{"id":1836,"date":"2026-07-30T07:11:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T07:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/richard-d-young-lab\/?page_id=1836"},"modified":"2026-08-17T01:26:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T01:26:45","slug":"useful-resources-for-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/richard-d-young-lab\/research\/useful-resources-for-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Useful Resources for Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below are links to websites that I generally find to be reliable depending on topic. Below are resources I&#8217;ve categorized into loosely defined groups.<\/p>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Academic Sources_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-1-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-1-panel\">\n            Academic Sources\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-1-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-1-trigger\" inert>\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n<p>Academic sources: Most reliable; peer&ndash;reviewed; still requires caution. While academia is fraught with tunnel vision, group think, methodological bias, etc. a significant part of academic scholarship is built on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globe.gov\/do-globe\/resources\/student-resources\/be-a-scientist\/steps-in-the-scientific-process\">scientific method<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/pubscholars.org\/blog\/what-is-peer-review\/\">peer review process<\/a>. Each academic field (Economics, Sociology, etc.) &nbsp;is generally self-regulating, which has its pitfalls, but the manner in which these fields are able to avoid the pitfalls is an ongoing process. Insofar as Political Science is concerned, the flagship association for our field is the <a href=\"https:\/\/apsanet.org\">American Politlcal Science Association<\/a> (APSA). &nbsp;There are many others, but the APSA has great influence over the standards for publication, such as DA-RT, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dartstatement.org\">Data Access &nbsp;Research Transparancy<\/a> initiative. DA-RT is our attempt to affirm and establish guidelines for publishers, reviewers, and researchers. The academic links below are not the sources themselves, but services we use to access articles published in journals, court cases, and other primary sources. One of the primary problems with these sources is that they are heavily gate-kept, requiring special subscrition access that most folks don&rsquo;t have the resources for.<\/p>\n<ul id=\"l1\">\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research-ebsco-com.libproxy.nau.edu\/c\/3ppiss\/search\/advanced\/filters?autocorrect=y&amp;db=nlebk\">EBSCO<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www-jstor-org.libproxy.nau.edu\/action\/showAdvancedSearch\">JSTOR<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libraryguides.nau.edu\/lexisnexis\">Lexis&ndash;Nexis<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ebookcentral.proquest.com\/lib\/nau-ebooks\/home.action\">ProQuest<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/muse-jhu-edu.libproxy.nau.edu\/\">ProjectMuse<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/womenalsoknowstuff.com\/\">Women Also Know Stuff<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Wire Services_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-2-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-2-panel\">\n            Wire Services\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-2-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-2-trigger\" inert>\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n<p>Wire Services:&nbsp; Newswires are subscription services that news organizations depend on for the most reliable source of information around the world. Their primary motivation is accuracy, since their customers are organizations that depend on them for their own reporting. Similar to academic sources, these services are difficult to access. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepricer.org\/how-much-does-bloomberg-terminal-cost\/\">Bloomberg Terminal license<\/a>, for instance, costs a corporate clients tens of thousands of dollars per user.<\/p>\n<ul id=\"l1\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/\">Reuters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ap.org\/\">Associated Press<\/a> (APNews)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/\">United Press International<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/\">Bloomberg News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Fact\u2013Checking Sites_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-3-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-3-panel\">\n            Fact\u2013Checking Sites\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-3-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-3-trigger\" inert>\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n<p><a href=\"#fact\">Fact&ndash;checking sites:<\/a> Useful sites for quick verification of rumors and propaganda campaigns. Other sites, like ProPublic and OpenSecrets are very useful for compiling government filings, donor profiles, money traansactions, etc. which can be very difficult to find without professional knowledge and experience on where to locate this data<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Investigative organizations_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-4-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-4-panel\">\n            Investigative organizations\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-4-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-4-trigger\" inert>\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n<p><a href=\"#invest\">Investigative organizations:<\/a> These are organizations that are motivated by uncovering corruption. That&rsquo;s good and bad. They can be heavily influenced by their funders, ideology, and politics. Not that Academia or the wire services aren&rsquo;t, but these organizations live and breathe off uncovering sordid relationships, real and imagined.<\/p>\n<ul id=\"l1\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allsides.com\/media-bias\">AllSides.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/\">FactCheck.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/\">Federal Election Commission website<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/\">Snopes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mediabiasfactcheck.com\/\">MediaBiasFactCheck.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/\">PolitiFact.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/\">OpenSecrets.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/\">ProPublica.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Newspapers and Media Sources_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-5-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-5-panel\">\n            Newspapers and Media Sources\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-5-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-5-trigger\" inert>\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n<p>Newspapers and Media: Newspaper organizations are generally reliable for discreet facts, but there are many editorial decisions made about what gets covered, how much resources are used to cover a topic, and their reliance on insider sources. In my experience, print reporters on the ground are highly motivated by accuracy, but have pressures to meet deadlines and deliver on their assignments. Multi&ndash;media organizations have additional pressure to produce story lines that capture the largest possible audience.<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Investigative Sites_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-6-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-6-panel\">\n            Investigative Sites\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-6-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-6-trigger\" inert>\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n<ul id=\"l1\">\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebureauinvestigates.com\/\" name=\"bookmark3\">The Bureau of Investigative Journalism<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/publicintegrity.org\/\">Center for Public Integrity<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellingcat.com\/\">Bellingcat<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/\">The Intercept<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarshallproject.org\/\">The Marshall Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourcampaigns.com\/about.html\">Our Campaigns<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/revealnews.org\/\">Reveal News<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/\">Mother Jones<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Advocacy Organizations_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-7-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-7-panel\">\n            Advocacy Organizations\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-7-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-7-trigger\" inert>\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n<p>Advocacy organizations: Many hire specialized researchers who are very good, but who are nevertheless on a mission. This makes them very reliable for understanding their issue, but generally their work has a ideological, political, or advocacy purpose. &nbsp;This makes them excellent sources for information, research, opinions, etc. on specific topics, but the direction of everything they do is motivated by their mission.<\/p>\n<ul id=\"l1\">\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afa.net\/\" name=\"bookmark2\">American Family Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/\">American Civil Liberties Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/americansforprosperity.org\/\">Americans for Prosperity<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/\">Amnesty International<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancingjustice-aajc.org\/asian-americans-advancing-justice-affiliation\">Asian Americans Advancing Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/\">The Brennan Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/\">The Cato Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coalitionforthehomeless.org\/\">Coalition for the Homeless<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chirla.org\/\">Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edf.org\/\">The Environmental Defense Fund<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/\">The Guttmacher Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/\">The Heritage Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/\">Human Rights Campaign<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maldef.org\/\">Mexican American Legal Defense Fund<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naacp.org\/\">National Association for the Advancement of Colored People<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndrn.org\/\">National Disability Rights Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/transequality.org\/\">National Center for Transgender Equality<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwhn.org\/safe-online-delivered-how-to-get-the-abortion-pill-by-mail\/\">National Women&rsquo;s Health Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naleo.org\/\">National Association of Latino Elected Officials<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/topic\/race-ethnicity\/racial-ethnic-groups\/hispanics-latinos\/\">Pew Hispanic Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/\">Planned Parenthood<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reproductivefreedomforall.org\/\">Reproductive Freedom for All<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saf.org\/about\/\">The Second Amendment Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/\">The Sierra Club<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.feedingamerica.org\/programs-services\">US Hunger Relief Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Newspapers and Media_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-8-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-8-panel\">\n            Newspapers and Media\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-8-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-8-trigger\" inert>\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n<ul id=\"l1\">\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/factcheck.afp.com\/\">Agence France-Presse<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/\" name=\"bookmark4\">Atlanta Journal Constitution<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/\">The Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/\">Axios<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/\">AZ Central<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/\">Al Jazeera<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/?mod=BOL_LOGO\">Barron&rsquo;s<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/\">The Boston Globe<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/\">BBC News<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/\">The Chicago Sun Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/\">The Denver Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eldiariony.com\/\">El Diario NY<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elnuevoherald.com\/\">El Nuevo Herald (Miami)<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elpasotimes.com\/\">El Paso Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/\">Financial Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/\">Foreign Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us\">The Guardian<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/\">The Houston Chronicle<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/\">The Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lasvegassun.com\/\">The Las Vegas Sun<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/laopinion.com\/\">La Opinion<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/news\/\">National Public Radio<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/\">The New Yorker<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/\">The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/\">PBS Newshour<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/\">The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/\">The Pittsburgh Gazette<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixnewtimes.com\/\">The Phoenix Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.portlandtribune.com\/\">The Portland Tribune<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/\">The Minnesota Star Tribune<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/\">The Seattle Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Washington Examiner<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/\">The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Social Media Advocacy_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-9-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-9-panel\">\n            Social Media Advocacy\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-9-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-9-trigger\" inert>\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n<p>Social Media Advocacy: Can you use social media, like TikTok, Instagram or even podcasts in your research? Of course you can! The University of <a class=\"a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagomanualofstyle.org\/tools_citationguide\/citation-guide-2.html#cg-social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago Manual of Style<\/a> online guide has that covered. So does the <a class=\"a\" href=\"https:\/\/guides.douglascollege.ca\/ASA-7\/Software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Sociological<\/a><a class=\"a\" href=\"https:\/\/guides.douglascollege.ca\/ASA-7\/Software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Association<\/a>. The Chicago Style Guide also has some advice on citing <a class=\"a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagomanualofstyle.org\/qanda\/data\/faq\/topics\/Documentation\/faq0422.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI generative tools<\/a>. This is going to be a work in progress.<\/p>\n<p>There are some very informative social media accounts that advocate for issues and policies. Below are some I follow, <em>but don&rsquo;t necessarily endorse<\/em>. Just as with all advocacy organizations, it is important to be aware of their intent. Before using any social media as a &ldquo;source&rdquo;, check their credentials to ensure they have actual expertise. You will note that many of these social media accounts have links to their institutions, Substacks, publications, etc.<\/p>\n<ul id=\"l1\">\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a class=\"a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/%40econwithsarah\/video\/7662865199325547807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Econ with Sarah<\/a> (<span class=\"s2\">TikTok: Health care policy<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a class=\"a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/%40keds_economist\/video\/7649486557166030094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keds_Economist<\/a> (<span class=\"s2\">TikTok: Economics\\Social Security<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a class=\"a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/%40scotusblog\/video\/7657213635500035342\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCOTUSblog<\/a> (<span class=\"s2\">TikTok: Supreme Court coverage<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a class=\"a\" href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marginal Revolution<\/a> (<span class=\"s2\">Blog:Economics\/ Politics<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a class=\"a\" href=\"https:\/\/statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science<\/a> (<span class=\"s2\">Blog: Political Science<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a class=\"a\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1z61Li48Jxcr8HldbxXqmP?si=39041a780d354181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Service95 Book Club with Dua Lipa<\/a> (<span class=\"s2\">PodCast: Literature<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a class=\"a\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3IM0lmZxpFAY7CwMuv9H4g?si=28800191d2f3461f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily: New York Times<\/a> (<span class=\"s2\">PodCast: News<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a class=\"a\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6BRSvIBNQnB68GuoXJRCnQ?si=7a9fab048a8845b2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR&rsquo;s: News Now<\/a> (<span class=\"s2\">PodCast: News<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a class=\"a\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6BRSvIBNQnB68GuoXJRCnQ?si=7a9fab048a8845b2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC Newshour: World Service<\/a> (<span class=\"s2\">PodCast: News<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li data-list-text=\"&bull;\"><a class=\"a\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Substack<\/a> (<span class=\"s2\">Blog: self-interst topics<\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Mass Media_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-10-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-10-panel\">\n            Mass Media\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-10-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-10-trigger\" inert>\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n<p>I generally cite stories from media organizations like CNN, NBCNews, Fox News, etc. not as a source for facts, but to demonstrate that the story has broad influence or appeal. 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