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A Guide to Urban Studies: Websites

This Research Guide contains resources supporting students, faculty, and staff of the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs.

Professional Associations/Organizations

Data & Survey Sources

American National Election Studies
Gallup
A research and data polling company. Provides limited information and some publications at no cost.
ICPSR Homepage
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. (ICPSR)
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A data archive for more than 80,000 studies across a variety of disciplines including: behavioral and social sciences, education, economics, political science, public health, and more. Datasets are available for download in SAS, SPSS, and ASCII formats.
Pew Research Center
"nonpartisan fact tank that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world"
PollingReport.com
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

U.S. Federal Government Information

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (1774 - present)
Budget of the United States Government
Office of Management and Budget; includes Federal Budget Publications and the Economic Report of the President.

Congress.gov This link opens in a new window
Legislative information from the Library of Congress.

Congress.org
Congressional Directory
Diplomatic List
FedStats
GPO (U.S. Government Publishing Office)
National Technical Reports Library
Formerly FedWorld
POTUS: Presidents of the United States
Presidential Libraries
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Government Manual
Provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches.
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
USA.gov
U.S. government's official web portal.
The White House

State Information Sources

National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
Ohio Citizen Action
Ohio General Assembly
Ohio Legislative Service Commission
State of Ohio
Statehouse News Bureau
Public radio and television.

Local Government

GRANTS

Candid
Foundation Center and GuideStar are Candid
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
CSU Graduate Grant Writing Center
Council on Foundations
Federal Government
The Grantsmanship Center
GrantSpace
National Center for Charitable Statistics
Philanthropy Ohio

Climate Change

Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
"independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to advance strong policy and action to address the twin challenges of energy and climate change"
National Science Foundation Exploratorium
U.S. EPA Climate Change
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
World Health Organization Climate Change

Housing

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)