{"id":3140,"date":"2019-11-01T10:09:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T14:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/?page_id=3140"},"modified":"2019-11-05T10:35:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T15:35:32","slug":"finding-sources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/finding-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Sources: Search Strategies for Educ 300 Ed Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>If you know little<\/strong> about a\u00a0topic, start\u00a0with a tertiary source (such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wikipedia<\/a>, the user-contributed encyclopedia) for a quick background and suggested secondary sources, to dig deeper with\u00a0further reading.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To decide where to look<\/strong> for the most appropriate sources, ask yourself:<br \/>\nWhat type of person or organization might have created sources about this\u00a0topic? Where might these people\u00a0have archived or published these sources?<\/p>\n<p><strong>a) Academic Databases<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For a broad search<\/strong> of scholarly secondary and primary sources, start with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/LITC\/Library\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Trinity Library Catalog<\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"https:\/\/trincoll.on.worldcat.org\/advancedsearch?databaseList=\">Trinity WorldCat advanced search<\/a>: library catalog of books, chapters, media, articles, and archives,\u00a0with links to items at Trinity, Conn College, Wesleyan, and elsewhere<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.com\">Google Scholar<\/a>\u00a0(or use\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar-google-com.ezproxy.trincoll.edu\">off-campus link<\/a>)\u00a0&#8211; scholarly articles and case law, with links to items at Trinity Library and elsewhere<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For a narrow\u00a0search<\/strong>,\u00a0try databases selected for this course\u00a0at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/LITC\/Library\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Trinity Library<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/courseguides.trincoll.edu\/americahistory\">America: History and Life<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; scholarly articles, books, and reviews in U.S. history<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/courseguides.trincoll.edu\/edindexretro\">Education Index Retrospective<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0education\u00a0journal articles, 1929-1983<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eric.ed.gov\">ERIC.ed.gov<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0education\u00a0resources, reports, articles, hosted by US govt\u00a0since 1964<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/courseguides.trincoll.edu\/jstor\">JSTOR<\/a> &#8211; full-text of\u00a0scholarly journals\u00a0across fields, excluding past 2-5 years<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/courseguides.trincoll.edu\/psycart\">PsycArticles<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/courseguides.trincoll.edu\/psycinfo\">PsycInfo<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; scholarly articles in psychology and ed since 1890s<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/courseguides.trincoll.edu\/socabs\">Sociological Abstracts<\/a> &#8211; scholarly articles in sociology since 1952<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalrepository.trincoll.edu\/\">Trinity College Digital Repository<\/a>, with <a href=\"http:\/\/digitalrepository.trincoll.edu\/educ_etd\/\">Ed Studies senior research projects<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/courseguides.trincoll.edu\/az.php\">See all Trinity Library subscription databases<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Meet the <a href=\"http:\/\/courseguides.trincoll.edu\">Trinity research librarians and make an appointment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>b) Digital Libraries and Web Archives<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/\">Google Books<\/a> &#8211; digital library of full-text books; some results appear as excerpts<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/ngrams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Ngram<\/a> &#8211; search frequency over time\u00a0of\u00a0words\/phrases in\u00a0Google Books<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hathitrust.org\/\">HathiTrust<\/a> &#8211; digital library of full-text books, hosted by academic libraries<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Internet Archive<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; public digital library, with <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/web\/web.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WayBackMachine<\/a> for past websites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>c) Government\u00a0Data and Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cga.ct.gov\">Connecticut General Assembly<\/a>, with search tools for bill and state statutes, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cga.ct.gov\/olr\/\">Office of Legislative Research<\/a> non-partisan reports<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sde.ct.gov\/sde\/site\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connecticut State Dept of Ed<\/a> (CSDE) and its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sde.ct.gov\/sde\/cwp\/view.asp?a=2758&amp;q=334520\">Performance Office<\/a> for newer data and research, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sdeportal.ct.gov\/Cedar\/WEB\/ct_report\/CedarHome.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CT Education Data and Research<\/a> (CEDaR) for older items<\/li>\n<li>Connecticut open data repositories &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/datavizforall.org\">see guide and links at DataVizForAll.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/\">US Census<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/courseguides.trincoll.edu\/socialexplorer\">Social Explorer<\/a>\u00a0demographic data &#8211; see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/datavizforall.org\">DataVizForAll.org guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.gov\/\">US Department of Education<\/a>, with <a href=\"http:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/\">National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsreportcard.gov\/\">Nation&#8217;s Report Card\/National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>d) Journalism<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\">Chronicle of Higher Education<\/a> &#8211; newsweekly online (Trinity network supports full search)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ctmirror.org\">Connecticut Mirror<\/a> &#8211; statewide policy journalism since 2010<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edweek.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EducationWeek.org<\/a> &#8211; preK-12 newsweekly since 1981 (requires instructor&#8217;s password)<\/li>\n<li><em>Hartford Courant<\/em> daily newspaper has two separate databases:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/courseguides.trincoll.edu\/couranthist\">1764-1992 Hartford Courant Historical<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/courseguides.trincoll.edu\/courant\">1992-present Hartford Courant<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/\">Inside Higher Ed<\/a> &#8211; journalism on colleges and universities<\/li>\n<li>National news &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/courseguides.trincoll.edu\/iconnnewsproquest\">ProQuest News<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/courseguides.trincoll.edu\/lexis\">Lexis Nexis Academic<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/courseguides.trincoll.edu\/newssourceplus\">Newspaper Source Plus<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See also <a href=\"http:\/\/search.proquest.com.ezproxy.trincoll.edu\/hnpnewyorktimes\/advanced?accountid=14405\">New York Times Historical Archive<\/a> (full-text 1854-2014)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>e) Specialized\u00a0data\u00a0tools<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/projects.ctmirror.org\/yourschool\/about.html\">CT School comparison tool<\/a>\u00a0by CT Mirror<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/contracts.conncan.org\/\">CT Teacher and Administrator Contracts<\/a> by ConnCAN<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/followthemoney.org\">FollowTheMoney.org<\/a> to track campaign contributions in all US states, by National Institute on Money in State Politics<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/\">GovTrack.us<\/a> to track legislative process in US Congress, by Civic Impulse<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/\">OpenSecrets.org<\/a> to track donors and lobbying, by Center for Responsive Politics<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openstates.org\/\">Open States<\/a> to track legislative process in any US state, by Sunlight Foundation<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/segregation-now\/\">School Segregation after Brown<\/a>, school data and court orders, by ProPublica<\/li>\n<li>Tax-exempt non-profit organization data\u00a0with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charitynavigator.org\/\">CharityNavigator.org<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/foundationcenter.org\/findfunders\/990finder\/\">Foundation Center IRS Form 990 Finder<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you know little about a\u00a0topic, start\u00a0with a tertiary source (such as\u00a0Wikipedia, the user-contributed encyclopedia) for a quick background and suggested secondary sources, to dig deeper with\u00a0further reading. To decide where to look for the most appropriate sources, ask yourself: What type of person or organization might have created sources about this\u00a0topic? 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