Reminder that your IRR sources should ONLY be from Tier 1 or Tier 2 sources, you can use Tier 3/4 but this would only be 1 or 2 out of your 10-12 sources.
Directory of Open Access Journals
DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. DOAJ is independent. All funding is via donations, 18% of which comes from sponsors, and 82% from supporters and publisher supporters. All DOAJ services are free of charge including being indexed in DOAJ. All data is freely available. DOAJ operates an education and outreach program across the globe, focusing on improving the quality of applications submitted.
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes, and trends shaping the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis, and other data-driven social science research. We do not take policy positions.
Tier 3 Source - Helps with finding preliminary research
Thomson Reuters Foundation News
The foundation has correspondents and freelancers in the major cities and developing nations. The editorial team led by Belinda Goldsmith covers human rights, inclusive economies and media freedom, including women's rights, LGBT+ rights, human trafficking and modern slavery, property rights and digital and climate change.
OTHER OPTIONS
Mid-Columbia Library Digital Resources
You will need to make an account to access the digital resources
Once you make the account, go to the Digital Resources to access the databases and primary source achieves.
GREAT DATABASE - JSTOR
This database gives you access to tons of scholarly articles but you need to sign up with an account (use your google account). You can view 100 free articles per month. View the video below to see how to sign up.
elow you will find a list of several scholarly resource search engines. I HIGHLY suggest you use these and focus the bulk of your research on TIER 1 resources!!!!! You need 10-12 resources minimum.
WORD OF CAUTION: Some of these search engines that rely upon AI will also have an option to synthesize the articles for you. This can be handy in trying to figure out the scope for the paper but you get similar information from the research abstract. DO NOT INCLUDE IN YOUR IRR ANY AI GENERATED SYNTHESIS!!!!!! YOU WILL GET CAUGHT BY THE PLAGIARISM FILTERS ONCE YOU SUBMIT YOUR PAPER TO COLLEGE BOARD!!!!!
Many of the features on Google Scholar are paid features. To get around the this, for articles you want to view, type in "filetype:pdf." at the end. You should be able to find it without paying.
https://www.semanticscholar.org/
This is a new research resource.
eric.ed.gov
jstor.org
ebsco.com
You will need to go through the Union County Public Library. Your username is your student number and your password is your year of birth. Once logged in, you will be able to use ebsco.com. This is a great resource!
Point of view research center. Access directions:
NCEdCloud > EBSCO > Points of View
gale.com
proquest.com
This is a great source for information regarding culture Culturegrams
infotrac https://www.iaao.org/wcm/Resources_Content/Library/InfoTrac_Landing.aspx
sage- https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/home
psycinfo- https://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psycinfo
pubmed- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
getliner.com- this site should help you find academic reports. BE SURE TO USE THE ACTUAL REPORT AND NOT GETLINER FOR YOUR RESOURCE!!!!!