U-M Debate Institutes
For participants in the U-M Debate Institute, this guide provides quick access to librarian-recommended books, journals, and databases.
Debate Topic Resources
Quick-start your research and refer to the below librarian-recommended books, databases, and journals relating to the U-M Debate Institute. Have more research questions? Get in touch with your library liaison, Rocio Lopez at lopezroc@umich.edu.
Recommended Databases
Need articles but not sure where to start? The U-M Library recommend these seven databases for getting started. If you can't find what you need searching in one of the below databases, browse the list of all library databases by subject or title.
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U-M Library Articles SearchUse Articles Search to locate scholarly and popular articles, as well as reference works and materials from open access archives.
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Nexis UniFull-text access to over 15,000 sources of news, business, legal, and reference information worldwide.
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FactivaOffers company and industry financial data and news stories, as well as full text articles in 6,000 trade publications, newspapers, newswires and magazines.
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ProQuest Research LibraryIndexes over 5,000 journals and magazines, academic and popular, with full text included for over 3,600.
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Access World News [NewsBank]Full text of 600+ U.S. newspapers and 260+ English-language newspapers from other countries worldwide.
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CQ ResearcherNoted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy.
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Opposing Viewpoints in ContextCovers current social and cultural issues, and includes pro and con "viewpoint" essays, topic overviews, primary sources, and news articles.
2024-2025 National Debate Topic (Intellectual Property Rights) -
Issues & ControversiesBalanced, accurate discussions of over 250 controversial topics in the news supplemented with chronologies, maps, tables, and bibliographies including primary source documents and news editorials.
National High School Policy Debate Topics
Recommended News Sources
In addition to the news databases above, which aggregate articles from multiple newspapers and news sources, use the below links to search individual newspaper publications.
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Economist Historical Archive 1843-2020A complete searchable archive of every issue of The Economist from 1843 to four years ago, with full-color images.
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New York Times Complete (1851-present)Includes all NYT articles from regular & International editions, Book Review, Magazine, web-only articles, videos, etc.
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Wall Street Journal Complete (1889-present)Combined access to all content from multiple editions of The Wall Street Journal. Content from the most recent 17 years is available in text-only format. Content from more than 17 years ago is available in full image with illustrations, photos, etc.
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Washington Post Complete (1877-present)Combined access to all content from multiple editions of The Washington Post. Content from the most recent 16 years is available in text-only format. Content from more than 16 years ago is available in full image with illustrations, photos, etc.
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