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<b>MeL Minute</b> – <b>Opposing Viewpoints in Context</b><br>
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There is a veritable swirl of social issues around us--terrorism, infectious diseases, climate change, reproductive rights, to name but a few. The Michigan eLibrary,
<a href="http://mel.org">http://mel.org</a> has a resource that can help make sense of subjects that get debated officially or unofficially. <b>Opposing Viewpoints in Context (OVIC) </b></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">is
a targeted resource which helps students, teachers and those who are interested in both sides of an issue or controversy and all the background that goes with it. An eResource from Gale,
<b>OVIC, </b></span><a href="http://teens.mel.org/index.php?P=GoTo&ID=4972&MF=4" target="_blank" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-gale.php?database=OVIC</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> features
viewpoint essays, news, statistics, images, primary sources and much more. Did you know that the National Debate Topic is covered in
<b>OVIC</b>? </span><font color="#000000" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Find
<b>Opposing Viewpoints in Context </b>in </font><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">the alphabetic list of MeL Databases </span><a href="http://mel.org/Databases" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">http://mel.org/Databases</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> and
in the MeL Teens Gateway, </span><a href="http://mel.org/teens" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">http://mel.org/teens</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">, in Homework Help and Life Happens.
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Deb Biggs Thomas</span>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Michigan eLibrary & Outreach Coordinator</div>
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