Thinking of a Topic

I need help thinking of a topic!

From the academic to the bizarre, you will find a list of places below where you can go for inspiration on finding your topic.

Within Foley Center Library’s Web resources:

Topic Search – Database of current events and topics.

World Conflict Today - Provides in-depth profiles of ten conflicts

Research Starters - Business - on trial until the end of June 2009 To begin, do a keyword search and look on the right side of your results list for the Research Starters (toward the bottom). This will be an overview article of your topic and give you advice about where to begin your research.

Research Starters - Education - on trial until the end of June 2009 To begin, do a keyword search and look on the right side of your results list for the Research Starters (toward the bottom). This will be an overview article of your topic and give you advice about where to begin your research.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Critical Thinking) - Provides full-text resources on popular topics from abortion to women’s rights, highlighting opposite viewpoints and pro/con perspectives on each topic. Includes access to the Opposing Viewpoints series of books published by Greenhaven Press. Also includes articles from magazines, newspapers and journals, as well as statistics, multimedia, reference sources and websites relevant to topics.  

Wild world of the Web:

High School Debate Topics – Information on this year’s topic / Back topics and links to government documents and other resources

Lists of topics – Get your brain working on these topics

Communication Institute for Online Scholarship - On this CIOS page, you will find the “Idea Monkey” for topic generation within the field of communication. Party on, Dude!