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Jessie Ball duPont Library

Rhetoric 101: Public Speaking

Choosing a Topic is Research!

Check out this helpful video about the process of choosing a topic!

(Put together by the librarians at North Carolina State University)

 

Discover Topics

Polling and Issues Websites

These sites include data and infographics that can help you see what people think about your controversy.

Think Tanks

Think tanks do research and present reports on issues, but they should be viewed with caution by information-seekers, since they are often partisan. Because of this bias, they may be helpful for research into a particular viewpoint. Often the general consensus will align think tanks with a particular place on the political spectrum. Those alignments are noted in the descriptions below.