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PolicyFIle
Use PolicyFile to locate reports from over 350 public policy think tanks, non-governmental organizations, research institutes, university centers, advocacy groups, and other entities.
JSTOR
JSTOR archives full-text scholarly articles in a number of disciplines, including public policy and public administration, labor and employment, urban studies, and transportation studies. The collection is now being updated to include articles published in recent years.
ScienceDirect
Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a multidisciplinary database useful for searching a broad range of topics in the fields of public policy and related disciplines. Many full-text articles are available; click the PDF or the check for full-text link to locate them!
GreenFILE
Materials on sustainability and its connection to health, policy, law, and the environment.
Web of Science
Web of Science provides access to citation data for a large collection of high-impact journals across the disciplines.
EconLit
Useful for political economy, public finance, and budgetary policy as well as materials on development and globalization.
Social Sciences Premium Collection
Includes PAIS, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Social Services Abstracts, and a number of full-text journal collections. Databases may be searched individually or as a group.
Nature Climate Change

Key Data and Statistical Resources

Statista
Data.gov
IQSS Dataverse Network
ICPSR
ICPSR is a membership based, non-profit data archive located at the University of Michigan; it is one of the world's largest social science archives. Access to datasets and related studies on a wide variety of topics. NU students may set up a myData account to download datasets and supporting documentation.
SimplyAnalytics
This mapping application enables users to develop interactive thematic maps and reports using thousands of demographic, business, health, crime, and marketing data variables.

Streaming Video Collections

Academic Video Online (AVON) offers videos of interest to a broad range of disciplines.

Watch complete videos or create playlists and clips in both Kanopy and AVON.

Kanopy provides a broad range of documentaries across the disciplines. See especially the Global Studies, and Social Sciences areas.

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Introducing PolicyFile

Use PolicyFile to locate reports from over 350 public policy think tanks, non-governmental organizations, research institutes, university centers, advocacy groups, and other entities.

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