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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LexisNexis State CapitalLexisNexis State Capital is an online service providing access to state government information. It includes legislative information (status of bills, full text of bills, legislative calendars), state statutes, full text of state regulations, information about state legislators and their staffs, and news sources for information on state issues for all 50 states.
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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.
