This document provides guidance on researching the topic of domestic surveillance outside of traditional journal articles. It recommends choosing and refining a topic, using library databases and resources to gain a foundational understanding, and analyzing information from various sources like newspapers, institutional repositories, think tanks, and more. The document also provides specific database, website, and organization recommendations and contact information for the reference desk for additional research help.

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COMMUNICATIONS:
OUTSIDE OF THE JOURNAL

2. CHOOSE A TOPIC
•Domestic Surveillance

3. REFINE TOPIC
•Mind Map
•Ask Questions
•Verbal Vomit

4. LIBRARY RESOURCES
• Opposing Viewpoints Database
• Great place for news and analysis of current events
• Argues both sides of the event (Don’t read until you have a
foundation)
• Communications & Mass Media Complete
• Jstor
• CQ Weekly

5. GAIN A FOUNDATION
• Search for general information and gain a foundation of
knowledge.
• Wikipedia (Don’t Cite-Glean & chase footnotes)
• Encyclopedia Britannica Academic Edition (AVL)
• OneSearch
• Research starter
• Government Documents
• USA.gov
• FDsys
• CIA.gov
• Congress.gov (primary legislation & arguments from policy makers)

6. ANALYZE & GATHER
• Once informed access articles that analyze the
event from different perspectives.
• New York Times, Washington Post, and more
• NYT: Archive!
• Be careful! There is a lot of crap

7. INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES
• Many great Universities are now promoting their
student and faculty research for open access.
• This means you can use it for free.
• You just need to know where to look.
• DukeSpace:
http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/
• University of Virgina: http://libra.virginia.edu/
• University of Iowa: http://ir.uiowa.edu/

8. THINK-TANKS
• An organization or institution that conducts research and
engages in advocacy in policy, politics, economics, science,
business and more.
• Many or non-profit, government funded, advocacy bases, or
business orientated.
• Many are issue focused and are lobbying tools.

9. THE BEST
1. Brookings Institute
2. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
3. Center for Strategic and International Studies
4. Council on Foreign Relations
5. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
6. RAND Corporation
7. Pew Research Center
8. CATO Institute
9. Heritage Foundation
10. Center for American Progress

10. CONTACT
• Contact the reference desk
• in person, phone, chat, email, etc.
• Call us: (256)824-6529
• Text us: (256) 286-2368
• Chat with us: http://libanswers.uah.edu/
• https://twitter.com/uahlibrary
• https://www.facebook.com/uahlibrary
• Seth Porter: Instruction Librarian & Government Documents Coordinator
• 256.824.6130
• smp0024@uah.edu