SOCI 053: The Consequences of Welfare Reform and Prospects for the Future: Research Process
Develop Your Topic & Choose Keywords
- CQ ResearcherThe CQ Researcher is the perfect answer for people beginning research on current topics. It covers the most current and controversial issues of the day. From Abortion to War, each issue gives you a comprehensive review of the controversies, historical background, chronology of important events, opposing views from experts on the subject, and extensive bibliographies for additional research.
- Issues and Controversies on FileContains full text articles on current topics of interest, arranged in opposing points of view. It is intended to give users a quick grasp of the essentials of more than 250 controversial news topics. It also contains chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information.
- Points of View Reference SourceProvides students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Essays provide questions and materials for further thought and study and are accompanied by thousands of supporting articles.
- Keywords and Boolean searchThis webpage explains the process of selecting keywords and using Boolean searching (AND, OR, NOT and so on). University of Colorado, Boulder
Develop your research question
- What Makes a Good Research Question?Handout from Duke University's (yes, Duke) Thompson Writing Program Writing Studio. Has guidelines and examples of research questions.
Peer Review
- Evaluating Print SourcesThis is a handy guide from UNC-CH's Writing Center about evaluating your sources.
- Popular vs. Trade vs. ScholarlyHandy chart from University Libraries to help you determine if your resource is from a popular magazine, trade/professional publication or a scholarly journal.
Writing & Citing
The UNC Writing Center offers face-to-face or online consultations; also asynchronous draft feedback. They also have guides to help with your writing, including:
Example Policy Briefs
- Undervalued and Underpaid in America: Women in Low-Wage, Female-Dominated Jobs - Institute for Women's Policy Research
- Paid Parental Leave in the United States - Institute for Women's Policy Research
- Harvard Kennedy School of Government policy briefs
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