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PAIS Index
- Indexes articles from scholarly journals and magazines, such as the Atlantic, Economist, Commentary, Policy Review and Public Interest
- Includes publications from over 120 countries throughout the world, some in languages other than English
- PAIS International (1972 - present)
- PAIS Archive (1915- 1976)
WorldWide Political Science Abstracts 1975+
- Indexes scholarly journal articles, covering almost 1,350 serials including major journals on policy
- Also includes dissertations
- Provides 'cited by' information
- Features an excellent thesaurus to aid in searches

ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary search engine of academic journals, newspapers, ebooks, and more.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
- An archive of generally peer-reviewed articles
- Provides articles that give historical perspective to the topics
SSRN This link opens in a new window
- Open-access collection containing interdisciplinary research and academic rankings for papers, authors, and institutions
- Includes both published and forthcoming articles and those that are part of a university working papers series
- Articles about cutting-edge topics can be found here first

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
- provides access to:
  - news
  - business, e.g. financial information for a specific company
  - legal information: e.g. a judgement on a case
EMBASE This link opens in a new window
- major biomedical and pharmaceutical database
- indexes over 3,500 international journals
- includes health policy and management, public health, occupational health, environmental health, drug dependence and abuse, and psychiatry

CCPA: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- An independent, progressive voice concerned with issues of social and economic justice
IPAC: Institute of Public Administration in Canada
- IPAC publishes "Public Sector Management", which features articles written by expert practitioners; as such, it may be a good source for case studies
- IPAC also published an occasional series on public management and governance, usually written by both scholars and policy decision makers
IRPP: Institute for Research in Public Policy
- Independent organization seeking to improve public policy in Canada
Environment and planning
- major biomedical and pharmaceutical database
- indexes over 3,500 international journals
- includes health policy and management, public health, occupational health, environmental health, drug dependence and abuse, and psychiatry
NiCHE: Network in Canadian History and Environment
Finding Aid - Canadian Policy Research Network fonds (CPRN)
Progressive Britain
- London, U.K.-based centre-left think tank dedicated to promoting progressive policies and renewal of social democracy
Prezi: Introduction to Government Publications
Robarts Library 4th Floor Map
Decoding CODOC

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management v.1, 1981+
Policy Sciences v.29 (2), 1996+
- Earlier volumes are available electronically; check the e-journals list
Policy Studies Journal v.1, 1972+
Public Administration Review 1965+
- Earlier volumes are available electronically through JSTOR; check the e-journals list
Review of Policy Research v.1, 1981

Alternatives Journal v.19(2), 1993+
Canadian Journal of Political Science v.33, 2000+
- Theoretical focus
- Earlier issues available electronically through JSTOR; check the e-journals list
Canadian Public Administration v.1, 1958+
Canadian Public Policy v.1, 1975+
Policy Horizons Canada
- Published by the Policy Research Initiative, government of Canada
International Review of Administrative Sciences v.23, 1957+
Isuma: Canadian Journal of Policy Research v.1, 2000+
Optimum Online: the Journal of Public Sector Management v.28, 1998+
- 1990-1999 is available electronically; check the e-journals list
Policy Matters v.1(3), 2000+
- HC111 .P65
- Available at Robarts Library
Policy Options 1997+
- Earlier volumes (v.1, 1980+) available at Robarts Library, at JL1 .P64

Health affairs 1981+
Health economics, policy and law
Journal of health politics, policy and law
Journal of urban affairs v.21, 1979+
Urban affairs review v.1, 1965+
- Preceded by Urban Affairs Quarterly
- Sometimes includes articles on policy, although the focus of the journal is political science

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