We chose the sources below as the most authoritative and up-to-date for your project topics.
The ones that are online can be accessed from this page using any computer on the Haverford campus.
The print encyclopedias in the Background Information section below are at the Library on a table next to the photocopy machine. Come into the Library next week, browse the books for your topic and copy what you need.
Subject Portal » Public Policy » Research Guides »
Need Help?
- Michelle Oswell, Humanities Librarian for Music and Literature (HC)
- Margaret Schaus, Reference Librarian and Bibliographer (HC)
Related Subjects:
Databases A-Z:
Other:
Haverford Futures
Researching Public Policy Issues:
Finding Background Information:
--- General Sources:
CQ researcher
Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1991-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1991-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1991-present.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, Inc.
Offers full-text reports on current and controversial national issues. Topics include social, environmental, health, education, science and technology issues. Covers 1991-present.
PolicyFile
Provider: Chadwyck-Healey
Provides online access to abstracts and full-text articles on public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers.Covers a wide range of topics from international trade to health care reform, from telecommunications regulation to terrorism. Coverage varies.
---Sources for Specific Topics:
Abortion
Abortion
This set of background links is maintained by the U. S. National Library of Medicine
NARAL Pro-Choice America
This organization works to make birth control, including abortion, available to women. Use the Issues and News links to find information about abortion.
City Schools
Education (Urban Institute)
Links to reports, policy statements, and experts. Note the additional categories to the left including Secondary Schools (Middle and High Schools) and Standards-Based Reform.
Philadelphia Area Schools and Their Neighborhoods
This research guide was put together by the University of Pennsylvania to help students find information about their schools and make comparisons.
Corporations
CorpWatch
Non-profit group dedicated to investigating corporate violations of human rights, fraud, and enviromental crimes both in the United States and around the world.
Gentrification
Urban Institute
Use the search box to pull up reports, analyses, and policy papers on gentrification.
Immigration
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Be sure to look at the Links page: http://www.nnirr.org/immigration/immigration_links.html
for a good group of human rights organizations, immigrant organizations, and groups opposed to immigrants receiving legal status.
for a good group of human rights organizations, immigrant organizations, and groups opposed to immigrants receiving legal status.
Iraq War
Iraq (Brookings Institution)
This site provides up-to-date reports, policy statements, and the Iraq Index which measures progress in the country toward U S set benchmarks. The Brookings Institution is a widely respected think tank employing diplomats, academics, and other experts to give policy advice in all areas.
Police
CUAPB (Communities United Against Police Brutality)
There is a very good set of reources under the Links heading.
Encyclopedia of crime & justice.
Publisher: New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2002.
Political Candidates
Race for the White House
Background, timelines, candidate staff members, interest groups - All the important elements in the presidential contest are profiled here. A project from the group Democracy in Action with the support of George Washington University.
Segregation/ Race Relations
Civilrights.org
This site includes background information on many different aspects of civil rights issues including racism and segregation. Under the section Research Center, look at the different reports available including "Race, Class, and Economic Justice."
Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history
Publisher: Detroit : Macmillan Reference USA, c2006.
Transportation
Delaware Valley Association of Rail Passengers
A website by an organization devoted to issues of transportation in southeastern PA and NJ. You can find links to related news stories and other information about SEPTA's budget crisis and restructuring plans.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Transportation Funding and Reform Commission
This links to a website with a report and audits of SEPTA commissioned in 2005.