The Final Presidential Debate: Research Resources from the USC Libraries

Political Science & Public Policy
  • Elizabeth Galoozis, Melissa Miller, Eimmy Solis, and Melanee Vicedo
  • Oct 23, 2020

Many topics emerged during the presidential debate last night between incumbent President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. The USC Libraries offer a large collection of online resources, such as articles from popular and scholarly journals and newspapers, e-books, reports, data, and statistics to help you research these topics. Subject areas and related library resources are listed below. The USC Libraries provide access to Oxford Bibliographies, which is a collection of annotated bibliographies written by scholars that cover many subject areas discussed, race and policing. 

Also be sure to check out our 2020 election guide for news sources, as well as local and national voting and election information. If you’re looking for statistics and data on any topic, also check out our Statistics and Data guide.

The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) posted the topics for the last presidential debate as announced by the moderator:

  • Fighting COVID-19
  • National Security
  • American Families
  • Race in America
  • Climate Change
  • Leadership

Fighting COVID-19

Research Guide: Resources for Coronavirus (Covid-19)

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National Security

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American Families 

The Economy

Research Guide: Political Science - Economic Policy Research Resources 

Government Resource: Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) - St. Louis Fed

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Healthcare

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Race in America

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Climate Change

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Leadership

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