Best Choices for Scholarly Articles
Fall 2018 Student Topics
- criminal justice reform
- mental health reform
- reproductive rights
- sports betting
- state water issues
What are the differences between popular, scholarly and trade journals?
Class Prep
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Video on concept mappingIntroduction to a useful technique to develop your topic.
State Government Information
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Iowa Publications OnlinePublished reports from a variety of state legislative and executive agencies.
State Policy Organizations
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National Conference of State LegislaturesEspecially their "research" tab
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Uniform Law Commission"Provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafted legislation that brings clarity and stability to critical areas of state statutory law."
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American Legislative Exchange Council"America’s largest nonpartisan, voluntary membership organization of state legislators dedicated to the principles of limited government, free markets and federalism.".
Data Resources
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RE3DataA collection of data repositories that may include some policy sources.
