Research Guides: Pick a Topic: Home

Generating Topic Ideas

Pick a Topic Databases

You can get ideas for research topics from several MJC article databases.

News & Hot Topics
Use these brief guides to get topic ideas and help start your research with confidence

Issues & Controversies: Topics This link opens in a new window
Browse the list of issues or filter by topic to find reports on more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture.

CQ Researcher: Browse Reports by Topic
Browse the list of reports by topic to see all the reports related to health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy in America

NewsBank: Hot Topics This link opens in a new window
Current research topics covering key global issues, and people about business, economics, crime, politics, science, health, sports, the arts and more.
Topics in the News (World News Digest) This link opens in a new window
Browse the list of research topics to find all related articles on important topics found in World News Digest
Today's Science: Need a Research Topic? This link opens in a new window
Browse the list of research topics to find all related articles that explain important developments in biology, chemistry, the environment, space, physics, and technology

Congressional Research Service Reports RSS

Indepth, non-partisan analysis of issues of public debate by Congress’s think tank, the Congressional Research Service. You can view them by Topic or follow their RSS Feed of Most Recent Reports.

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Most Recent Reports