Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
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BASIC SEARCH PAGE
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

• Explores todays hottest social issues, from
  Terrorism to Endangered Species, Stem Cells to
  Gun Control
• For students in grades 6-12 and above, and anyone
  interested in exploring controversial issues
• Designed for use across the curriculum, in Social
  Studies, English Composition, Speech, Debate,
  Current Event, and Science and Health classes
• Develops critical thinking and information
  literacy skills by helping students research,
  analyze, and organize various types of data for
  assignments, persuasive essays, and debates
• Includes more than 450 Greenhaven Press, Thomson
  Gale, Macmillan, Scribner, and UXL titles
• Content is continuously updated
• Provides 24/7 access to the librarys reference
  shelves

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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

• Provides all the information necessary to fully
  understand the issues, organized into tabs for
  targeted results
• Pro and con viewpoint articles from such
  Greenhaven series as Opposing Viewpoints, At
  Issue, Contemporary Issues Companion, and Current
  Controversies
• Overview and reference articles from Gale,
  Macmillan, and UXL imprint titles that provide
  context, including Bioethics for Students and
  Encyclopedia of Sociology
• 140 full-text magazines, academic journals, and
  newspapers (backfile to 1983)
• Primary source documents
• Statistical tables, charts, and graphs from
  Gales Information Plus series
• Hand-selected images as well as link to Google
  Image Search
• Links to hand-selected web sites
• Podcasts from National Public Radio, the White
  House, and other sources
• Merriam-Websters Collegiate Dictionary
• Research Tools and Research Guide

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SEARCH RESULTS PAGE
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DOCUMENT DISPLAY PAGE
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

• With the new Thomson Gale PowerSearch platform,
  students can quickly and easily find relevant
  search results across Gale eproducts---in one
  seamless search
• Student-friendly user interface includes features
  targeted to students and educators
• Search by subject, keyword, or entire document
• Includes Basic Search, Subject Guide Search,
  Publication Search, and Advanced Search
• U.S. Curriculum Standards Search with content
  correlated to the standards allows educators to
  quickly identify material by grade and discipline
• Includes National and State Standards for Social
  Studies and Science for grades 6-12

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CURRICULUM STANDARDS SEARCH
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CURRICULUM STANDARDS LISTING
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CURRICULUM STANDARDS RESULTS LIST
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DOCUMENT DISPLAY
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

• Lexile reading levels for periodicals support
  reading initiatives and testing
• Content levels (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced)
  help readers choose appropriate content for their
  abilities
• Popular topic pick list provides one-click access
  to the most-searched topics
• Choice of three topic pick lists allows for
  flexibility in displaying controversial topics
• Keyword in context within results list offers
  students a glimpse into the article so they can
  easily determine the relevance of each search
  result

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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

• Translation feature allows for translation of
  documents into Spanish, French, Japanese, German,
  Italian, Portuguese, simplified Chinese, and
  Korean
• Interface preference allows users to display the
  interface in Spanish, French, or Portuguese
• Robust print, e-mail, and download functionality
  meets student delivery needs
• Infomark functionality allows for copying,
  bookmarking, and emailing the URL of most OVRC
  pages---search screens, search results, and
  individual documents---to create, share, and
  update reading lists, bibliographies, course
  packs, and more
• MARC records link to library holdings

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• In 2007 OVRC was a finalist for the prestigious
  CODiE Award for Best Education Reference or
  Search Service by the Software Information
  Industry Association (SIIA).
• In Spring 2005 OVRC was named to Media Methods
  Magazine's 2005 Awards Portfolio for its
  commitment and creativity in the production of
  outstanding educational resources and services
  for educators worldwide.
• OVRC was also featured in School Library
  Journal's August 2005 back-to-school issue OVRC
  provides comprehensive coverage of hundreds of
  subjects ranging from ongoing controversies to
  todays hot-button issues and will assist
  students with their research in all subjects, not
  just the social sciences. They will find it to be
  exciting, easy to navigate, and very
  student-friendly.

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