This directory serves as a proposal writer’s resource to locate
websites with statistical and research information. These
websites and search engines change
frequently.
For greater precision in searching, this site allows you to use
Boolean operators when searching, utilizing words such as AND,
OR, and NOT. This site no only allows you to search for web
pages, but also specifically for pictures, news, videos, or MP3
or FTP files. Several specialty search solutions are also
offered.
OSFP maintains a broad collection of research funding
sources.
To
take full advantage of this search engine, you may want to take
time to learn its search commands. It has the largest collection
of websites in its search engine. An interestingly unique
feature of this site is that you can translate from multiple
foreign languages into English from sites retrieved through your
search or you can translate your own text by using Babel Fish, a
free language translation service.
This
is a nonprofit, nonpartisan professional development
organization providing learning opportunities for policymakers
on youth issues at national, state and local levels.
While
this search engine is powered by Google, it does not retain all
of Google’s functionality. AOL members can retrieve just about
all of the Google results from AOL’s own content pages.
APA Style Using the American
Psychological Association’s Formatting: A summary of how to use
APA Style citations from the Purdue University Online Writing
Lab.
The great thing about this site is that it allows you to
search for information simply by asking a question. It uses
words in context to help find the information you are
requesting.
Based
on Sperling’s “Best Places” research, this site offers city and
neighborhood profiles, crime rates, cost of living, school
statistics, and climate profiles.
The
Bureau of Justice Statistics collects, analyzes, publishes, and
disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims
of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of
governments.
As a
means of increasing public awareness of the nation’s
transportation system and improving the knowledge bases for key
decision, makers, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics was
created for data collection, analysis, and reporting and to we
ensure the most cot-effective use of transportation-monitoring
resources.
This
provides an east-to-use tool from the Social Science Data
Analysis Network at the University of Michigan that assists in
investigating US demographic trends.
The Fund takes an active role in ensuring
that every child is afforded a healthy, safe, and moral start in
life. The site offers information on congressional and
legislative issues that affect child well-being.
This site provides a one-stop shop for the
latest national trends and research on over 80 key indicators of
child and youth well-being; new indicators added monthly.
Profiles of 192 countries including population, government,
agricultural, globalization, economy, communications,
transportation, military, and other information are provided.
The Virtual Library service of the SC State Library
provides access to essential information and learning resources.
DISCUS databases include the full text of articles from about
3,100 magazine, newspaper, and professional journal titles; the
full text of public and private companies; and abstracts of
articles from several thousand additional periodical and news
The
most popular of all meta-search engines, this site was designed
primarily for a general consumer audience. The site groups
results by category as well as providing standard search
results. Users may view results either by relevance or by search
engine.
These
databases of scientific and other journal articles are
searchable by keyword. This website may be available through
state universities at no charge. Access can be purchased by
individuals for a small fee.
Eric
is a national information system sponsored by the Institute of
Education Sciences of the US Department of Education to provide
access to education literature and resources. One of the major
bibliographic databases in the world, ERIC has acquired,
reviewed, and processed more than one million citations that
policy makers, program planners, researchers, and other users
can readily identify and obtain.
ERIC
Digests are short reports (1,000 to 1,500 words) on topics of
interest in education. They are designed to provide overview of
topics with references to more detailed information.
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