LSC-CyFair Library Guides: Dual Credit ENGL 1301/1302: Choose a Topic

Tips for choosing a topic

Google News
Browse top news stories in the U.S. and World, or by categories like business, economics, health, etc.
Idea Generator
This guide from Old Dominion Library has long lists of topics in lots of different areas (business, education, etc.).
Pew Research Center
Reports and data on public opinion in the United States relating to politics, media, social trends, religion, and more.
Google Trends
Google Trends tracks searches in real time to reveal which topics are trending and where those topics are most popular, as well as historical data back to 2004.

Snopes
Snopes is the oldest and largest fact-checking site on the web. Search with keywords or URLs to find out if a story you've seen on the internet has any truth to it.
FactCheck.org
Published by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, this nonpartisan, nonprofit site can help you determine if stories about news, health, and science are factual or not.
Politifact
Politifact is a nonpartisan site that ranks news stories on a scale of True to Pants on Fire! Use it to help determine if a news story you see on the internet is credible.