Research Guides: ENGWR 300 (Gary): Suggested Websites

Suggested Websites

Sample websites helpful to your topic

Equal Justice Initiative
The Equal Justice Initiative is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society
Inequality.org
Inequality.org has been tracking inequality-related news and views for nearly two decades. A project of the Institute for Policy Studies since 2011, our site aims to provide information and insights for readers ranging from educators and journalists to activists and policy makers. Be sure to use the pull-down menu for "topics."
Equitable Growth - Families
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth is a non-profit research and grantmaking organization dedicated to advancing evidence-backed ideas and policies that promote strong, stable, and broad-based economic growth. Our fundamental questions have been whether and how economic inequality—in all its forms—affects economic growth and stability, and what policymakers can do about it.
Equitable Growth - Inequality and Mobility
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth is a non-profit research and grantmaking organization dedicated to advancing evidence-backed ideas and policies that promote strong, stable, and broad-based economic growth. Our fundamental questions have been whether and how economic inequality—in all its forms—affects economic growth and stability, and what policymakers can do about it.
Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality
The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality is committed to providing research, policy analysis, and training on issues of poverty and inequality.. Note: on the pull-down menu, see Publications and Research for topic ideas.
ProCon.org
"To promote civility, critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting the pro and con arguments to debatable issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, freely accessible way.”

Google Advanced Search

Google Advanced Search

With Google Advanced Search you can easily use tools such as domain limiters (edu, gov, org). You can also type in an advanced search directly into the Google search box. Here are some sample searches. Please copy/paste the sample search statements to see the kinds of results you will get and how they differ. Your total results will probably differ depending on when you do the search. You can also click on the Google Advanced Search (above) and do the same kind of restrictions. I find it much easier to just string all the terms together. It just takes practice!

Sample Searches on Social Inequality

Google Search statement Results 3/22/2021 Search Strategy

social inequality	193 million!	Default Boolean AND search (it looks at the word social AND the word inequality).
"social inequality"	4.2 million	Searches the exact phrase "social inequality".
"social inequality" poverty	2.8 million	The word poverty is added to the search
"social inequality" poverty inurl:npr	196	The site must be National Public Radio (www.npr.org)
"social inequality" poverty site:edu	106,000	Site must be from an educational institution.
intitle:"social inequality" poverty site:edu	758	Now "social equality" will appear in the title of each result.
"social inequality" site:edu filetype:pdf	8,560	Site must be a pdf presentation from an educational institution. You might also try something like filetype:ppt for PowerPoint.
"social inequality" voting 2015..2020	216,000	Using two periods, will look for a date or any form of the numbers represented within a range.