Research Guides: Domestic Policy: Overview

Find Scholarly Articles and Books

Library Search - Advanced This link opens in a new window
Good place to start to search across disciplines. Limit to books, which are good for understanding a policy's historical context.
PAIS This link opens in a new window
Best place to start for policy topics, particularly for global domestic policy
Political Science Complete This link opens in a new window
Use for topics related to policy and politics
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Useful for topics related to social impacts of policy

Often, you need to search for information within the area of the topic of the policy, rather than only policy-focused general sources.

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
For topics related to business administration, financial or economic costs related to business
View the Company Research and Industry Research tutorials for more insights.
ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
Also useful for business topics
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Criminal justice topics
EconLit This link opens in a new window
Use for topics related to economic impacts and economic policy
Engineering Village This link opens in a new window
For topics related to housing and building, energy, environment, IT, manufacturing.
Education Source This link opens in a new window
Education articles & studies
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
For environmental topics
Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) This link opens in a new window
For topics related to immigration, borders, cybersecurity, AI, climate change, domestic terrorism, etc.
Military & Government Collection This link opens in a new window
For topics related to defense, veterans, security, etc.

Transportation Research (TRID)
Provides records of transportation research worldwide.

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports
Reports for Congress on policy issues from multiple perspectives. Reports can include historical context. From the early 90s to present.

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics This link opens in a new window
Use for overview of scholarly research on topics related to policy and politics

Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy - 5 Volume Set
Publication Date: 2020
A-Z entries on a range of national and international policy topics, including major policy areas.

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