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INVESTIGATION AND EXCAVATION
IDEAS
How Black Forager's Find Freedom in the Natural World (NY Times, 2021)
GROUP EXCAVATION: What is the article about? What is the hook? What 'research approach' might the author have taken? Why?
SEARCHING TIPS
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quotes around a search term keeps terms together; search engine won't search for each term separately (ex. "washington monument")
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tilda's before search terms search for like terms (ex. ~washington monument will search for washington monuments, washington monument, monuments in washington, and beyond...
PLACES TO EXPLORE
public records, databases, news/media, academic studies (scholarly work), social media and/or other sources. You can also look for experts, whistleblowers, witnesses, activists or other people who have direct or indirect knowledge of the issue
LIBRARY RESOURCES
EBSCO for background information, books, scholarly secondary sources, news, videos.
JSTOR for scholarly material
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TIPS + TRICKS
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