Policy Studies: Starting Points

Use popular and political journals and magazines to find a research topic of interest.

You can search for books in the catalog by limiting to "@ClemsonLibraries".  

• Use an asterisk * to find varied word endings:  
  •  agricultur* finds agriculture and agricultural

• Use quotation marks to keep phrases together:
  • "agricultur* policy"
• Look at full records to discover standard search terms:
  • Food Supply -- Political Aspects -- United States
  • Food Security -- Developing Countries

• To find E-Books, add "electronic books" to your search:
  • "food supply" "electronic books"

Evidence of scholarship:

• Published by a university or specialized press
• In-depth coverage
• Lengthy bibliography
• Academic author
  

These magazines deal with government & policy issues

• American Prospect
• American Spectator
• The Atlantic
• CQ Weekly
• The Economist
• National Journal
• National Review
• The New Republic
• The New York Review of Books
• The New Yorker