Pathfinder: Public Policy in the S-G LMC

 

Choose Your Topic

Check Opposing Viewpoints (database).

Check Points of View (database)

  Look at Information Plus (book series).
   

Define Your Topic or Find Background Information

Read an article in EBSCOhost (database).

Or use HIP (Horizon Information Portal) to find books.

 
Use Web Portals and Databases to Research

Information Portals (searchable web sites)

CNN

USA.gov

Public Agenda

Intute: Social Sciences

Statistics

National Center for Education Statistics; NCES Fast Facts

National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities School Buildings (NCEF)

Federal Government Statistics

GeoCenter Statistics, University of Virginia

New York State Education Department

Laws

FindLaw

FindLaw's Supreme Court Finder

 

Thomas

Searchable database of federal laws supported by the Library of Congress

Try a Different Approach

Guide to Law Online (text search engine for legal research, like Google)

Kartoo (graphic search engine that looks at several different search engines)

Why Files (Google based search engine that helps to answer questions)

 

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