Honors Research

• Google Scholar search of our article databases: a powerful search. (Link it to us: menu, Settings, Library Links)
• Databases: click "Subjects" and select your field, like Divinity or Psychology. Or click "Type" and a genre like "News."
• Research Guides to get librarians' recommendations on databases. See the Reading Lists & databases below.  
• LibKey Nomad: add to your browser tool to link instantly to a library source you see referenced online.
• Ask a librarian: submit a question, chat, or make an appointment to make sure you are finding the best sources.
   

Check out the Reading Lists of sources on current issues & problems below, plus the newspaper & magazine links!

To find issues, search for articles in publications like these, & see if we own the publication in our databases here.
 

National Review,

Wall Street Journal,

The Atlantic,

The New York Times,  

Reason, 

Psychology Today 

The Economist 

For Christian perspectives and issues, try these:

First Things,

Christianity Today,

Relevant,

The Gospel Coalition, 

Christ & Pop Culture,

US Council of Catholic Bishops Issues Statements

For ethical and family-related issues, try:

Discovery Institute

Heritage Foundation

Family Research Council

Ethics & Public Policy Center

Focus on the Family

For education issues, try:

James G. Martin Center for Educational Renewal, 

Fordham Institute, 

Chalkboard Review,

The Grade, 

Chronicle of Higher Education,

Sold a Story (Science of Reading),

Inside Classical Education

Education Week

Hechinger Report

History & The Arts
Smithsonian Magazine

The Rest is History

The Imaginative Conservative

Christianity Today Book Reviews

The New Criterion Book & Culture Reviews

The Times Literary Supplement

For political & cultural issues, try these influential think tanks:

Ethics & Public Policy Center (Religious approach to current issues)

Manhattan Institute (Conservative) and City Journal

AEI --see "Centers" (Conservative/libertarian)

Cato (Libertarian)

Pew Society (Non-partisan)

Brookings (Non-partisan/liberal)

Hoover Institution (Conservative/libertarian)

Be aware that each organization has a certain worldview or political goal and also that Google boosts certain sites. To find articles from a certain point-of-view, try Googling your topic plus the name of a publication. If you run into a paywall, use the Journal Search to see if we own the publication, or see this guide to finding newspaper and magazine articles in the online library collection. Don't pay for an article!

Here is a list of more influential Think Tanks. Also try non-profits like political advocacy groups, churches/denominations, universities, museums, and public archives. Here is our library page on think tanks & policy organizations. 

Check the political leanings of a think tank or publication at All Sides bias checker. Also, look for sixteen indicators of bias.

Databases for Finding a Topic & Pro-Con Articles