by Rick Lezenby
Last Updated Feb 15, 2024
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Use the resources in this guide to help start, continue and finish your projects in that involve public policy issues. For more help, contact the librarian.
Library Search is your gateway to discover books, journal articles, and much more at Temple University Libraries. Additional information can be found in our Library Search FAQ's.
Provides information on various social issues, including pro and con articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
Note: As of July 2023, CQ Researcher has an updated platform and URL. Please update bookmarks accordingly. Concurrent user limit: 20
CQ Researcher provides reports written by journalists, footnoted and fact-checked. Full-length articles include an overview, historical background, chronology, pro/con feature, plus resources for additional research. Graphics, photos and short "sidebar" features round out the reports.
Policy File Index is a resource for U.S. public policy research. Users are able to access timely, updated information from over 350 public policy think tanks, nongovernmental organizations, research institutes, university centers, advocacy groups, and other entities.
Social Science Premium Collection contains international literature in social sciences, including politics, public policy, sociology, social work, anthropology, criminology, linguistics, library science, and education.
The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy touches upon institutional and historical sources and analytical methods, how policy is made, how it is evaluated and how it is constrained.
Use the resources in this guide to help start, continue and finish your projects in that involve public policy issues. For more help, contact the librarian.
Routledge Handbook of Public Policy by 
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