For this assignment, you might need several types of sources:
Source Type | Start Here |
Scholarly Articles |
Start with the library search bar - advanced search. Try the "peer reviewed" limit. You can also use the recommended library databases below. |
Reports from think tanks and government agencies |
Google or on a specific site (like the one for the Brooking Institution). Use recommendations and Google Search Tips below. Make sure to evaluate potential sources. |
Journalism/News | Google News or the UT Libraries NexisUni database, or the UT Libraries access to the New York Times. The Texas Tribune is also freely available online. Make sure to evaluate unfamiliar publications. |
Legislation | Access Texas legislation at Texas Legislature Online. You can search by keyword, but another strategy is to search for important legislation you read about in a news article. |
Searching databases is different than searching Google. Distil what you're looking for into a few key terms or phrases, rather than whole sentences.
Key Concepts |
immigrant students | academic achievement | policy debates |
Related Terms |
undocumented students (more specific) immigrants
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learning academic performance achievement (more general) success academic success |
public debate policy ideas policy proposals attitudes (more general/related) negative attitudes positive attitudes |
Multidisciplinary databases
Features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for 1,000 journals.
Members of the public can read online up to three articles for free every two weeks from a large subset of JSTOR journals via the Register & Read program. This program allows remote access. Non-UT students, faculty and staff who need more articles can contact library staff for other access options.
For more information on ebooks see the Ebook Guide
Subject-Specific Databases
Searchable cited references provided for more than 1,200 journals. Contains detailed author profiles for the 20,000 most-cited authors in the database.
Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, and SWOT analyses.
News/Journalism
Legislation
Google Search Tips:
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This video, from RMIT University, explains what a database is...
If you don’t see a .pdf of the article you want, click FIND IT AT UT to find it in another database or in print in the Libraries.
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