Preparing to write a research paper

• Conducting research | Here’s an overview from Cornell University Libraries
• Defining a research question | Try the “stases” exercise from Hunter College
• Creating an annotated bibliography
  • Look at Cornell University libraries’ guide to the annotated bibliography
  • Guidance from Purdue’s Online Writing Lab

Locating academic articles

• A Database | PlosOne has many open access articles
• A Search engine | Google Scholar
• Political science publications
  • Much of the Oxford Handbook of Political Science is open access
  • The Annual Review of Political Science
  • The American Political Science Review (APSR) has some ungated articles. Go here, then look for the “open access articles” tab.
• Most academic libraries have research guides on their websites, with lists of gated and ungated sites that publish current research
• Many professors publish ungated versions of their papers on their webpages. Or, email them to ask!

Other digital resources

• Project Gutenberg | A resource for free e-books, especially “the classics”.
• Life hacks for college | A guide to surviving the academic side of college for new undergrads. By the excellent Shana Kushner Gadarian.

Publishing your work

• The Concord Review | “The Concord Review is the only quarterly journal in the world to publish the academic research papers of secondary students.”
• ISSCY | ISSCY holds a competition and offers online publication of social science and humanities research to high school students. Sponsored by WFUNA and the GATSVI challenge.
• Medium | Medium is a self-publishing website. I posted a nonsense article here.

Miscellany

• An inspiring law & literature syllabus (here). Because thinking about the big picture is hard to do well and therefore rarely a part of the assignment.