Finding Research
Online Resources
You'll be able to find a lot of these resources online. However, not all their content is free.
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New York TimesFind breaking news, multimedia, reviews & opinion on Washington, business, sports, movies, travel, books, jobs, education, real estate, etc.
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The New Yorker2002-present
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PR WeekOnline 2003-2018
Government and Opinion Polls
Polls can be helpful indicators of public opinion. It can be important to know what public opinions towards a topic are when developing a PR strategy.
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Pew Research CenterSource: Pew Research Center
Nonpartisan American think tank which provides information on social issues, public opinion, and demographic trends shaping the United States and the world. -
Research AmericaResearch!America has been commissioning public opinion polls with leading firms since 1992.
Core Business Articles
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ProQuest One Business
Millions of full-text items across scholarly and popular periodicals, newspapers, market research reports, dissertations, books, videos and more.
PR Crisis Management
Setting up RefWorks
RefWorks
RefWorks is a new way to collect, manage, and organize research. You can read, annotate, organize, and cite your research as well as collaborate by sharing collections.
From simple bibliographies to papers formatted with in-text citations or footnotes, RefWorks handles it all. To learn more about RefWorks, use our RefWorks research guide.
To create a RefWorks account:
- Go to the link below and click Create account
- Fill in your information, making sure to use your DelVal email address.
- Go to your inbox and click the email link to complete the activation process.
Already have an account? Just go to the link below and click "Log In"
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RefWorksCitation generation service covering hundreds of styles including Chicago Scientific (Author-Date), Journal of Animal Science, and Council of Scientific Editors (Name-Year).
Online Tutorials
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