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POLS 110 State and Local Government
- 1. POLS 110 Whitaker STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- 2. Step 1: Pick a topic. Sample Topic: Is the time right for the rise of third party political candidates in New York State? Step 2: Start researching that topic but as you learn more and uncover resources, be ready to revise your topic as your research unfolds. You are to write a paper of at least five (5) full pages according to Professor Whitaker’s requirements. *** WHERE TO BEGIN?
- 3. YOUR PAPER SHOULD INCLUDE: Research of original data/statistics utilizing either/or the New York State Statistical Yearbook http://rockinst.org/nys_statistics/ or the NYS Data Portal https://data.ny.gov/ Use of at least three books as sources. One of these three is the class textbook. Find at least two books *or* one book and one academic journal to complement the textbook that pertain to your specific topic (check indexes for references in books to your topic) These are minimal requirements; you may find it helpful to use online newspaper databases, such as those available through HVCC library website and timesunion.com archive.
- 4. BOOKS
- 5. FOR EXAMPLE…
- 7. ACADEMIC JOURNALS Start with One Search. Check Full Text and Peer Reviewed* which will require your articles to be full text and scholarly (peer-reviewed). Let’s use the same search terms we used for our book search: New York political parties
- 8. WHAT HAPPENED? CAN YOU SEE WHY THE HVCC ONESEARCH ADVANCED SEARCH IS SO VALUABLE? *If you check Full Text, you may miss some articles that we can get for you through Interlibrary Loan. If you have more than enough articles, Full Text is probably ok. You can also choose the Find Articles tab (see prior screen) and search individual databases. There are many ways to find scholarly articles using the Dwight Marvin Library!
- 9. Statistics using either New York State Statistical Yearbook or NYS Data Portal http://rockinst.org/nys_statistics: 2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook, 38th Edition Select and download on-line data tables https://data.ny.gov/ STATISTICS
- 10. OPTIONAL LIBRARY RESOURCES Statista database: third party politics
- 12. OPTIONAL LIBRARY RESOURCES Newspapers – Example: New York Newspapers