Prince George's Community College

301 Largo Road
Largo, Maryland 20774

Tools for Topic Ideas

Choose a topic that is of interest to you so that you will enjoy doing research to learn more about it. Decide what information you would like to find about the topic and develop a topic statement.

• Ready Reference Books (Shelved behind the Reference Desk):

Arco's 10,000 Ideas for Term Papers, Projects, Reports and Speeches

Arco's 1000 Ideas for English Papers

Current Issues

• Stories in the News

• Newspaper Editorials

• Table of Contents and Indexes of Books

• Encyclopedias

• Personal Experiences

• Suggestions from Your Instructor

• Web Sites

Brookings Policy Brief Index (Topics of Current Interest)
The Gallup Organization (Current Topics from Polls)
Global Ideas Bank (Categorized Sections)
Old Dominion Libraries Idea Generator(Topics by Broad Categories)
PBS Frontline (Browse by Subject)
St. Ambrose University Library (Hot Topics by Broad Issues)
Science in the Headlines (Current Topics in Sciences)
Town Hall: Issues (Issues Grouped by Broad Categories)