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Government

• Oregon Online—State of Oregon's primary site
• Oregon Legislature Issue Brief—Basic information and background on various issues (prepared by legislative staff)
• Oregon State Agencies—Index to all State of Oregon agencies

• Official California Home Page—State of California's main page
• California Senate Office of Research—Initiative and policy planning, development, and evaluation for the California Senate

• Access Washington—Washington State's home page
• Washington State Institute for Public Policy—Research on issues of importance to Washington State

• Government of British Columbia—BC Official home page
• British Columbia Government Agencies—Index compiled by Evergreen State College

University-Based Research Centers

• PSU Research Institutes and Centers—List of and links to the research institutes and centers at Portland State University. Portland, OR.
• Regional Research Institute for Human Services—Research component of the graduate school for social work at Portland State University.
• Center for Population Research and Census—Concerned with demographic research and produces official population estimates for Oregon. Portland State University. Portland, OR.
• Center for Urban Studies—Emphasis in urban policy analysis and in urban and regional planning. Portland, OR.
• Institute for Portland Metropolitan Studies—Service and research component of the College of Urban and Public Affairs. Portland State University, Portland OR.
• Transportation Studies Center—Institute concerned with transportation planning, technology transfer, transportation and land use interactions, etc.Portland State University, Portland, OR.
• OSU Centers, Institutes, Facilities, and Programs—List of and links to research institutes and centers at Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR.
• Oregon Water Resources Research Institute—Concerned with the management of water resources for the state of Oregon. Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR.
• Kiewit Center for Infrastructure and Transportation—Facilitates research and education in the transportation area. Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR.
• UO Research Institutes and Centers—List of and links to the research institutes and centers at the University of Oregon. Eugene, OR.
• Institute for a Sustainable Environment—Concerned with long-term sustainability of the earth's major environmental systems. University of Oregon, OR.
• Oregon Center for Public Policy—Private, nonprofit public policy tank that assists Oregonians by expanding the debate on tax and budget policies. Silverton, OR.

• California Center for Population Research—Multidisciplinary center for demographic research and graduate training. University of California. Los Angeles, CA.
• Center for American Politics and Public Policy—American public policy center at UCLA's Institute for Social Science Research. Los Angeles, CA.
• Center for Comparative Political Economy—Financed by the International Studies and Overseas program at UCLA. Los Angeles, CA.
• Institute for Social Science Research—Promotes interdisciplinary research on a broad spectrum of contemporary sociological, psychological, political, and economic problems and community issues. University of California. Los Angeles, CA.
• Institute of Transportation Studies (UCLA)—Research topics ranging from the social equity of public transit fare policies to the development of intelligent vehicle highway systems. University of California. Los Angeles, CA.
• Institutes of the Environment—Seeks to "address the full complexity of today's environmental problems on a local, regional, and global scale through innovative, integrative, multidisciplinary academic, research, and outreach programs." University of California. Los Angeles, CA.
• Institute of Business and Economic Research—Supports research in economics and business. University of California-Berkeley, CA.
• Institute of Industrial Relations—Research on labor and employment relations. University of California-Berkeley, CA.
• Institute of Transportation Studies (Berkeley)—Research on transportation and related issues in California. University of California-Berkeley, CA.
• Institute of Urban and Regional Development—Conducts research into processes of urban and regional growth and decline, and effects of governing policies on the patterns and processes of development. University of California-Berkeley, CA.
• Cesar E. Chavez Institute—Established to create a base for academic research on critical issues facing Raza communities in California (particularly in the San Francisco bay area). San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA.
• San Francisco Urban Institute—Research and action project that addresses San Francisco's most critical issues. San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA.
• Center for California StudiesЛPublic policy, public service, and curricular support unite of CSUD devoted to promoting the understanding of California's history, cultures, and public policies. California State University, Sacramento, CA.
• Golden State Center for Policy Studies—Draws on the Claremont Institute's scholarship and research for practical application to the policies of California. Claremont, CA.
• Tomas Rivera Policy Institutes (Pitzer College)—Conducts and disseminates objective, policy-relevant research and its implications to decision makers on key issues affecting Latino communities. Claremont, CA and Austin, TX.
• California Institute of Public Affairs—An independent, nonprofit organization that works in California and internationally and emphasizes a systematic, long-range view of public affairs that combines social, cultural, environmental, and economic concerns. Sacramento, CA.
• Rand Corporation—A nonprofit organization that helps improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis. Santa Monica, CA.
• Public Policy Institute of California—Private, nonprofit institute dedicated to research on California's social, political, and economic issues. San Francisco, CA.

• Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington—Nonprofit, independent organization providing professional consultation, research, and information services for local governments.
• UW Labs, Centers, and Programs—List of the University of Washington's labs, centers, and programs.
• APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Study Center—Policy related research on regional and global issues that affect APEC countries. University of Washington, WA.
• Northwest Policy Center (UW)—The policy research center was disbanded as of October 2002, but an archive or electronic publications previously available through the center can be accessed online.
• Center for Advanced Research and Study on Intellectual Property—Focus on problems in patent and other property ownership rights in high tech products. University of Washington, WA.
• Center for American Politics and Public Policy—Conducts academic and policy-relevant research in American politics and public policy processes. University of Washington, WA.
• Center for Labor Studies—Supports research, teaching, and community outreach, all focusing on labor's contribution to society. University of Washington, WA.
• Center for Streamside Studies—Provides information for the resolution of management issues related to the production and protection of forest, fish, wildlife, and water resources associated with the streams and rivers in the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington, WA.
• Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology—Fosters and supports education, research, and multi-departmental scholarly interchange in demography and population stud. University of Washington, WA.
• Center on Reinventing Public Education (UW)—Seeks to develop and evaluate methods of public oversight that can allow individual schools to be focused, effective, and accountable. University of Washington, WA.
• The Thomas S. Foley Institute—Public policy and public service institute. Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
• Center for Economic and Business Research—Business conditions analysis, forecasting, and resource center for Washington State/British Columbia and northwest Washington regions. Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA.
• Center for International Business—International business environment and international business practices. Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA.
• The Evergreen State College Labor Education and Research Center—Develops programs in a collaborative fashion with organized labor and labor support groups to address relevant issues to worker's unions and work lives. Olympia, WA.

• W.J. VanDusen BC Business Studies Institute—Funds research on issues of particular relevance to industry and government activities in British Columbia, Canada. Simon Fraser University, BC Canada.
• Centre for Labour Studies—Will promote the study and understanding of labour, working people, and their organizations from a comprehensive social, cultural, historical, political, and economic perspective. Simon Fraser University, BC Canada.
• Institute of Governance Studies—Research on issues and problems of governance—in Canada, at the municipal, regional, metropolitan, provincial, and federal levels and in comparative and international settings. Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada.
• Research at SFU: Centres and Institutes—List of and links to Simon Fraser University's research centers and institutes. BC Canada.
• Centre for Public Sector Studies—Provides administrative, secretarial and publications support as well as research space for individual and joint faculty research projects related to matters of governance, organization, and policy sciences. University of Victoria, BC Canada.

Other Public Policy Organizations

• Oregon Center for Public Policy—Nonprofit policy research institute. Silverton, OR
• Cascade Policy Institute—Promotes answers to Oregon's public policy questions from a limited government, free-market perspective. Portland, OR
• Oregon Public Affairs Network (OPAN)—Facilitates communication between policy makers and the public via television and the Internet.

• California Public Policy Foundation—A nonprofit educational organization concerned with conservative ideas, policies, and principles: for limited government, individual responsibility, and self-reliance. Camarillo, CA.
• Public Policy Institute of California—Nonpartisan policy research institution.

• Washington State Institute for Public Policy—Nonpartisan policy research and analysis
• Washington Policy Center—Nonpartisan, free-market think tank.

• Canadian Public Policy—Links to various institutes and organizations that concern greater Canada and individual provinces.

Online Databases

• Local Area Data for Oregon: A Bibliography of Sources—University of Oregon Library's bibliography of local data sources. Eugene, OR
• Marion Polk County Community Health Information Project (CHIP)—Local area statistics used to assess neighborhood and city health.
• Oregon Population Survey—Information from a biennial household telephone survey produced by the State of Oregon. Provides statistically reliable data on Oregon's population between decennial censuses. Salem, OR
• Oregon State Library—Maintained by the Oregon State library, this site offers links to Oregon-related statistics.

• Survey Documentation and Analysis—A University of California-Berkeley database that has access to general US social and political data.
• RAND California Statistics—Eight main categories.
• Counting California Main Page—California data and information.
• InfoDome—California statistics in twelve categories.
• U.C Berkeley Library—Selected data and statistics for the state.
• Skyline College Library—Provides California data and research links.

• Washington State Statistics—Information on business and industry, employment, healthcare, transportation, etc.
• Spokane Public Library—Offers data resources in fifteen categories.
• Seattle Public Library—Local city and general state resources.

• Ministry of Management Services—British Columbia statistics and related links.
• University College of the Cariboo Library—Statistics for BC and greater Canada.
• Simon Fraser University Library—Links to Canadian statistical resources and agencies.

• ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute) Online University Database—An online list of academic GIs programs provided by ESRI.
• GIs for Everyone—ESRI's site for the promotion and education of the GIs community.
• Geographic Statistics Mapper—Interactive mapping and geoscience data analysis site (global geographic information with several areas of focus including the US). Cornell University, NY.
• Thoen's Web GIs Notebook—This site has several different organized paged links to various GIs sites on the web. Highly recommended!
• National Geographic's MapMachine—National Geographic's contribution to the world of online GIs; this site is a high quality example of interactive data mapping over the Internet.
• University of Virginia's Geospatial Statistics Site—Provides academic access to extensive collections of national numeric and geospatial data files, as well as other services.

• Census Bureau's "American FactFinder"—An excellent interactive/GIs database for 1990 census data. Washington DC.
• Center for Disease Control—CDC's web site for online access to their data and statistics, primarily health and disease related data. Atlanta, GA.
• Demographic Data Viewer—A Java program for accessing 1990 Census data. New York, NY.
• Electronic Data Center—Emory University Library's online database collection (mostly national, but some local and international.) Atlanta, GA.
• Government Info Sharing Project—Uses imagemaps and cgi to access various demographic, economic, and census data. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
• Harvard-MIT Data Center—Harvard-MIT online databases. Tons of social and political science data! Cambridge, MA.
• ICPSR Homepage—The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (has world's largest archive of computerized social science data). University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
• IPUMS-USA and IPUMS-International—A new project dedicated to collecting and distributing census data from around the world. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
• ISSR at UCLA—Hooked up to ICPSR. Tons of data on a large variety of topics. Los Angeles, CA.
• National Agricultural Statistics Service for US Agriculture Statistical Information and Geographics—Provides access to US agricultural data by national, state, or county level. Washington, DC.
• National Health Interview Survey—US health statistics. University of Michigan.
• Princeton Data and Statistical Services—Various searchable and downloadable data on virtually any topic. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
• Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center—Social and economic data on the US and other countries. Palisades, NY.
• Sociometrics Corporation—Membership required to access their national social statistics. Los Altos, CA.
• State of the Nation's Cities—US urban statistics in pre-made maps and downloadable data formats. Rutgers University: Bloustein School, New Brunswick, NJ.
• US Census Department's FTP Socio-Demographic Archive—Site with FTP access to socio-demographic data from the US Census. Washington, DC.
• USDA-NASS Agricultural Census, Census of Agriculture US Department of Agriculture's census division. This has national agricultural data organized both by geography and subject. Washington, DC.

Public Policy Resource Lists

• Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)—Organization dedicated to blending the talents of researchers, educators, and practitioners in the production, dissemination, and application of analysis bearing on public concerns. Washington, DC.
• The Policy Action Network—Electronic Policy Network's list of public policy organizations.
• National Center for Policy Analysis' Notable Links—List of notable policy links provided by the National Center for Policy Analysis.
• Oregon State University's List of Research Databases—Large list of other online databases.
• Policy.com—A very comprehensive public policy resource and community.
• Policy Experts.org—Databases of public policy experts and organizations.
• Project Vote Smart List—List of Think Tanks and Research Institutes.
• Public Policy Issues and Groups—Vanderbilt University's library collection of sources by subject.
• Public Policy Web Sites—Cascade Policy Institute's public policy web sites.
• Rand California Online Library—Links to sources for California Public Policy.
• Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research—List of free resources for methods in evaluation and social research.
• Think Tanks and Public Policy Organizations Links—A big list of public policy organizations and research centers.
• Walter C. Koerner Library Policy List—List of public policy links on the Internet. (University of British Columbia)
• The Right Links—Mostly conservative policy institutes and public issues sites, mostly in the US. The Conservative Caucus.