Opposing Viewpoints is a multi-media, mobile-friendly database that brings together authoritative content on over 300 political and social issues, including:
- major coverage in the New York Times, Newsweek, and more;
- topic overviews and expert analyses;
- video and audio clips;
- interactive maps focusing on trends; and
- charts and graphs.
Opposing Viewpoints can be browsed or keyword searched.
For each issue, Opposing Viewpoints provides:
- an overview
- viewpoints and featured viewpoints: essays and opinion pieces that analyze all sides of the issue. Within each article are lists of related articles and related topics.
- images, video, and audio from sources like NPR and BBC News
- magazines and news: provide recent perspectives. Magazines and news are updated daily.
- academic journals: scholarly and peer-reviewed. Provide advanced analysis of the issue.
- statistics, primary sources, and websites
- reference sources: encyclopedia and dictionary-like articles.
- biographies: some important people concerning the issue
