Library Guides: Human Development and Family Studies Research Guide: Policy & Governmental Sources

a few journals of note

Journal of Social Issues
Focuses on a single topic-recent issues, for example, have addressed poverty, housing and health; privacy as a social and psychological concern; youth and violence; and the impact social class on education.
Journal of Social Policy
Focuses on articles which seek to contribute to debates on the future direction of social policy, to present new empirical data, to advance theories, or to analyse issues in the making and implementation of social policies.
Policy Studies Journal
Focuses on the theoretically and empirically grounded research on policy process and policy analysis.
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM)
Focused on topics with regard to policy analysis, public management, economics, policy research, program evaluation, policy making, and public management reform.

Social Policy

Policy Commons: Global Think Tanks This link opens in a new window
Policy Commons: Global Think Tanks pulls together policy documents and makes them searchable. This includes reports from NGO, philanthropies, and think tanks, as well as videos, slide decks, and other formats that organizations use to share their information.

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) serves as shared staff to congressional committees and Members of Congress. CRS experts assist at every stage of the legislative process — from the early considerations that precede bill drafting, through committee hearings and floor debate, to the oversight of enacted laws and various agency activities.

CRS approaches complex topics from a variety of perspectives and examines all sides of an issue. Staff members analyze current policies and present the impact of proposed policy alternatives.
Policy Archive
A project created by the Center for Governmental Studies and the Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Library. This is a "digital archive of global, non-partisan public policy research. It makes use of the power, efficiency, and economy of modern Internet technology to collect and disseminate summaries and full texts, videos, reports, briefs, and multimedia material of think tank, university, government, and foundation-funded policy research."
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