American's Newspapers

Do a keyword search for air pollution.

Look in the Hot topics section.
Click on Global Issues, then Science and Health Research Topics , then Environment -- Smog

Look in Special Reports -- World Environment
There are several articles in this section relevant to air pollution issues. Sections are divided by New Information, Green Energy and Economics, World Environmental Issues, and then by countries.

Also in Special Reports, click on the links by the red View box and find Background Information, Suggested Search Terms, WWW Sites, Maps, Images, and Articles.

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CQ Researcher

Click on Browse by topic (left side of page in Menu)
Choose Environment and Natural Resources, then Air Pollution
From the list of reports, choose Air Pollution Conflict. Note layout and sections, including Overview and Bibliography.
Point out Issue Tracker on the right side of the page with related reports.

Click on Cite now! Choose MLA Style. Copy and paste into Works Cited page. Don't forget to double space and indent all lines after line one 5 spaces.

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Select the Academic Premier database by clicking in the box to the left of that name.
Put checkmark in full text box.
Keyword search – air pollution
Note related subject links to the left of the article list that is returned.

Look for articles cited in CQ Researcher reports, either by title or by publication title and date.

Open the article you need and click on the yellow page icon , top right, to find completed citations to copy and paste onto your Works Cited page. Don't forget to double space and indent all lines after line one 5 spaces.

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Facts on File

Click on Issues and Controversies.

Click on a topic in the Subject Index (on left side of page)
Choose Environment, then Pollution & Pollutants, then Air Pollution.
Look at left menu choices -- Sidebar, Related Articles, Key News & Events, Overviews (all links to more information), as well as links at the top of the article, including "latest development...."

Click on Issues: Pro & Con (on left side of page). Click on More... to get to the A -- Z list of topics. Click on the letter M and look for Minimum Drinking Age. Note the layout and the pro & con statements with the topic in blue linked to more information, a thesis statement, a pro statement() and a con statement() related to the thesis statement.

You can also look up topics by clicking on "Access All Topics" on the right side of the page or under "Need a Research Topic?" in the box on the bottom right side of the screen.

Complete MLA and APA citations are found at the end of each article. Copy and paste them into your paper. Don't forget to double space and indent all lines after line one 5 spaces.

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Check the online catalog (http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-iec/), for books containing facts to support ideas and for more in-depth information on your topic. Here is a sampling available in the OCC reference collection for the topic air pollution:

REF 300 WOR          World at Risk
REF 317.3 CQS        CQ State Fact Finder, 2005.
REF 363.73 POL       Pollution A - Z
REF 363.7003 ENC   Encyclopedia of Environmental Science

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