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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 five 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

Download the link for "free download" on the Copernic website to get a program that will search all the search engines on the web simultaneously and will compile them for you.  It is similar to dogpile.com if you are familiar with that site.  It will systematically add search engines to its search as they are used on your computer.

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)

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
National Crime Prevention Council http://weprevent.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
National Center for Education Statistics http://nces.ed.gov 
National Dropout Prevention Center http://www.dropoutprevention.org
Calvin Corriders - President of Syracuse City School Board calvincorriders@aol.com
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
The Environmental Protection Agency Research Page http://www.epa.gov/epahome/research.htm
U.S. Interior Department http://www.doi.gov
The Heritage Foundation on Environmental Issues http://www.heritage.org/library/
keyissues/environment/

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
An Analysis of Juvenile Homicides: http://www.ncianet.org/ncia/waiver.html
SafetyNet - Domestic Violence Resources http://www.cybergrrl.com/dv.html
Stats for all Counties in NY State for kids age 1-19 http://www.nyskwic.org
Youth Service Directory http://www.co.onondaga.ny.us/
Aging_and_Youth/home.html

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

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

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

 

Other Useful Sources
For research in Onondaga County http://www.ongov.net
Expose Big tobacco http://www.exposebigtobacco.com
Tobacco Free Kids http://www.tobaccofreekids.org
Info about Tobacco Industries http://www.realitycheckny.org
Contact in Onondaga County -Elizabeth Toomey � btoomey@preventionnetwork.info
Contact in Cayuga County
Karen Darling � kdarling@preventionnetwork.info
U.S Data on tobacco http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco.index.htm
Statistics on Syracuse Statistics on Syracuse (Spring 2005).doc
Complete Directory of Lobby Groups http://www.csuchico.edu/~kfountain/index.html   
The Post-Standard http://www.syracuse.com/poststandard
Syracuse Newspaper Database From the SU Library website click on "find articles" Then search for "Syracuse Newspapers" under the database link on the left.
Syracuse Community Indicator http://focussyracuse.org (click on link labeled "Welcome Syracuse University Students")
Power Reporting (Policy Report) http://powerreporting.com/altavista.html
May help with Prince ratings http://www.yourcongress.com/
Your Services Directory Youth Services Directory.doc
Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Researcher http://libwww.syr.edu/research/database/
index.html
Power Reporting http://www.powerreporting.com
The Heritage Foundation http://www.heritage.org
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/index.html
Lexis Nexis Search Service Go to the university library's site and follow their instructions for this service.
Dept of Transportation http://www.dot.gov
Pertinent Media Links http://www.nytimes.org
Public Agenda http://www.publicagenda.org
Firstgov.gov http://www.firstgov.org
State & Local Government on the Net http://www.statelocalgov.net
Issues2000.org http://www.issue2000.org
State Government Links http://www.state.ny.us
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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