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WVS201: World View 2: Social Issue Research

Hunger on College Campuses

Discussion Articles

Article 1 - More solutions needed for campus hunger
Article from the website "The Conversation"
Article 2 - It's Hard to Study if You're Hungry
Article from New York Times
Article 3 - Why Are Hungry College Students Not Seeking Help?
Article from the Journal "Nutrients"

Databases

Nexis UNI (Formerly Lexis/Nexis) This link opens in a new window
Wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information, with full text of 2,000 journals and magazines. Especially good for legal research.
Academic Search This link opens in a new window
A general catch-all database for all topics. A good place to start, but don't forget it has a lot of non-scholarly stuff in it.
SocINDEX This link opens in a new window
A sociology specific database. Useful for topics addressing some form of social inequality

Source types

Brain Health and College Students

Discussion Articles

Article 1 - How Student Groups At Iowa Colleges Are Combatting Mental Health Stigma
Article from NAMI Iowa
Article 2 - As Students Struggle With Stress and Depression, Colleges Act as Counselors
Article from the New York Times
Article 3 - Barriers of mental health treatment utilization among first‐year college students
Article from International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Databases

Nexis UNI (Formerly Lexis/Nexis) This link opens in a new window
Wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information, with full text of 2,000 journals and magazines. Especially good for legal research.
Academic Search This link opens in a new window
A general catch-all database for all topics. A good place to start, but don't forget it has a lot of non-scholarly stuff in it.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
A psychology specific databases. Good for mental health topics

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Reading a Scholarly Article