National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database
- NCJRS - National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database This link opens in a new windowContains summaries of more than 185,000 publications including: Federal, State, and local government reports; books; research reports; journal articles; and unpublished research.
Policy Research from Think Tanks
- Overton.io This link opens in a new windowProvides the world’s largest collection of policy documents, guidelines, think tank publications and working papers.
- Policy CommonsSearch across think tank, NGO, IGO reports.
Congressional Research Service Reports
- CRS ReportsReports from 2018- available directly from CRS
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports (1916-present)The CRS works exclusively and directly for Members of Congress, their Committees and staff on a confidential, nonpartisan basis. Their reports are written at the request of members and provide good summaries of policy or background information on a matter of interest to Congress.
Use Domain Searching in Google
Search for information from a government or organization by using Google domain search. Enter your keywords and then add site:[url of website]
This can be useful also when looking for information from the military (.mil) or a state (Michigan is .michigan.gov) or a city (Detroit is .detroit.mi.gov)