POLS 110 Whitaker

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Step 1: Pick a topic.

Sample Topic: Is the time right for the rise of third party political candidates in New York State?

Step 2: Start researching that topic but as you learn more and uncover resources, be ready to revise your topic as your research unfolds. You are

to write a paper of at least five (5) full pages according to Professor Whitaker’s requirements.

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WHERE TO BEGIN?

YOUR PAPER SHOULD INCLUDE:

Research of original data/statistics utilizing either/or the New York State Statistical Yearbook http://rockinst.org/nys_statistics/ or the NYS Data Portal https://data.ny.gov/ Use of at least three books as sources. One of these three is the class textbook. Find at least two books *or* one book and one academic journal to complement the textbook that pertain to your specific topic (check indexes for references in books to your topic) These are minimal requirements; you may find it helpful to use online newspaper databases, such as those available through HVCC library website and timesunion.com archive.

BOOKS

FOR EXAMPLE…

SEARCH RESULTS

ACADEMIC JOURNALS

Start with One Search. Check Full Text and Peer Reviewed* which will require your articles to be full text and scholarly (peer-reviewed). Let’s use the same search terms we used for our book search:

New York political parties

WHAT HAPPENED? CAN YOU SEE WHY THE HVCC ONESEARCH ADVANCED SEARCH IS SO VALUABLE?

*If you check Full Text, you may miss some articles that we can get for you through Interlibrary Loan. If you have more than enough articles, Full Text is probably ok. You can also choose the Find Articles tab (see prior screen) and search individual databases. There are many ways to find scholarly articles using the Dwight Marvin Library!

Statistics using either New York State Statistical Yearbook or NYS Data Portal

http://rockinst.org/nys_statistics: 2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook, 38th EditionSelect and download on-line data tables

https://data.ny.gov/

STATISTICS

OPTIONAL LIBRARY RESOURCES

Statista database: third party politics

OPTIONAL LIBRARY SOURCES

OPTIONAL LIBRARY RESOURCES

Newspapers – Example: New York Newspapers

TOOLS FOR SUCCESS

TOOLS FOR SUCCESS

TOOLS FOR SUCCESS