Research Guides: Science and Public Controversy: Finding Articles & Policy Papers

Professional Policy Papers: Library Databases and More

Congressional Research Reports This link opens in a new window
Provides access to research reports on a wide variety of public policy issues prepared by the Congressional Research Service for members of Congress.
Open access version available here: https://crsreports.congress.gov/
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
CQ Researcher Online features original, comprehensive reporting and balanced analysis on issues of major political importance. CQ Researcher is a particularly good source of bibliographies on current topics.
Policy File Index This link opens in a new window
Information from over 350 public policy think tanks, nongovernmental organizations, research institutes, university centers, advocacy groups, and other entities.

Proquest Politics Collection
Includes PAIS, Policy File Index, Proquest Politics Database, and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.

ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Index and abstracts, with some full-text included. The premier bibliographic database covering the literature on education. Covers both journal articles and unpublished research documents. Updates: Ongoing
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Full text access to 1700+ sociological journals and books, conference proceedings, working papers with abstracting for additional titles with coverage back to 1895. Searchable cited references are included.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Covers the international literature in sociology and related social and behavioral sciences. Included are citations to journal articles and book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Many records for articles from major journals added since 2001 also include lists of works cited.