Find a Topic - Political Science - American Government - LibGuides at Laramie County Community College

Browsable Databases

Using Databases to Browse Topics

The following databases all let you start with broad categories and then choose more specific ones, so you just need a general idea of what you are interested in to get started!

Opposing Viewpoints
See video showing how to browse topics
Global Issues (Gale in Context)
International viewpoints on current events

News Sites

Using News Sites to Browse Topics

You can also use a news sites to browse current events and hot topics that you may be interested in

Use our campus subscription to the New York Times or Wall Street Journal and explore their news categories such as Politics, World News, US News, etc. to see what interests you:

New York Times To register for educational access: 1. Go to http://www.accessnyt.com/ 2. Search for Laramie County Community College. 3. Use your @student.lccc.wy.edu or @lccc.wy.edu email account to register. 4. Click on the email confirmation link. Your account is created. By logging in, you can now access NYT articles on or off campus, including using the NY Times app.
Wall Street Journal Online To register for educational access: 1. Go to https://www.WSJ.com/WYOCC 2. Enter your name and email, create a password 3. Use your @student.lccc.wy.edu or @lccc.wy.edu email account 4. Click on the email confirmation link. Your account is created. By logging in, you can now access WSJ articles on or off campus, including using the WSJ app.

Use a news aggregator (a site that brings together news from various sources, usually organizing them in categories that are easy to skim):

Explore Topics with Reference Books

Using Reference Books to Explore Topics

Reference sources are a great place to explore topics because they provide general information about MANY subjects.

Reference sources:

Quickly provide the basic facts of a topic to see if it is something you want to research further
Help you start learning vocabulary specific to a topic for more advanced searching later
Are NOT peer-reviewed resources

Gale eBooks
Can search across entire collection or try browsing in the Law category
Credo Reference
See "Explore Related Topics" feature to visualize topics in a mind map (works better for some topics than others)
Oxford Reference
All subjects; for quick reference