Term Paper Topics
If you have a paper to write or a speech to give and you don't know where to start, browse these table titles for some ideas. For a list of even more topic ideas take a look at the library's Term Paper or Speech Topics page.
Laughter
- Is laughter really the best medicine - or a medicine at all?
- How has comedy changed to reflect society’s attitudes toward alcohol/abuse/sex?
- How does a person's sense of humor develop?
- Does comedy impact politics? If so, should we be concerned about this?
America According to Colbert by Call Number: PN 2287 .C653 M33 2011ISBN: 9780230104662Publication Date: 2011-10-15
Comic Visions by Call Number: PN1992.8 .C66 M35 1997ISBN: 9781577180036Publication Date: 1997-10-22
Invitation to Holistic Health by Call Number: R 733 .E456 2014ISBN: 9781449694210Publication Date: 2013-05-24
Laughter by Call Number: BF575 .L3 P76 2000ISBN: 9780670893751Publication Date: 2000-10-09
The Psychology of Humor by Call Number: BF 575 .L3 M37 2007ISBN: 9780123725646Publication Date: 2006-10-02
Reeling with Laughter by Call Number: PN 1995.9 .C55 T84 2012ISBN: 9780810883673Publication Date: 2012-05-03
Seriously Funny by Call Number: PN2285 .N25 2004ISBN: 9780823047864Publication Date: 2004-09-01
Health Care
- Can government policy control health care costs? Should it?
- How does health care reform impact small business?
- Is it possible for health care to be equitable in capitalist society? In any society?
- Should insurance companies be allowed to influence treatments, since they pay for them?
Concierge Medicine by Call Number: R728 .K57 2008ISBN: 9780313354779Publication Date: 2008-04-30
The Cost Disease by Call Number: HB 235 .U6 B38 2012ISBN: 9780300198157Publication Date: 2013-09-24
Healthcare Beyond Reform by Call Number: RA 395 .A3 F56 2012ISBN: 9781466511217Publication Date: 2012-04-24
Out of Practice by Call Number: R729.5 .G4 B36 2011ISBN: 9780801449765Publication Date: 2011-03-03
Priceless by Call Number: RA 395 .A3 G663 2012ISBN: 9781598130836Publication Date: 2012-06-01
Universal Health Care by Call Number: RA 412.2 .U55 2010ISBN: 9780737746495Publication Date: 2010-03-05
Crime
- Are prisons an effective means of preventing crime?
- What are some alternatives to prisons? How effective are they?
- Considering prison overcrowding, should we continue to have minimum sentencing guidelines? Why? Why not?
The Collapse of American Criminal Justice by Call Number: HV7432 .S78 2011ISBN: 9780674051751Publication Date: 2011-09-30
Crime by Call Number: HV7431 .W5 2004ISBN: 1558155090Publication Date: 2001-10-01
Crime and Criminals by Call Number: HV6789 .C681 2004ISBN: 9780737722239Publication Date: 2004-06-29
Crime Control in America by Call Number: HV 9950 .W67 2008ISBN: 9780205593392Publication Date: 2007-12-22
Hidden Truth by Call Number: HV9069 .R435 2010ISBN: 9780520262676Publication Date: 2010-07-15
The Insanity Offense by Call Number: RC443 .T67 2008ISBN: 9780393066586Publication Date: 2008-06-17
Punishment for Sale by Call Number: HV9469 .S45 2010ISBN: 9781442201736Publication Date: 2010-01-16
Mozart
- How do Mozart’s compositions impact today’s musicians?
- In what ways was Mozart a product of his times?
- In his operas how do Mozart’s depictions of women and marriage reflect his personal life?
Eyewitness Companions Opera by Call Number: ML1700 .R53 2006ISBN: 9780756622046Publication Date: 2006-10-30
Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by Call Number: ML410 .M9 A295 1972ISBN: 0486228592Publication Date: 1972-06-01- Mozart and Beethoven by Call Number: ML3858 .S49ISBN: 0801819873Publication Date: 1983-12-01
- Mozart; His Character, His Work by Call Number: ML410 .M9 E4 1968Publication Date: 1968
Musical MysteriesCall Number: ML3916 .B6 2010ISBN: 9781606350263Publication Date: 2011-01-01- The Operas of Mozart by Call Number: MT100 .M76 M3ISBN: 0195198913Publication Date: 1977-06-30
And for help with the writing...
How to Write and Give a Speech by Call Number: PN 4121 .D489 2014ISBN: 9781250041074Publication Date: 2014-03-04
The Concise Wadsworth Handbook by Call Number: PE1408 .K6746 2008ISBN: 9781413030617Publication Date: 2007-06-19
Sin Boldly by Call Number: PE1408 .W589 2000ISBN: 9780738203706Publication Date: 2000-07-20
The Student's Guide to Writing by Call Number: PE 1112 .P43 2012ISBN: 9780230373884Publication Date: 2012-09-04
