PAP Orientation to Library Resources: Policy Analysis

Policy Research

For a more detailed summary, see our Policy Research page. 

Policy research has a number of moving parts, and you will make use of:
Bills & laws
Ballot measures
Legal materials
Rulemaking materials
Policy papers and reports.

Resources you can use to find policy & position papers include:
American Policy Directory
Oregon Policy Directory
IssueLab

You can also used the Library Catalog to find reports. Do so by searching for known agencies and organizations in the catalog as "creator" (example and example).