiliates. You must create a personal account the first time you log in, using your UMICH credentials, which you can then use for login via desktop or on mobile apps. This subscription is provided to the entire U-M Flint campus courtesy of the School of Management.

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Chicago Tribune
Covers 1985 - current year, via Proquest
The Economist
Full text access from 1988 - present, via Gale OneFile. Use the "Search within Publication" box (upper right corner) to find articles.
Washington Post
Access from 2003 - current year, via EBSCOhost. Use the "Search within this publication" link to find articles.

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