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Annie E. Casey Foundation
The primary mission of the Foundation is to foster public policies, human-service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today’s vulnerable children and families.
Center for the Study of Social Policy
Pew Research Center
Using data, extensive community experience and a focus on results, CSSP promotes public policies that strengthen families and protect and lift children from poverty. Its mission is to effect change through the analysis of existing policies and the development of new ones.
"Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research."
Urban Institute
The Urban Institute conducts research that informs policy across a broad range of topics including children, health policy, housing, welfare reform, immigration, cities and metropolitan regions, the nonprofit sector, and tax policy.
*from http://libguides.rutgers.edu/c.php?g=337078&p=2268623
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Sociological Abstracts This database abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Coverage: 1960 to present. How to export to RefWorks
Sociology: SAGE FullText Full text for scholarly articles published since 1960. How to export to RefWorks
JSTOR
Full text of core scholarly journals from their beginning to approximately one year ago.Browsable by discipline and full-text searchable across all disciplines.
Project MUSE
Project Muse provides full-text access to the content from over 400 scholarly journals in the humanities and the social sciences.
Google Scholar
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Ulrich's Periodicals Directory 
Legal Information Institute Access to US laws and court decisions including all US Supreme Court opinions since 1992, over 600 historic Court decisions, other state and federal court decisions, the US Code, congressional bills, topical libraries, directories, and other public legal information.
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Supreme Court:
Laws and Regulations:
- FindLaw Contains a searchable database of Court decisions since 1893.
- United States Supreme Court Home Page Latest opinions and more.
Laws and Regulations:
- Regulations.gov Site that allows users to both view and comment upon any federal regulation.