DPA Students Research Guide

GovInfo provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research.

PolicyArchive is a comprehensive digital library of public policy research containing over 30,000 documents.

The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization with a mission to conduct high-quality, independent research. Consistently ranked as the most influential, most quoted and most trusted think tank.

The Comparative Agendas Project collects and organizes data from archived sources to track policy outcomes across countries.

Provides bill searching and other information about the legislative process, members of Congress, Congressional Record, and U.S. Code.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress. Often called the "congressional watchdog," GAO investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars.

Official site for California legislative information maintained by the Legislative Counsel of California, pursuant to California law.

Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank dedicated to informing and improving public policy in California through independent, objective, nonpartisan research.

CRB provides nonpartisan research services to the Governor and his staff, to both houses of the legislature, and to other state elected officials.

NCSL provides research, technical assistance and opportunities for policymakers to exchange ideas on the most pressing state issues.

Through NGA, governors identify priority issues and deal collectively with matters of public policy and governance at the state and national levels.

A not-for-profit policy firm committed to the improvement of public policy through information management.