{"id":3012,"date":"2010-09-01T08:36:28","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T12:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=3012"},"modified":"2010-09-01T08:44:21","modified_gmt":"2010-09-01T12:44:21","slug":"points-of-view-reference-center-september-database-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/points-of-view-reference-center-september-database-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Points of View Reference Center &#8211; September Database of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/ezproxy.fau.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&amp;profile=pov\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3016 aligncenter\" title=\"Points of View Reference Center\" src=\"http:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/PointofView.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong><a title=\"Points of view reference center\" href=\"http:\/\/ezproxy.fau.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&amp;profile=pov\">Points of View Reference Center<\/a><\/strong>\u2122<\/em> is a full-text database that includes a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides more than 270 topics, each with an overview (objective background\/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and <em>Critical Thinking Guide<\/em>. In addition, you can find\u00a0 research guides to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers. Topics covered include: affirmative action, cloning, DNA profiling, HIV\/AIDS status disclosure, immigration, Iraq, Israel &amp; the Palestinians, Katrina and FEMA response, nuclear proliferation, separation of church and state, standardized testing, stem cell research, tax cuts, voting machines, and many more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/POV.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3025\" title=\"POV\" src=\"http:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/POV.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Points of View Reference Center<\/em> also contains a balance of materials from leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio &amp; TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books.\u00a0 Additionally, this database contains the <em>Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century<\/em>, providing a searchable collection of some of the most important social, political, and cultural moments of the 20th century. <em>Points of View Reference Center<\/em> provides the basis from which students can realize and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Points of View Reference Center\u2122 is a full-text database that includes a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides more than 270 topics, each with an overview (objective background\/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. In addition, you can find\u00a0 research guides to debate, developing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[234],"tags":[504],"class_list":["post-3012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-database-of-the-month-2","tag-current-events"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3012"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3106,"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3012\/revisions\/3106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}