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Starting Points

 

MUSCAT Plus

Musselman Library has specialized databases for searching scholarship from many disciplines, but MUSCAT Plus can be a good place to begin because of its broad scope and interdisciplinary coverage.

 

 

Policy Commons

You might want to identify think tanks that cover specific policy realms, but a trial search in Policy Commons is an excellent starting point because it checks publications from hundreds of think tanks, NGOs, and policy organizations at the same time.

 

 

HeinOnline

HeinOnline searches thousands of law reviews as well as the entire Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations. It's a great place to find legal scholars' interpretations of specific cases and pieces of legislation.

 

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Citation Management with Zotero

Zotero logoZotero is citation-management software that exists to make your life easier. If you're interested in setting it up and seeing how it works, here is what you need to do:

  1. Create a free account online
  2. Download both the desktop application and the browser connector
  3. Open the desktop application and navigate to Preferences > Sync so you can connect your free account to your downloaded application
  4. Skim Zotero's support page or the library's Citations guide for an overview of how it all works

Email Kevin (kmoore@gettysburg.edu) or schedule an appointment if you want to learn even more about Zotero's features and functionality.