BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES

Social science databases contain publications on social policies for countries other than the United States and also policy comparison between/among states and  among countries,.  When run searches, in addition to use the keywords that describe your topic, you can combine your search terms with the name of a country.  For example: "Child Welfare AND Canada".  Here are recommended databases:

• Social Work Abstracts
  
• SocINDEX with Full Text
• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

ONLINE JOURNALS

Library have journals that focus on social policies.  Here are some available online. You can browse the table of content to find articles that may inspire research ideas:

• Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy
  
• Asian Social Work & Policy Review
  
• International Journal Of Sociology And Social Policy
  
• Journal Of European Public Policy
  
• Journal Of Social Policy
  
• Social Policy And Society: A Journal Of The Social Policy Association
  
• Social Policy Report

INTERNET RESOURCES

     International Policy Research:

• European Centre for Social Welfare Policy Research - a UN-affiliated intergovernmental organization concerned with all aspects of social welfare policy and research.
• Intute: Social Welfare - Resources are put together by a team of subject specialists from universities across the UK. The site gather and review web resources.
• International Council on Social Welfare - Gathers and distributes information to civil society organisations, governments and intergovernmental organisations.
• OECD: Social and Welfare Issues - covers a wide array of social, education and health policies implemented in a continuously changing environment of socio-demographic factors, labour markets, and technical progress.
• Social Security in Other Countries

     Federal/State Policy Research:

• CLASP: Policy Solutions that Work for Low-Income People - Nonpartisan, the organization provides up-to-date information and in-depth analysis in welfare and social policy. Funding for welfare in each state can be found here.
• Governing - A subsidiary of the Times Publishing Co. of St. Petersburg, Florida.  The site provides intelligence and analysis on management, policy and politics to help guide and inspire innovative leaders across state and local government.
• National Center for Policy Analysis - a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization. Topics on the site included reforms in health care, taxes, Social Security, welfare, criminal justice, education and environmental regulation.
• Stateline.org- a nonprofit, nonpartisan online news site that practices journalism in the public interest by reporting on emerging trends and issues in state policy and politics.
• StateMaster- a unique statistical database which allows you to research and compare a multitude of different data on US states.