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Public Policy and Opinion
The following resources are helpful in researching public policy issues and examining public opinion.
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Access our catalog here with the following suggested subject keywords:
- Public policy
- [topic] policy ex.: Medical policy, environmental policy, social policy
- government policy
- public interest
- policy sciences
- public opinion
When searching our catalog for New Jersey-related materials, use the New Jersey subject keyword index.
II. Helpful Print Resources:
Dictionary of Public Policy and Administration. Shafritz, Jay M. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, c2004.
Call #: R351.03 S525 Reference - Level 4
Encyclopedia of American public policy. Jackson, Byron M. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, c1999.
Call #: R320.6 J12 Reference – Level 4
International encyclopedia of public policy and administration. Jay M. Shafritz, editor in chief. Boulder, Colo.; Oxford : Westview Press, 1998.
Call #: R351.03 I61 Reference – Level 4
III. Print Indexes
PAIS International in Print. R016.3 P976
Located on level 4
Social Sciences Index. R016.3.S6781
Located on level 4
IV. Electronic Databases
Access our databases by subject listing and title listing.
A. Use to locate journal articles and essays:
- Academic Search Premier
- Contemporary Women's Issues
- CQ Congress Collection
- CQ Researcher
- CQ Weekly
- OmniFile Full Text Select
- SocINDEX with Full Text
B. Use to locate statistics:
- American Fact Finder
- Historical Statistics of the US Millenial Edition
- United States Historical Census Data Browser
V. Recent Reports and Studies
Rise of Residential Segregation by Income
When Baby Boomers Delay Retirement, Do Younger Workers Suffer?
VI. Web sites
Public Policy
- AARP Public Policy Institute
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Institute for Women's Policy Research
- National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
- PolicyLink.org
- Public Agenda Online
- Rand
- Work and Family Researchers Network
Public Policy – New Jersey
- Association for Children of New Jersey
- Mental Health Association of New Jersey
- New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
- New Jersey Policy Perspective
- Voorhees Transportation Center
Public Policy - States
- National Conference of State Legislatures
- Pew Center on the States
- Sloan Work and Family Research Network
- Stateline.org
Political Advocacy
Public Opinion
- Gallup Organization
- Pew Charitable Trusts
- PollingReport.com
- Public Agenda Online
- Public Opinion Poll Question Database. Odum Institute.
- Ramussen Reports
- Roper Center
- CISER links to more surveys
Public Opinion – New Jersey
- Eagleton Poll Archive
- Monmouth University Polling Institute
- Quinnipiac University: New Jersey Polls
- Ramussen Reports
Think Tanks
- American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- Brookings Institute
- Cato Institute
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Center for Law and Social Policy
- Economic Policy Institute
- Employee Benefit Research Institute
- Institute for Policy Innovation
- Population Council
- Rand
- Russell Sage Foundation
- The Urban Institute
- Think Tanks
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