About Real-Time Reference
Real-time Reference
Credo's Real-time Reference content category provides context and background on issues of current social importance. All Core Collections include 200+ entries from ProCon.org, Facts on File, Allsides, Bloomberg QuickTakes and The Conversation that cover and debate topics discussed today, like gun control, the gender wage gap, climate change, and more. Entries are updated regularly and new content is sourced continuously to offer reliable, non-biased research from around the world.
ProCon.org
ProConProvides the pros and cons of controversial issues shaping our society. Entries are supported with background information that delves into the issue, with pro and con arguments, verified facts and additional reading.
ProCon HeadlinesProCon Headlines provide nonpartisan background information on news happening in the world today.
Other Real-time Reference
Bloomberg QuickTake: Hard-to-explain topics, explained simplyHard-to-explain topics, explained simply. Bloomberg QuickTakes offer background information on issues happening today.
The Conversation: Academic Rigor, Analysis and ResearchArticles present academic rigor, analysis and research on topics happening around the globe.
Issues and Controversies: Overviews and Pro/Con ArgumentsExplores and analyzes hundreds of hot topics in politics, business, government, crime, law, energy, education, health, family, science, foreign policy, race, rights, society, and culture. Since its inception, Issues & Controversies has been a core student and educator resource for understanding and writing about contemporary events and conflicts, as well as for debate prep.
AllSides Balanced DictionaryProvides multi-perspective analysis of controversial terms, from "abortion" to "Zionism."