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FGSM 310: Political Engagement and Advocacy

Guide to resources for FGSM 310

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CRS Reports (Congressional Research Service) are produced by the public policy research arm of Congress and are heavily researched and written by experts in the field on legislative issues. CRS Reports are available fulltext from 1916 to the present. 

Access via the  Congressional Publications (Proquest) database (link below).
Follow these steps:

1. Document Types
Either keep Select All, or deselect and choose CRS Reports and Topic Pages
(If you keep Select All, you will have the opportunity to limit document type within results)

2. Keep the search field to: All fields except full text

3. Enter Search Terms = keywords. Example:
"community policing"
(women or female*) AND (prison or jail)

4. Limit by date if need be

5. Results are sorted by Relevance (default), can change to Sort by Date (most recent first) if too many results


Congressional Publications Community Policing Search