When confronted with this challenge: Answer a question – that you come up with – using appropriate resources that it’s your job to find, what do you do? Watch this brief introduction.
You do not have to start from scratch! Through becoming an expert internet searcher, you will discover reports, commonly known as "grey literature," that detail the mission and goals of community organizations and institutions. Look at how these are working on your issue: how do they present it? Where do they get their data? What can be applied to your situation? What are the opportunities and barriers?
The library offers databases for newspaper articles in addition to academic journal articles. Searching these is a critical part of building evidence about the community you are researching and the changes you believe they need to make.
Now that you've watched the video, you can complete the hands on activity below.
Access nearly 4,000 US newspapers, along with coverage to 28 North Dakota newspapers, including the Grand Forks Herald and the image edition of the Bismarck Tribune.