Good for: Controversial topics in social issues, environment, health, education, science, and technology.
Contains: Reports with information about all sides of an issue, including comments from experts in the field, charts and graphs, a pro-con feature, a chronology, a bibliography for additional research, and a list of contacts.
Dates covered: 1923-present.
Searchable published news, legal, medical and business information.
There are a lot of great government resources available online. One of the easiest ways to find them on Google is to add site:.gov after your keyword search--such as:
Databases Focusing on Statistics
Think Tanks: A think tank or policy institute is a research institute that performs research and advocacy on topics such as social policy, political strategy, military, technology, and culture.
Think tank reports and documents on social and political issues.
Good for: Researching communication studies.
Contains: Abstracts of articles published in communication studies literature.
Dates covered: 1915-present.
Good for: Finding scholarship in communication and mass media studies, including journalism and popular culture.
Contains: Journal articles.
Dates covered: 1900-current date
Good for: Researching communication and media studies.
Contains: Full text of 16 communication studies journals.
Dates covered: 1950-current date.
1972-
Index to the literature of public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general.
A note about Google Scholar . . .
Although Google Scholar contains many resources, it does not contain access to all relevant resources for your research topic. Researchers are strongly encouraged to look at the additional resources mentioned above to conduct a thorough literature review. You do not need to purchase articles via Google Scholar many are available for through the UNLV Libraries or via Interlibrary Loan.
For help connecting to UNLV Libraries' resources through Google Scholar see the following.