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CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Contains original, comprehensive reports and analysis on issues in the news. CQ Researcher is part of CQ Collections.
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Research Tools
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Online Writing Lab (Purdue University)- Resources for citation and research writing.
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Zotero- Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources.
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APA Tutorial- A basic tutorial on writing and citing in APA style.
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Public Policy Gray Literature
Gray literature is written by scholars or practitioners with expertise in the field of public policy, but not published in traditional academic journals.
Examples include white papers, reports, and proposals from think tanks and other public policy organizations. Gray literature can be very useful in finding policy alternatives or getting background information on a policy topic.
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HKS Think Tank SearchThink Tank Search is a custom Google search of over 1200 think tank websites.
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FindPolicy.orgSearches multiple think tanks at once for policy papers on a variety of international and domestic policy topics.
Academic Databases for Secondary Sources
The databases below are great starting points for finding sources for your papers. However, due to the potential interdisciplinarity of your topics, you may need to use other subject-specific databases. Use our A-Z Databases list to browse databases by subject, type, or keyword search.
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EconLit This link opens in a new windowContains citations to economic literature with more than a million records from 1969-present.
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ERIC (via EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) is a premier database for educational literature. It contains journal articles, reports, dissertations, government documents, policy papers, and more.
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GreenFILE This link opens in a new windowIndex of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, offering a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Includes journal content, primary sources, images, and more across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Beginning August 1, 2024 Artstor's content is now accessed on JSTOR.
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One Search This link opens in a new windowUnified discovery service that searches the library catalog, article databases, electronic resources, digital collections and more from one search box.
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Political Science Complete This link opens in a new windowProvides full text, indexing, and abstracts for journals in the field of political science, including those of the International Political Science Association.
Statistics and Data
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Roper Center For Public Opinion Research This link opens in a new windowCollection of polling data from 1936 to the present that includes US polling firms, social issues, politics, pop culture, international affairs, and more.
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Mississippi Today DataMississippi Today is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization focusing on Mississippi. They collect publicly available data and statistics.
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Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista is one of the leading statistics companies on the internet. With a team of over 200 statisticians, database experts, analysts, and editors, Statista provides users with an innovative and intuitive tool for researching quantitative data, statistics and related information.
This database includes an AI powered tool. For more information see the Statista Research AI information page.
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Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to modern and historical census data and demographic information. Users can access this resource as a guest or create a Social Explorer account.
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ICPSR This link opens in a new window
One of the world's largest repositories of social science data and documentation. Topics covered include sociology, political science, economics, demography, education, child care, health care, crime, minority populations, aging, terrorism, substance abuse, mental health, public policy, and international relations.
Personal account required to download some datasets
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