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PLSC 4304: Research Methods: Overview

Evaluation Practice

You are conducting a literature review on the topic of the impact of government actions on protest. With the following three articles:

Identify the method and findings.
Diagram relationships apparent in the findings.
Determine which would be relevant to the hypothetical literature review and vote in Mentimeter.

Searching for Articles

Ebsco Political Science Search
First stop for articles from political science. For articles about a country, use the name as a subject. This link searches across three databases with content relevant for political science.

PAIS This link opens in a new window
Public Affairs Information Service covers public & social policies, international relations, & world politics

Elicit
This AI tools lets you discover scholarly sources and filter by useful facets like independent variable. Realize that it is only searching through the abstract of articles that are behind a paywall.

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Subjects: Government, International & Area Studies, Political Science, Public Policy & International Affairs