Background Research for Op Ed - ASEM - Muslims & Identity in Europe

Research

As you discovered in your readings for today, although the op ed is a chance to bring your own voice to a topic, it must be based upon research.

Harvard Kennedy School

“How to Write an Op-Ed or a Column”

Research
While columns and op-ed pieces allow writers to include their own voice and express an opinion, to be successful the columns must be grounded in solid research. Research involves acquiring facts, quotations, citations, or data from sources and personal observation. Research also allows a reader to include sensory data (touch, taste, smell, sound, or sight) into a column. There are two basic methods of research:
• Field research: going to the scene, interviews, legwork; primary materials, observations, and knowledge
• Library, academic, or internet research: using secondary materials, including graphs, charts, and scholarly articles

Selected sources for current news articles

Compass (Search All) This link opens in a new window
A discovery tool that searches University Libraries' digital and print journals, books, newspapers, dissertations, and Library Catalog.

Google News
Covers both news sources and news wires. Can limit results to past year for recent issues related to Muslims and Europe
DU Subscriptions to Current Newspaper Collections

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Provides extensive news coverage at any level—local, state, regional, national and international. Features the vast majority of U.S. newspapers by circulation, along with almost one thousand hard-to-find local and regional titles, and offers searchable news video clips and over two thousand international news sources from scores of countries on six continents, translated into English when written in other languages.
Printing and downloading are limited to insubstantial portions of the data, for temporary storage. If you have any questions, contact Electronic Resources.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.
International Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Part of ProQuest Central, ProQuest International Newsstream provides information from more than 660 of the world's top newspapers, including The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications.
US Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Offers access to the full text of newspapers, news websites and blogs from leading publishers throughout the world.

DU Access to Digital Versions of NYT and WSJ

New York Times (DU access to digital newspaper)
DU does offer access to the digital New York Times, which is provided by Undergraduate Student Government.

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2. Search for the University of Denver.

3. Create an account with your DU email address.

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Wall Street Journal (DU access to digital version)
DU offers access to the digital version of the Wall Street Journal, which is provided by Undergraduate Student Government.

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2. Sign in with your PioneerWeb credentials and create a WSJ account.

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If you have any trouble activating your account, view these instructions or contact support@wsj.com.

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ASEM - Muslims & Identity in Europe: Background Research for Op Ed

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Selected sources for current news articles

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