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Internet Research

Guide to Conducting Public Policy Research on the Internet

This page is meant to provide you with links that will be helpful for your research. Click on any of the URL's (web addresses) to visit the pages. Many of these pages provide their own links that may be helpful as well. In addition, the pages have been rated based on helpfulness and links they provide.

The section titled "Search Engines" provides sites that will allow you to search anywhere on the web for your public policy topic.

Select one of the following:

Search engines - Newspapers - Crime - Drugs - Environment - Teen Pregnancy - Youth - Non-Profits & Volunteer - Other Sources

Search engines - Newspapers - Crime - Drugs - Environment - Teen Pregnancy - Youth - Non-Profits & Volunteer - Other Sources

Newspapers
USA Today http://usatoday.com/
Subscribe USA Today
 		 http://reg.e.usatoday.com/ (fill in your info and then select the newsletters you want emailed to you at bottom)
NYTimes http://nytimes.com/
Subscribe NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/gst/regi.html (do same as USA Today)
Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Subscribe Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=admin/registration/register&destination =register&nextstep=gather
(do same as both)
Syracuse Post Standard http://www.syracuse.com
Syracuse Newspaper Database From the SU Library website click on "find articles" Then search for "Syracuse Newspapers" under the database link on the left.

Search engines - Newspapers - Crime - Drugs - Environment - Teen Pregnancy - Youth - Non-Profits & Volunteer - Other Sources

Crime
Criminal Justice Resources on the Web http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/cjlinks/
Federal Bureau of Investigation http://www.fbi.gov/
National Center on Institutions and Alternatives http://www.ncianet.org/
National Rifle Association http://www.nra.org
U.S. Department of Justice-Statistics Page http://www.ojp.gov/bjs/welcome.html

Search engines - Newspapers - Crime - Drugs - Environment - Teen Pregnancy - Youth - Non-Profits & Volunteer - Other Sources

Drugs
Bureau of Justice Statistics: Statistics on Drugs and Crime http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/drugs.htm
Drugs and Crime http://virlib.ncjrs.org/DrugsAndCrime.asp
Stats for all Counties in NY State for kids age 1-19 http://www.nyskwic.org

Search engines - Newspapers - Crime - Drugs - Environment - Teen Pregnancy - Youth - Non-Profits & Volunteer - Other Sources

Education
Center for Education Reform www.edreform.com
Education Week www.edweek.org/ew/index.html
Educational Resource Information Center www.eric.ed.gov
National Center for Education Statistics http://nces.ed.gov 
National Dropout Prevention Center http://www.dropoutprevention.org
National Education Association www.nea.org
New York City Department of Education http://schools.nyc.gov/deafult.htm
New York State Dept of Education http://www.nysed.gov
Stats for all Counties in NY State for kids age 1-19 http://www.nyskwic.org
Syracuse City School Board http://www.syracusecityschools.com

Search engines - Newspapers - Crime - Drugs - Environment - Teen Pregnancy - Youth - Non-Profits & Volunteer - Other Sources

Environment
CNY Energy Conservation Program www.ongov.net/energy/home.html
EPA www.epa.gov
The Environmental Protection Agency Research Page http://www.epa.gov/epahome/research.htm
The Heritage Foundation on Environmental Issues http://www.heritage.org/library/
keyissues/environment/
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation www.dec.ny.gov/index.html
Onondaga County Office of the Environment http://www.ongov.net/Environment/
SUNY ESF www.esf.edu/ecenter/eis
U.S. Interior Department http://www.doi.gov

Search engines - Newspapers - Crime - Drugs - Environment - Teen Pregnancy - Youth - Non-Profits & Volunteer - Other Sources

Teenage Pregnancy                                                  
Advocates for Youth http://www.advocatesforyouth.org
Girls Inc. http://www.girlsinc.org
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy http://www.teenpregnancy.org
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States http://www.siecus.org

Search engines - Newspapers - Crime - Drugs - Environment - Teen Pregnancy - Youth - Non-Profits & Volunteer - Other Sources

Youth
Stats for all Counties in NY State for kids age 1-19 http://www.nyskwic.org

Search engines - Newspapers - Crime - Drugs - Environment - Teen Pregnancy - Youth - Non-Profits & Volunteer - Other Sources

NonProfits and Volunteer Search Sites
Evaluates & Describes most US Charities and non-profits http://www.charitynavigator.org
Idealist.org http://www.idealist.org 
Networkforgood.org
 		 http://www.networkforgood.org
Volunteermatch.org
 		 http://www.volunteermatch.org  

Search engines - Newspapers - Crime - Drugs - Environment - Teen Pregnancy - Youth - Non-Profits & Volunteer - Other Sources

 

Other Useful Sources
City of Syracuse www.syracuse.ny.us
Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Researcher http://libwww.syr.edu/research/database/
index.html
Dept of Transportation http://www.dot.gov
Expose Big tobacco http://www.exposebigtobacco.com
Firstgov.gov http://www.firstgov.org
For research in Onondaga County http://www.ongov.net
The Heritage Foundation http://www.heritage.org
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/index.html
NYS Government Links http://www.state.ny.us
Pertinent Media Links http://www.nytimes.org
Power Reporting (Policy Report) http://powerreporting.com/altavista.html
Public Agenda http://www.publicagenda.org
State & Local Government on the Net http://www.statelocalgov.net
Statistics on Syracuse Statistics on Syracuse (Spring 2005).doc
Syracuse Community Indicator http://focussyracuse.org (click on link labeled "Welcome Syracuse University Students")
Tobacco Free Kids http://www.tobaccofreekids.org
U.S Data on tobacco http://www.cdc.gov/
Your Services Directory Youth Services Directory.doc
The White House Briefing Room http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Search engines - Newspapers - Crime - Drugs - Environment - Teen Pregnancy - Youth - Non-Profits & Volunteer - Other Sources

 
   
   
   

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