Research Guides: IST 618: Information Policy: Home

Policies for a specific issue

Specialized databases – examples:

Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts Index and abstracts to journal articles, books, research reports, and proceedings covering libraries, information science, technology, information management, and more.
ProQuest Congressional Publications related to or from the United State Congress and the Executive branch from 1789 to the present that include laws, legislative histories, House and Senate hearings, bills and reports, the Congressional Record, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, plus Executive Orders, Proclamations and other documents related to the presidency.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window News, business, and legal sources covering world news and companies, and including U.S. Supreme Court decisions, state, federal and international law, regulations, and law reviews.

Government sites:

Congress.gov Official U.S. Congress site, providing access to legislative information, Congressional Record, Congressional Research Service Reports, information about members of Congress, and more.
govinfo Official publications and documents from the United States government.

Cornell's LII

Cornell University Legal Information Institute

Additional Sources

Subject Guides, examples:

Government Information

Policy Resources & Statistics

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Citation guide

Policy in general

Policy Commons Papers from think tanks, IGOs, NGOs, local governments, and research organizations around the world including papers from dissolved organizations. Includes the North American City Reports module.
Political Science Database Journals in political science and international relations.
SAGE Knowledge Books, reference works, handbooks, in the social sciences, from Sage and CQ Press.

Specific journals – example: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Summon

News, Polling, and Organizations

Access World News Current and past worldwide news sources, including international, local and regional newspapers, media transcripts, wire service content, college newspaper articles, magazines, blogs, video and audio.
Polling the Nations Information about polls on various subjects, including poll questions and responses.
ProQuest News and Newspapers Search portal for multiple news and newspaper databases including Alt-PressWatch, Canadian Newsstream, Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch, Global Breaking Newswires, International Newsstream, US Newsstream, and ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Text visualization options for selected newspapers are available on the TDM Studio platform; please see the ProQuest TDM Studio guide for access information.
Roper iPoll Public opinion data in the U.S. from academic, media and commercial polls.

Associations and organizations – example, National Academies of Sciences – Engineering – Medicine Reports and Coalition for Networked information - CNI

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