Welcome to the 'Using CQ Researcher' video. Let's do a quick search on a topic.
Let's search on 'abortion', since it is consistently one of our top searches.
The search results display report titles and the topics that they fall under.
Please note that our search results default to a relevancy display and not a date-ordered display.
That's why 'Roe v. Wade' is displayed as one of the first search results even though it was published in 1997.
You can change the search function to a date-ordered display if you prefer.
You'll also note that some topics have a symbol next to them indicating that they are among the twenty hot topics listed on the homepage.
Let's select a report. Each report is roughly twenty-four pages and broken into thirteen sections.
The sections are listed on the left nav.
Reports begin with an 'Overview' section.
Followed by three debate-style issue questions and then a 'Background' section that provides historical context.
Next comes the 'Current Situation' section focusing on where the topic stands today.
Followed by a forward-looking 'Outlook' section.
Reports are extensively footnoted, providing students with online links to cited articles for additional research.
Also, each report has a chronology showing the topic's progression through time.
In this case we can see that many birth control devices were invented in the 1800s.
Reports also include a bibliography, short sidebar features
plus visuals such as maps, graphs and tables to help students delve deeply into issues.
Each report ends with 'The Next Step', which offers links to additional resources to guide students to the logical next step in their research.
This is a great guide for novice researchers.
Reports can be e-mailed or printed at both section and full report levels.
The option to 'view PDF' allows you to read or save the report as a PDF - a popular feature.
If you are seeking authoritatve content and analysis on important social and political issues
you'll appreciate CQ Researcher's deep coverage spanning 90 years.
For more information on how to use CQ Researcher visit the help page.
