GHS English Department - Research Resources

¯ Advertising Age (http://adage.com/) – A site offering links to articles pertaining to advertising issues and policy.

¯ American Civil Liberties Union (http://www.aclu.org/)

¯ American Journalism Review (http://www.ajr.org/) - A national magazine that covers all aspects of print, television, radio and online media.

¯ Federal Communications Commission (http://www.fcc.gov/) - An independent United States government agency established by the Communications Act of 1934 that is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.

¯ Journalism.org (http://www.journalism.org/) – A research organization that specializes in using empirical methods to evaluate and study the performance of the press. It is non partisan, non ideological and non political.

¯ Poynter Institute (http://www.poynter.org/) – A resource for issues related to journalism.

¯ PSA Research Center (http://www.psaresearch.com/) - An online information library dedicated to public service advertising.

¯ The Freedom Forum (http://www.freedomforum.org/) – A nonpartisan foundation that focuses on issue of free speech and free press.

¯ BioMed Central (http://www.biomedcentral.com/browse/journals/) – An independent publishing house committed to providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research.

¯ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov/)

¯ National Institute of Health (http://www.nih.gov/) - One of the world's foremost medical research centers, and the Federal focal point for medical research in the United States. The NIH, comprising 27 separate Institutes and Centers, is one of eight health agencies of the Public Health Service which, in turn, is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

¯ National Library of Medicine (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/) – The world’s largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care.

¯ Federal Reserve Bank of New York (http://www.ny.frb.org/ - Offers statistics and other data pertaining to monetary policy in the United States.

¯ International Monetary Fund (http://www.imf.org/external/) – An organization of 185 countries working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty. This site offers a lot of data on IMF lending, exchange rates, and other economic and financial indicators.

¯ The World Bank (http://www.worldbank.org/) – Offers data and research on a global scale.

¯ US Department of Commerce (http://www.commerce.gov/) – Offers resources related to trade and commerce in the United States.

¯ Galileo (http://www.galileo.usg.edu) – The best place to start for research. Resources found here are more credible than those found during general Internet surfing. You will need a password if you are trying to access it from home (ask your teacher or media specialist).

¯ Ethics Updates (http://ethics.sandiego.edu/) - Designed primarily to provide resources and updates on current literature, both popular and professional, that relates to ethical issues.

¯ Find Articles.com (http://findarticles.com/) - Free access to millions of articles from thousands of top publications.

¯ Intute (http://www.intute.ac.uk/) - A free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research. The database is monitored and evaluated by subject specialists.

¯ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (http://www.pnas.org/) – Offers printable links for articles pertaining to biological, physical, and social sciences.

¯ SearchGov.com (http://www.searchgov.com/) - A search engine that browses over one million government sites.

¯ Social Issues Research Centre (http://www.sirc.org/) - An independent, not-for-profit organization based in Oxford, UK that conducts research on a wide range of social topics including social and cultural trends.

¯ The Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/index.html) – A mass collection of resources including maps, photos, audio, video, letters, and other historical documents.

¯ The New York Times (requires free registration) (http://www.nytimes.com/) – One of the nation’s most widely read newspapers. Their article archive dates back to 1851.

¯ US Census Bureau (http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html) – Provides census data for a variety of categories.

¯ World Press.org (http://worldpress.org/) – News and views from around the world.

¯ World World (http://www.worldworld.com/) – A website that contains information about every country in the world.

¯ WWW Virtual Library (http://vlib.org/) - This oldest catalogue on the Web is run by volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert.

¯ Demographic Research (http://www.demographic-research.org/default.htm) - A free, online, open access, peer-reviewed journal of the population sciences published by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany. Database includes articles that address issues in many different countries including the United States.

¯ International Organization for Migration (http://www.iom.int/jahia/jsp/index.jsp) – An inter-governmental organization that deals with issues in the field of migration.

¯ Migration Policy Institute (http://www.migrationpolicy.org/) - an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization in Washington, DC dedicated to the study of the movement of people worldwide. MPI provides analysis, development, and evaluation of migration and refugee policies at the local, national, and international levels.

¯ Population Reference Bureau (http://www.prb.org/DataFind/datafinder7.htm) – This organization informs people around the world about population, health, and the environment.

¯ United Nations Population Fund (http://www.unfpa.org/) - An international agency that uses population data to help countries develop policies and programs to reduce poverty and human equality. Includes links to articles that deal with various population issues.

¯ Athletic Insight (http://www.athleticinsight.com/) – An online journal of sport psychology.

¯ International Association of Athletics Federations (http://www.iaaf.org/)

¯ The Sport Journal (http://www.thesportjournal.org/siteindex.asp) – A publication by the United State Sports Academy that includes a collection of articles addressing many facets of the athletic world.

¯ The Sport Supplement (http://www.thesportjournal.org/sport-supplement/vol15no3/index.asp) – A publication by the United States Sports Academy offering links to issues pertinent to athletes.

¯ Federal Bureau of Investigation (http://www.fbi.gov/)

¯ National Security Agency (http://www.nsa.gov/home_html.cfm)

¯ SearchMil.com (http://searchmil.com/) – A search engine that browses over one million military sites.

¯ Terrorism Research Center (http://www.terrorism.com/) - An independent institute dedicated to the research of terrorism, information warfare and security, critical infrastructure protection, homeland security, and other issues of low-intensity political violence and gray-area phenomena.

¯ United States Secret Service (http://www.secretservice.gov/)

¯ AddictionSearch.com (http://www.addictionsearch.com/index.php) – Provides addiction related research and drug rehabs and alcohol treatment programs and rehabilitation information.

¯ American Psychological Association (http://www.apa.org/) - A scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States.

¯ Social Psychology Network (http://www.socialpsychology.org/) – An educational organization that provides links to articles posted by more than 1,000 psychologists.