Research Guides: ENSP 400: Capstone in Environmental Science and Policy: USDA APHIS Civilian Climate Corps

USDA APHIS Civilian Climate Corps

"We would like the students to provide APHIS with options and suggestions on how to best leverage the Civilian Climate Corps workforce, coordinate with other Federal agencies, and how to best engage the public for maximum effectiveness."

Research:

Review and summarize legislative history of Civilian Climate Corps.
Review and summarize existing literature about the successes and failures of prior Federal job corps programs.
Review and summarize outcomes of citizen science initiatives.
What worked, what did not

Civilian Climate Corps

https://evergreenaction.medium.com/evergreen-explains-how-to-build-the-civilian-climate-corps-f204293f43e7

The fulltext bills and hearings, senate and house reports, crs reports and other congressional documents can be found in several sources.

The Congressional Publications and Legislative Insight databases are available through the library's homepage, the other sources are on the web.

You will find a tremendous amount of information in the Congressional Publications database about the Federal Jobs Corps.

In addition, the Legislative Insight database provides the legislative history about previous jobs programs.

Congressional Publications
Access to the full text of congressional publications. Includes: hearings, legislative histories, committee prints and reports, House and Senate documents, Congressional Record, Serial Set, CRS Reports, bills, public laws, regulations...
Congressional hearings, public issues, legislation, history, and legal research.
ProQuest Legislative Insight
Federal legislative history service providing access to full text publications created by Congress during the process leading up to the enactment of U.S. Public Laws. Legislative histories from the 1st to the 116th congress.
To search for jobs programs, in the search box, type in - jobs - and choose from the lsit.

SENATOR MARKEY AND REP. OCASIO-CORTEZ INTRODUCE CIVILIAN CLIMATE CORPS FOR JOBS AND JUSTICE TO REBUILD AMERICA
From MA Senator Ed Markey's site:
"Washington (April 20, 2021) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) today introduced the Civilian Climate Corps for Jobs and Justice Act, which establishes a Civilian Climate Corps (CCC) administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service within AmeriCorps." A copy of the bill is here - same as in Congressional Publications
Congress.gov
Legislation, bills, reports....
H.R.2241 - Civilian Climate Corps Act of 2021
Fulltext of the bill, from Congress.gov

In addition to locating legislation, use the following databases to locate journal, magazine and newspaper articles about the Civilian Climate Corps and Job Corps. See the Citizen Science tab for sources and strategies..
Suggested strategies are listed below.

Make sure to search the Ebsco databases together to remove duplicates. Get into one database (the Academic Search Ultimate database is linked below) and then click on - Choose Databases - and add the others. Please see the Tab labeled Searching Multiple Databases
Academic Search Ultimate
America: History and Life with Full Text
Business Source Complete
EconLit
SocINDEX with Full Text
Military and Government Collection

Make sure to search the Proquest databases together to remove duplicates. Get into one database (the PAIS database is linked below) and then click on - Change Databases - and add the others. Please see the tab labeled Searching Multiple Databases
PAIS
Ethnic Newswatch
Sociological Abstracts
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Search Strategies
"citizen climate corps"

"job corps"

"job corps" and federal

"job corps" and (success or impact or performance or achievement or outcome)

"job corps" and any other keywords

Be sure to see the tab labeled Google Tips, especially concerning limiting the document types

Academic Search Ultimate
Multi-disciplinary database providing information for nearly every area of academic study. Includes an enormous collection of the most valuable peer-reviewed full text journals, as well as additional journals, magazines, newspapers and books. Multidisciplinary subjects including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, ethnic studies. 1965- present.
PAIS Index
From 1915 - Covers the world's public affairs, public and social policies, international relations, and world politics. Includes the policy oriented literature such as economics, finance, law, education, the military, political science, public administration, international law and relations, the environment, demography, public health and science and technology.
Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) provides fulltext to news, business and legal information. Newspapers date back to the 1970's. Please Note: The Washington Post is no longer included in Nexis Uni.The National Newspapers Core database includes the Washington Post.
National Newspapers Core
Full text articles from the Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, The Sun (Baltimore), and The Washington Post. Covers national, international and local news. The NYT provides text of important speeches and documents; WSJ reports on international finance; and WP offers strong political reporting, editorials and columnists.
Historical newspapers
Searchable full-text of the Los Angeles Times (1881-1986); Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003); Atlanta Constitution (1868-1945); Chicago Tribune (1849-1986); Chicago Defender (1909-1975); Boston Globe (1872-1979); Christian Science Monitor (1908-2001); Cleveland Call and Post (1934-1991); Detroit Free Press (1831-1922); St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1874-1922); Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005); Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001); Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002); San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922); New York Tribune (1841-1922); New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993); Hartford Courant (1764-1984); Norfolk Journal and Guide (1916-2003); Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988); Baltimore Sun (1837-1989); San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922); Wall Street Journal (1889-1997); Washington Post (1877-1998)

Fact Sheet Civilian Climate Corps Act
Family Farm Action Alliance and Family Farm Action
Update from The Corps Network’s Government Relations Team
Corps Network
"The Corps Network advances programs that transform young people’s lives and communities through career development, conservation, and civic engagement."
The Civilian Climate Corps Is a Big-Government Plan That All Americans Can Embrace
Lardner, James. The Civilian Climate Corps Is a Big-Government Plan That All Americans Can Embrace. New Yorker, March 7, 2021
Job Corps
AllGov. Overview, history, controversies, comments..

There are many books and government documents (reports, posters, pr..) on the history of the Federal Job Corps and on the Citizen Science topic.

Some possible searches and specific titles:
"job corps"
"job corps" success
"job corps" assessment"

You can add any other keywords to the general "job corps" phrase

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"citizen science"
"citizen science" participation
"citizen science" assessment

National Job Corps study : Job Corps applicants' programmatic experiences : final report by Terry R Johnson
Call Number: eBook

Publication Date: 2000

The National Job Corps Study was undertaken to obtain the information needed to assess the Job Corps' success in providing employment assistance to disadvantaged youths aged 16 to 24 years. The study's findings related to outreach and admissions (oa) and center characteristics and practices that appear to promote positive programmatic experiences for Job Corps
A chance for change : the Job Corps story by U.S. Dept. of Labor, Office of Labor, Office of Job Corps
Call Number: eBook

Publication Date: 1994
Job Corps : success lasts a lifetime by U.S. Dept. of Labor, Job Corps
Call Number: eBook

Publication Date: 2011

E-Brochure
Yes: young, empowered, successful. by U.S. Dept. of Labor, Job Corps
Call Number: eBook

Publication Date: 2011

E-Brochure. PR
The Science of Citizen Science by Katrin Vohland, ed
Call Number: eBook

Publication Date: 2021

Citizen Science by Caren Cooper
Call Number: McK Q180.55.C54 C66 2016

Publication Date: 2016

Cites the essential contributions of millions of ordinary people who contribute to the scientific process by volunteering in cooperation with scientists to help collect and discover information, tracing the history of citizen scientists and how they are reshaping scientific awareness."Think you need a degree in science to contribute to important scientific discoveries? Think again. All around the world, in fields ranging from astronomy to zoology, millions of everyday people are choosing to participate in the scientific process.
Citizen Science in the Digital Age by James Wynn
Call Number: eBook

Publication Date: 2017

A discussion of the benefits and pitfalls of citizen science--scientific undertakings that make use of public participation and crowd-sourced data collection James Wynn's timely investigation highlights scientific studies grounded in publicly gathered data and probes the rhetoric these studies employ.
Science by the People by Aya H. Kimura; Abby Kinchy
Publication Date: 2019

Longlisted for the Fleck Prize from the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Citizen science--research involving nonprofessionals in the research process--has attracted both strong enthusiasts and detractors. Many environmental professionals, activists, and scholars consider citizen science part of their toolkit for addressing environmental challenges.

Use the following databases and search strategies for Citizen Science.

Web of Science

Possible Search Strategies
"citizen science"
and
assessment or evaluation or measurement or success
and
program*

Can add other keywords if looking for specific program topics.
Example:
"citizen science"
and
tree*

Academic Search Ultimate
Multi-disciplinary database providing information for nearly every area of academic study. Includes an enormous collection of the most valuable peer-reviewed full text journals, as well as additional journals, magazines, newspapers and books. Multidisciplinary subjects including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, ethnic studies. 1965- present.
Web of Science Core Collection
The Web of Science Core Collection provides comprehensive coverage of the sciences, social sciences, and arts, and humanities across journals, books and conference proceedings. It indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines. The best database for finding what papers have cited other papers. Cited references can be traced forward in time. Web of Science Training Materials available here: http://wokinfo.com/training_support/training/web-of-science