{"id":5528,"date":"2012-08-30T12:32:11","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T16:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=5528"},"modified":"2012-08-30T12:32:11","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T16:32:11","slug":"opposing-viewpoints-in-context-september-database-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/opposing-viewpoints-in-context-september-database-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposing Viewpoints in Context &#8211; September Database of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ezproxy.fau.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/infotrac.galegroup.com\/itweb\/gale15691?db=OVIC\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5948\" title=\"Syrian Defense Minister Dawood Rajiha was killed Wednesday by a suicide bomber in Syria\" src=\"http:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/WAX20120718303_sm_ovic-300x116.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/strong>On July 18th, a suicide bomber kills Syrian Defense Minister Daoud Rajha  and President Bashar al-Assad\u2019s brother-in-law Assef Shawkat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ezproxy.fau.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/infotrac.galegroup.com\/itweb\/gale15691?db=OVIC\"><strong><em>Opposing Viewpoints in Context<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is the premier online  resource covering today\u2019s hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling  to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration. <em>Opposing Viewpoints in Context<\/em> helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data  for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for  debates, creating presentations and more.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the engaging, streamlined interface and  media-rich topic pages, the product&#8217;s unprecedented collection of  content and curriculum-focused tools that help students explore issues  from all perspectives include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More than 14,000 pro\/con viewpoint essays<\/li>\n<li>5,000+ topic overviews<\/li>\n<li>More than 300 primary source documents<\/li>\n<li>300 biographies of social activists and reformers<\/li>\n<li>More than 775 court-case overviews<\/li>\n<li>5 million periodical articles<\/li>\n<li>Nearly 6,000 statistical tables, charts and graphs<\/li>\n<li>Nearly 70,000 images and a link to Google Image Search<\/li>\n<li>Thousands of podcasts, including weekly presidential addresses and premier NPR programs<\/li>\n<li>A national and state curriculum standards search, correlated to  the content that allows educators to quickly identify material by grade  and discipline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 18th, a suicide bomber kills Syrian Defense Minister Daoud Rajha and President Bashar al-Assad\u2019s brother-in-law Assef Shawkat. 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