1. Foreign Policy Research Assignment Political Science 2231 Bruce Fyfe September 16, 2014

2. Agenda What is Grey Literature Your Assignment Getting started with the research

3. Scholarly Publication Cycle Grey Literature Revise & Resubmit Peer review process Index & make accessible If accepted Ethics Approval IDEA! Synthesize & Write Collect data – conduct research Publish! Present at Conference, post working paper, consult colleagues, IR Revise & re- write Submit to Journal If rejected IDEA! ISIS/ISIL XL Pipeline Donetsk – Russia and Ukraine Ebola Crisis Chinese Cyber-espionage United States Border: Child Immigration

4. Grey Literature http://www.lib.uwo.ca/tutorials/greyliterature/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__aRKyOdj1U

5. Information Sources Background Sources EncyclopediasCourse TextbooksClass NotesWikipedia Focused Sources Scholarly BooksScholarly ArticlesGovernment InformationThink Tank/Research Institute Grey Literature

6. The Foreign Policy Research Assignment Due October 10 th Worth 5% of your final grade Conduct a grey literature search in support of a policy recommendation for the Canadian Prime Minister. Choose from one of the topics listed: ISIS/ISIL XL Pipeline Donetsk – Russia and Ukraine Ebola Crisis Chinese Cyber-espionage United States Border: Child Immigration

7. Why this Assignment? The first step towards your policy brief Get started early on your research Master effective search techniques Critically evaluate sources Write and format a list of Works Cited

8. Your Assignment Will Include… 2.Write a preliminary policy recommendation that indicates the focus of the Brief that would be given to the Canadian Prime Minister. This policy brief recommends: to protect Canadian Arctic Sovereignty the Canadian government should pursue a policy of increased cooperation with international partners on Arctic transportation, research and energy development.

9. Your Assignment will Include… 3. Identify and list at least 3 key concepts (keywords) in your brief. This policy brief will recommend that to protect Canadian Arctic Sovereignty the Canadian government should pursue a policy of increased cooperation with international partners on Arctic transportation, research and energy development.

10. Your Assignment will Include… 3. Identify and list at least 3 key concepts (keywords) in your brief. This policy brief will recommend that to protect Canadian Arctic Sovereignty the Canadian government should pursue a policy of increased cooperation with international partners on Arctic transportation, research and energy development.

11. Your Assignment will Include… 4. Provide 3 synonyms for each Key Concept for the essay topic. Canadian Arctic : Canada, Arctic, Northern Canada, Nunavut, Inuit, Yukon, Northwest Territories Sovereignty: Jurisdiction, control, dominion Transportation: shipping, passage, transit Energy development: “oil and Gas”, “Natural resources”, mining

12. Your Assignment will Include… 5 a. Combine the key concepts in the most effective manner, ie. Write a search string, to search for current, scholarly information that is relevant for the essay. Search String: Canada AND (Arctic OR Nunavut OR Northwest Territories) AND (Sovereignty OR jurisdiction) AND (“Natural resources” OR mining)

13. Why use a Search String? Some interfaces do it for you…

14. Why use a Search String? Some don’t.

15. Your Assignment will Include… 5 b. Provide a rationale for the search strategy: what is the goal of this search string, what do you hope to discover? Rationale: I am trying to find research and government policy related to Arctic sovereignty and natural resources.

16. Your Assignment will Include… 6. Find and access the following resources: Minimum 4 Government information sources (e.g., white paper, hearings, Parliamentary research paper, Debates, Hearings, committee report…) Minimum 2 Think Tank resources (e.g., Policy paper, report) Minimum 2 Academic research resources that ARE NOT Peer reviewed journal articles (e.g., thesis or dissertation, working paper, conference papers, preprints) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyMT08m D7Ds&index=12&list=PLBC826C3769B18E1F

17. Your Assignment will Include… 6.a Work cited list: properly formatted using MLA Style Citation rules 6b. List of resources by Source type. You will be evaluated on: Completeness of citation Correct formatting Correct order of information

18. Getting Started

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