English 101 (College Writing) Research Guide: Mira Foote Problem Solution Essay

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Intimate partner and domestic violence

Tip: If you're looking at non-professional football (K-12, college), you might also try ProQuest Education Journals (below).

• Intimate partner violence
• Domestic violence
• Victims of family violence
• Social services
• Violence against women

Tip: Add another search term to focus results, such as a specific population or a specific solution. For example:

• Elderly
• LGBTQ
• Healthy relationship education
• Bystander training
• Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

Homelessness

Search terms to try:

• Homeless persons
• People experiencing homelessness
• Unhoused
• Housing
• Social services
• Public housing
• Homeless shelters or temporary shelters
• Mental illness

Tip: Search for two terms at once (such as homeless and public housing) to focus your results. You can also search for how homelessness affects a specific population, for example:

• LGBTQ youth
• Elderly or older people
• Veterans
• Adolescents or youth
• Homelessness and disability

Stereotyping and racism

Tip: if you type the topic as: stereotyp* with the asterisk, you will get results about stereotype, stereotypes, stereotyping, and stereotypical.

• Racial profiling
• Gender stereotypes
• Discrimination
• Prejudice
• Implicit bias
• Representation in media

Tip: Think of a particular population (Black people, immigrants, veterans) that you can use as a second search term.

Climate change / Endangered species

In addition to the terms climate change and endangered species, here are some search terms to try:

• Global warming
• Deforestation
• Endangered, vulnerable, or threatened (these are classifications for how at-risk an animal is of extinction)
• Conservation (see also: Conservation and Protection, Wildlife Conservation, or Nature Conservation)

Tip: Try a specific endangered animal (such as a spotted owl) and measurements of species health, like:

• Population size
• Habitat loss or habitat destruction
• Recovery (process for stopping or reversing the decline of an endangered species)

Tip: Consider specific consequences of global climate change as one way to narrow your focus. For example:

• Forest fires
• Droughts
• Coastal storms
• Flooding

Child labor

Tip: "Child labor" is a good search to start with. Here's some ways you could narrow your search:

• A particular industry, such as fashion/garment industry, coffee, mining
• A particular country
• If you don't have a country in mind yet, use "child labor" and international

Other terms and industries to consider:

• working children
• forced labor
• children's rights
• cobalt mining
• garment industry (also, "fast fashion")
• pornography

Solutions you could explore:

• Awareness-raising (documentaries, photojournalism, etc.)
• Consumer boycotts
• Trade unions
• International regulation
• Child labor laws
• Access to education

A few interesting articles to consider:

• US Department of Labor's 2018 List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor
• “The Movements of Working Children and the International Labour Organization. A Lesson on Enforced Silence.”
• “Protecting the Rights of Working Children Instead of Banning Child Labour Bolivia Tries a New Legislative Approach.”
• "Estimating the economic incentives necessary for eliminating child labor in Ghanaian cocoa production."