WRT266 Writing for Social Change: Home

• Google
• Google News - news.google.com
• EIN News - https://www.einnews.com/
• Twitter - search.twitter.com

What is Grey Literature?

Definition: materials and research produced by organizations outside of the traditional commercial or academic publishing and distribution channels

Site Searching

• [enter keywords] site:[domain or domain url]
• URLs: .org, .ngo, .ong, .gov, .int
• No spaces between the word site and the domain!!!

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Census & Related Data Sources

American Factfinder - https://factfinder.census.gov

City-Data - www.city-data.com

Historical Poverty and Income Tables - https://census.gov/topics/income-poverty/data/tables.html

1. Form a Search Strategy Using Boolean Operators

• Quotations [ '"x" ] - use around a specific phrase you wish to search on, narrows your search
  • "domestic violence"
• OR - use for synonyms of major concepts, broadens your search
  • “domestic violence” OR “dating violence”
• AND - connects major concepts, narrows your search
  • “domestic violence” OR “dating violence” AND outreach

2. Start in Articles, Books, and More: library.rochester.edu

3. Explore subject guides and relevant databases for your topic