Conflict Research Workshop (PEAC 25B)
Working in pairs, decide on a conflict that at least one group member is familiar with.
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Briefly describe the conflict you're researching
Think Tank & Policy Research Institutes
Try looking up your conflict using one of these resources and answer the questions below.

If you can't find anything about your specific conflict, try a broader search for a closely related issue. For example, look up book bans instead of a ban in a particular high school.

Resources:
  • Find Policy -- Within Find Policy, choose the search option that seems most relevant for your topic.
  • Think Tank Search (Harvard Kennedy School) 
Which resource did you try?
What kind of resources could you find? What did you observe about this site?
Try adding filetype:pdf to your keywords. What happened to your search results?
For example:
  • mediation approaches filetype:pdf
  • book bans filetype:pdf
Decision-makers: government, legal, and institutional sources
Who holds formal power to make decisions about your conflict?  (e.g. city council, school board, state department of education)
These resource guides list different tools and strategies for finding sources created by decision-makers. 

1. Choose the guide that seems most relevant (e.g. City & Local Governments).
2. Pick a resource or strategy (e.g. Philadelphia City Council committee transcripts) and try using it. Answer the question below.
US topics:
What was the most useful resource you consulted?
What did you observe about this site?
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