NOTE: If you are searching the ERIC database, do not limit your searches to peer reviewed articles. ERIC is a great resource for education topics, but much of the content did not go through the peer review process.
Search 1: Should federal and state governments fund pre-kindergarten education for all children?
Databases: Educations Source, ERIC, Political Science Complete
line 1: preschool education or early childhood education or pre-k or prekindergarten or "head start" (select a field)
line 2: federal or state (subject terms)
line 3 financ* or fund* (select a field)
line 4: california (select a field)
This search retrieved 317 citations, only 34 are peer reviewed.
Search 2: Should student loan forgiveness programs be universal or only applied to specific groups of people?
Databases: Educations Source, ERIC, Political Science Complete
line 1: "student loan*" (select a field)
line 2: forgiveness or "debt cancellation" or "debt relief" (select a field)
This search retrieved 335 citations, only 24 are peer reviewed.