Highline College Library: CMST 101 Introduction to Communication (Voso): Choosing & Narrowing an Informative Topic

Explore and develop your topic

Choose and explore a topic - click for a short IRIS tutorial to get you started.

Tips for Choosing a Topic - below is a 5 minute video via YouTube.

These databases have lists of topics for you to explore.

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new window
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center brings together viewpoint articles, contextual topic overviews, government and organizational statistics and more.
eLibrary (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
A gateway to a wide variety of sources including TV and radio transcripts, magazine articles, reference books, newspapers, maps, pictures, audio and video clips. Contains more than 2,500 full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts

Encyclopedias are great places to get topic ideas! You can find definitions, basic facts and background information.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale eBooks) This link opens in a new window
Access to a collection of over 60 electronic encyclopedias on a variety of topics including business, law, history, medicine, science and many other subjects. Find more electronic encyclopedias by accessing A-Z List .