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POLI 54: The American Worker: Home
Research Design & Support
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What Makes a Good Research Question?Handout from Duke University's Thompson Writing Program Writing Studio. Has good guidelines for and examples of research questions in the social sciences.
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UNC Writing CenterVisit UNC's Writing Center to make appointments, find writing tips, and access handouts useful for writing literature reviews and research papers.
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Writing Standards in Political ScienceHandout from The Writing Center at UNC on writing in Political Science
Finding Books
Start with a keyword search in the catalog. Once you have located a relevant item, you can look at the Subjects in the record and follow those links to find related books.
You can also refine your results by using the facets on the left side of the screen.
Sample Subjects:
- Keyword: family leave and policy
- Associated Subject Heading: Parental leave -- United States
- Associated Subject Heading: Labor laws and legislation -- United States
Citing
Plagiarism Tutorial
This is an interactive tutorial dealing with plagiarism and how to summarize and cite your sources correctly.
African American Studies Librarian
Interlibrary Loan
Can't find the article, book, or report you need at our library? You can request it from another library through interlibrary loan.