JOUR 4201

• You may end up drawing from a variety of different resources for your assignments. The following tools will help you map your ideas and keep them organized:

Draw.io

• Save your progress to local device or cloud account
• Access through your browser

Visual Understanding Environment (VUE)

• Download software to your computer

See a real-world use of collaborative network mapping using Investigative Dashboard -- see how it works

LibGuides Community

• Search for research guides specifically on your topic from around the world

Subject Guides from Carleton

• Complete, A - Z listing

Searching Google

• Tip: to retrieve region-specific results, try Google's international pages
  • Why broaden your search? Watch this TED talk: Beware Online "Filter Bubbles" (9 min.) by Eli Pariser

Search Tips

• site: limits your search to a specific site
  • site:carleton.ca
• filetype: limits your search results to a specific file type
  • filetype:pdf
  • filetype:ppt
  • filetype:xls
• quote marks for phrases
• For example:
  • site:sony.net filetype:pdf "annual report"

Google Scholar

• Carleton resources are indexed with Google Scholar, so access via the Library to link up with our collection

Google Trends

• Shows volume of your search over time and from what region of the world
• See related queries for common vocabulary surrounding this topic

Google Alerts

• Receive email alerts of newly-published web content, based on key words or phrases

Alternative search engines:

• BASE (for academic content)
• BING
• Duck Duck Go

Think Tank Search

• Search the websites of think tanks/universities/governments/advocacy groups/foundations/non-governmental organizations/businesses with respect to public policy research

Blog Search Engine

• Search a variety of sites, including non-profit organizations

Economics Search Engine

• Probes economics-based websites

HuriSearch

• Search engine devoted to human rights resources

Government Information

• Search Canadian and international government documents, as well as Intergovernmental Organizations

Gallop Portal

• For Canadian Government and Legislative Libraries documents

Library of Parliament

• Research publications used by parliamentarians when discussing key issues, legislation, and public policy

Parliament of Canada -- Committees

• Listing of committees, including links to studies, briefs, reports, and transcripts

Statistics Canada

• Insights on Canadian Society -- information from a wide range of data sources on various aspects of Canadian society

Journalist's Resource

• Synopses of current events in the news, supplemented with relevant scholarly material

Bureau of Investigative Journalism

• In-depth research and analysis into the governance of public, private, and third-sector organizations

Library Guides

• Access to Information and Privacy: Public Policy Resources

Policy and Association Resources

• Canadian Public Documents Collection
• Conference Board of Canada e-Library
• Council of Canadian Academies
• Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) (Canadian based, focus on Canadians and Canadian Government)
• The North-South Institute (Canadian-based, dedicated to international development)
  • No longer in operation, but find historical reports under Publications tab

Think Tanks

Country Information (for an authoritative overview of foreign countries)

• EIU.com (economic analyses and forecasts by country)
• GlobalEDGE (country snap-shots for business professionals)

Open Access (OA) Publications

• For documents not available in our traditional databases

Searching for Grey Literature

• Research that is typically available sooner than scholarly literature