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Legislation & Policy Debate
- ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new windowCongressional hearings, public issues, legislation, history, and legal research.
- Nexis Uni - Law Reviews & JournalsLaw reviews are scholarly journal articles about legal topics, published out of law schools. Search here for legal scholarship and scholarly analysis of legislation and case law.
- CQ Magazine This link opens in a new windowThis weekly magazine tracks what happens in Congress each week. Search here for articles about legislation and policy relevant to your topic.
Legislation and Policy - State Level
- The Book of the StatesCall Number: Online & JK2403 .B62More information in Catalyst...
Published annually by the Council of State Governments, this compendium is the definitive resource for what's happening year-by-year, at a glance but in rich detail all the same, in state legislatures. The library has 1937-current, with the most recent issue in Reference. Also now available online.
- National Conference of State LegislaturesAn excellent meta level overview of policies and legislation across the 50 states.
- State Agency Databases ProjectLinks to the agency websites for individual states.
Interest Groups and Public Policy Institutes
- Policy File Index This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and abstracts)
Find reports on public policy topics from major think tanks, research organizations, and advocacy groups including the Hoover Institution, International Monetary Fund, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, RAND Corporation, and the World Bank. Covers 1990-current.
- FindPolicy.org - Search policy think tanksA customized search engine to search across multiple public policy think tanks. Other specialized searches on this site are for climate, economy, development, foreign policy, outlets who publish on policy, and other topics and geographical groupings.
- Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesResearch and policy institute devoted to the issue of income inequality and low income issues in America.
- Institute on Tax and Economic PolicyITEP is a non-profit, non-partisan tax policy organization that conducts rigorous analyses of tax and economic proposals and provide data-driven recommendations to shape equitable and sustainable tax systems.
Non-partisan Government Reports
The U.S. government researches public policy programs and issues. The Congressional Research Service provides research and analysis to Congress and the Government Accountability Office analyzes the effectiveness of government programs.
Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports are not automatically made public. However, the library has hundreds of CRS reports on file, and various libraries and organizations are making a concerted effort to collect and digitize as many CRS reports as possible.
- In Catalyst, at the Carleton library (search Congressional Research Service as "author")
- CRS Reports from University of North Texas
- EveryCRSReport.com
Government Accountability Office reports are available both through the library or online.
- GAO.gov (reports 1921 to present)
National Research Organizations
- The Brookings InstitutionThis nonpartisan research institute publishes highly useful policy briefs and reports on international affairs.
- The Urban InstituteThis is a research institution focused on public policy with data and dissemination as part of its mission.
- Pew Research CenterThe Pew Research Center gives detailed information about the income inequality and more.
- Tax Policy CenterA partnership of the Brookings Institution and Urban Institute providing research and statistics on tax policy.
- National Conference of State LegislaturesAn excellent meta level overview of policies and legislation across the 50 states.
