CQ Researcher is a great place to start doing pre-research. In addition to fighting misinformation with original comprehensive reporting and analysis on current issues, CQ researcher can help you develop your key words and search terms. You can find pros/cons for a variety of topics as well as a timeline of non-biased coverage of hot topic issues.
Founded in 1923, CQ Researcher provides original, authoritative reports on newsworthy social and political issues. Covering topics in public policy, law, civil liberties, international affairs, economics, health, education, the environment, technology, and more, CQ Researcher is renowned for its objectivity, breadth, and depth of coverage.
Every report includes:
·Overview of the Issue
·Current Situation
·Chronology
·Pro/Con Debate
·Short Features
·Maps/Graphs
Another great pre-research source is eLibrary. From here, you can get help choosing a topic, view trending topics or search by topic to get more information about an issue and narrow down your research question in order to build an effective keyword search.
You will discover Research topic pages with your search results on editorially created pages that will provide valuable context for both common and more unusual topics of research. All content is 100% full-text, including documents from books, magazines, journals, newspapers, photographs, transcripts, and videos. The collection covers a wide variety of topics.