Find Articles and News
Research Databases are indexes that identify articles on topics within Public Policy and Administration. Consider Political Science as another area for more topic coverage.
Another way to track research is by an author or by a journal use Citation or Table of Content Indexes .
For Policy Issue News see GrassCatcher or Stateline.org
Most Useful research databases to find topics within Public Policy and Administration are:
Public Administration Abstracts Finds scholarly articles or book chapters on budgeting, management, personnel, housing, and transportation back to 1956. To access the articles found, read " How to get an article ."
ABI/Inform Complete . Find scholarly, professional trade or newspapers articles on topics from both the corporate and public sector on budgets, personnel, management, and governmental services (i.e. contract outsourcing).
SocIndex . Find scholarly articles, reports or book chapters on topics dealing with social issues, social services, and public policy.
Also Consider these research databases to specific topics related to Public Policy and Administration topics:
Social Science Abstracts . Find scholarly articles, essays, book reviews and reports on topics like policy-making, privatization, public-private sector cooperation, employee issues like drug testing and affirmative action, services to aged andchildren, crime and policing and housing policy.
International Political Science Abstracts . Leads to scholarly journal articles on debt, public administration, policy, and civil service or government employees with an international viewpoint.
Alt-PressWatch .Find topics like local policy issues, parks and recreation, and urban issues like transportation. These are small, independent newspapers-many covering California and they are not main stream.
CINAHL . Find scholarly articles on topics like health care policy and health care management.
Wiley Interscience . Find scholarly articles, and book chapters on topics like public sector management,water managementand environmental factors that would effect a governed area with an international viewpoint.
Criminal Justice Abstracts . Find magazine and scholarly articles, books, dissertations, and reports dealing with crime. If you need more on the psychology of crime and police work, consider PsychInfo .
ScienceDirect . Find international context scholarly articles, book chapters and reports on topics like health care, community development or environment and natural resources.
Literature of the Nonprofit Sector . Find articles, reports and books on philanthropy and fundraising. We may not have many of the materials but use Illiad to borrow them .
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