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Public Administration Research: Other Reliable Sources

Guidance and key resources for conducting academic research in Public Administration.

Other Sources Outside the Library

Search Tip: Remember you can limit your search by domain or URL. Example: data.gov; poverty site:.gov; ukraine war site:https://www.nytimes.com

IPSOS: Global Market Research and Public Opinion Specialist
https://www.ipsos.com/en-us

Google Trends
https://trends.google.com/

USA Facts
Government data from over 70 sources organized to show how the money flows, the impact, and who "the people" are.
https://usafacts.org/

Kaggle
https://www.kaggle.com/datasets
Explore, analyze, and share quality data. Learn more about data types, creating, and collaborating.

United States

population, demographic, economic and other data, including trade and manufacturing statistics. The American FactFinder is especially useful for summary data about specific geographical areas. As well as running the decadal national census, the bureau operates other surveys, which provide more detailed information from representative samples of the U.S. population, including the Current Population Survey (run jointly with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, see below) and the American Community Survey.

 

 

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