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The following guide lists some essential reference sources available in the
NUS Libraries for research on public policy and management. Please use LINC to look for
sources on specific subject area of public policy and for other relevant
materials. Instructions on how to use LINC are available at
http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/l/.
Materials in NUS Libraries are arranged on the shelves in classified order
by their call number according to the Library of Congress
Classification system. Take note of their call number and location given
in the list before looking for them in their respective location.
This guide contains the following sections:
- Literature Guides
- Handbooks
- Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
- Research Methodology
- Biography
- Directories
- E-Journals
- Indexes & Abstracts
- Newspapers
- Statistics
- Theses
- Style Manuals & Guides
- Useful links
Cherry, Virginia R. & Marc
Holzer
Public administration research
guide.
New York : Garland Pub, 1992.
Z7164
Adm.Ch (CL Reference 9)
Cutchun, D. A.
Guide to public
administration.
Itasca, Ill. : F.E. Peacock
Publishers , c1981.
JA61
Cut (CL Reference 8)
Nagel, Stuart S.
Basic literature in policy
studies : a comprehensive bibliography.
Greenwich, Conn. : Jai Press,
1984.
Z7161
Nag (CL Reference 9)
Simpson, Anthony E.
Information-finding and the
research process : a guide to sources and methods for public administration and
the policy sciences.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood
Press, c1993.
Z7164
Adm.Si (CL Reference 9)
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2. Handbooks
Bardach, Eugene.
The eight-step path of
policy analysis : a handbook for practice.
Berkeley, Calif. : Berkeley
Academic Press, 1996.
HD97
Bar (CL Books)
Farazmand, Ali, ed.
Handbook of comparative
and development public administration. 2nd ed, rev & expanded.
New York : Marcel Dekker, 2001.
JF1351
Had (HL RBR (Loans desk))
Nagel, Stuart S., ed.
Handbook of public policy
evaluation.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage
Publications, c2002.
H97
Han 2002 (CL Books)
Nagel, Stuart S., ed.
Handbook of win-win
economics.
Huntington, N.Y. : Nova Science
Publishers, c2001.
HD75
Han (CL Books)
Peters, B. Guys & Jon Pierre,
eds.
Handbook of public
administration.
London : SAGE, 2003.
JF1351
Han 2003 (CL Books)
Rabin, Jack, et al., eds.
Handbook of public
administration [electronic version].
2nd ed.
New York : Marcel Dekkar, 1998.
JF1351
Han (CL Books)
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Encyclopaedias & Dictionaries
Alcock, Pete, et al.
The Blackwell dictionary
of social policy.
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub.,
2002.
HN17.5
Bla 2002 (CL Reference 2)
Chandler, Ralph C. & Jack C.
Plano.
The public administration
dictionary. 2nd ed.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-Clio
, c1988.
JA61
Cha (CL Reference 2)
Fox, William & Ivan H. Meyer.
Public administration
dictionary.
[S.l.] : Juta & Co. , 1995
JA61
Fox (CL Reference 2)
Kruschke, Earl Roger & Byron
M. Jackson
The public policy dictionary.
Santa Barbara, Calif : ABC-Cclio,
1987.
H97
Kru (CL Reference 2)
Rowley, Charles & Friedrich
Schneider, eds.
Encyclopedia of public
choice.
Boston : Kluwer Academic
Publishers, c2004.
H41
Enc 2004 (CL Reference 2)
Schultz, David, ed.
Encyclopedia of public
administration and public policy.
New York : Facts On File, 2004.
JK9
Enc 2004 (CL Reference 2)
Shafritz, Jay M., ed.
International
encyclopedia of public policy and administration.
Boulder : Westview Press, c1998.
H97
Int (CL Reference 2)
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4.
Research Methodology
Becker, Henk A. & Frank
Vanclay, eds.
The international
handbook of social impact assessment : conceptual and methodological advances.
Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar
Publishing, 2003.
HD28
Int 2003 (CL Books)
Scioli, Frank p. & Thomas J.
Cook.
Methodologies for
analyzing public policies.
Lexington, Mass. : Lexington
Books, 1975.
H61
Sci (CL Closed Stacks)
Haas, Peter Jerome & J. Fred
Springer.
Applied policy research :
concepts and cases.
New York : Garland Pub., 1998.
H97
Haa (CL RBR (LOans Desk 1))
Mark, Melvin M., et al.
Evaluation : an
integrated framework for understanding, guiding, and improving policies and
programs.
San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass,
c2000.
H97
Mar (HSSML Books)
McNaab, David E.
Research methods in
public administration and nonprofit management : quantitative and qualitative
approaches.
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe,
c2002.
JF1338
Mcn (CL Books)
O'Sullivan, Elizabethann &
Gary R. Rassel.
Research methods for
public administrators. 4th ed.
New York : Longman, 2003.
JF1338
Ossu 2002 (CL RBR (Loans Desk 1))
Shaw, Ian.
Evaluating public
programmes : contexts and issues.
Aldershot ; Burlington, Vt. :
Ashgate, 2000.
H97
Sha (CL Books)
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Biography
Wigfall, Patricia Moss &
Behrooz Kalantari.
Biographical dictionary
of public administration.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood
Press, c2001.
JA61
Wig (CL Reference 3)
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Directories
Hellebust, Lynn.
Think tank directory : a
guide to nonprofit public policy research organizations.
Topeka, Kansas : Government
Research Service, 1996.
H97
Thi (CL Closed Stacks (Loans Desk 3))
NIRA's world directory of
think tanks 2002. 4th ed.
Japan : National Institute for
Research Advancement ; Basingstoke : Palgrave, 2002.
H97
Nir 2002 (CL Reference 5)
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7. E-Journals
The following is a sample of
E-journals available on public policy. For a comprehensive list, you can do the
following: from the Library portal, select E-Resources >> E-Journals
>> By Title. In the search box, key in keyword
"policy".
Advances
in economic analysis and policy.
Berkeley, CA : Bepress.com.
Analyses
of social issues and public policy.
Malden, Mass. : Blackwell
Publishers, 2001-
Carnegie
Rochester Conference series on Public Policy.
Amsterdam : North-Holland,
1976-2001.
Contemporary
economic policy.
Huntington Beach, CA : Western
Economic Association International, c1994-
Development
policy review.
London : Sage Publications,
c1983-
Educational
evaluation and policy analysis.
Washington : American Educational
Research Association.
International journal of cultural
policy.
Jersey, England : Harwood
Academic Publishers.
International journal of
sociology and social policy.
Hull, N. Humberside : Barmarick
Publications, c1981-
Journal
for critical education policy studies.
Northampton : Institute for
Education Policy Studies.
Journal of
Health and social policy.
Binghamton, NY : Haworth Press,
1989-
Journal of policy analysis and
management.
New York, N.Y. : Published by
John Wiley & Sons for the Association for Public Policy Analysis and
Management, c1981-
Journal of policy
history.
University Park, PA :
Pennsylvania State University Press, c1989-
Journal of policy
modeling.
New York : North-Holland.
Journal of public
policy.
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire :
Cambridge University Press, [c1981-
Journal of social
policy.
London : Cambridge University
Press, 1972-
Policy
sciences.
Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic
Publishers, [etc.], 1970-
Policy
studies.
London : Policy Studies Institute,
1980-
Policy studies
journal : the journal of the Policy Studies Organization.
Urbana, Ill. : University of
Illinois, 1972-
Review of policy
research.
Champaign, Ill. : Policy Studies
Organization
Social philosophy
& policy.
Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Basil
Blackwell for the Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State
University, 1983-
Social policy
& administration.
Oxford, Eng. : B. Blackwell,
1979-
Social policy and
society : a
journal of the Social Policy Association.
Cambridge : Cambridge University
Press, 2002-
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8.
Indexes & Abstracts
While many indexes and
abstracts are now available online, some are available only in CD-ROMs. To
access those online, from the library portal, select E-Resources >> By
Type >> Indexes and abstracts. To access those available in CD-ROMs,
take down their stacks number and request them from the Loans Desks.
ABI/ Inform Complete [Web]
A comprehensive database of
business, management, finance, accounting, economics, public administration,
etc. Indexes over 2400 journals. Full text coverage is available from 1991 for
many of the journals. Backfiles of abstracts are also available from 1971.
Updated daily.
Bibliography of Asian Studies [Web]
Covers articles, book chapters
and conference papers on all aspects of Asia published since 1971. Arranged by
country and subdivided by subject areas such as Economics, Politics and
government, etc.
Business Source Premier [Web]
Contains indexing and
abstracts for more than 3,800 journals relating to business, finance, management
and economics. Linked to thousands of full text articles. Updated daily.
EconLit [Web]
It provides abstracts and
bibliographic citations to articles in the field of economics including consumer
economics, monetary policy, labor, marketing, demographics, modeling, and
economic theory. The records in the database are drawn from over 550
international journals, books, dissertations, book reviews, essays, research
papers, and working papers. Updated monthly.
Current Contents
Connect [Web]
Allows users to search for new journal articles from all seven
editions of Current Contents, which include the life sciences, arts &
humanities as well as the social & behavioral sciences.
ERIC [Web]
Provides extensive access to
articles on educational-related literature.
Expanded Academic
ASAP [web]
From the arts and the humanities to the social sciences, science and
technology, this database meets research needs across all disciplines. Provides
access to scholarly journals, news magazines and newspapers.
Updated monthly.
IntIEc (index to international
economics, development and finance) [CD-ROM]
Includes citations with
abstracts to journal articles and research papers. Subject coverage includes
international development; global economics trends and monetary policy. Updated
quarterly.
International Bibliography of
the Social Sciences [Web]
Contains bibliographic
information from an international selection of publications (including over 2600
journals) in the fields of economics, political science, sociology, and
anthropology.
PAIS [CD-ROM]
Index to journal articles,
books, government documents on a broad spectrum of subjects which includes the
social sciences, business, finance and public administration.
Perind
Contains
citations of periodical articles, book chapters and conference papers relating
to Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and ASEAN (as an entity)
Social Sciences
Abstracts [Web]
Coverage includes subject areas in Economics, Sociology,
Political science and Public Welfare. Abstracting coverage begins with periodicals
published in January 1994.
Social Sciences Citation
Index [Web]
Provides bibliographic data and cited references to articles,
reports of meetings, letters and editorials published in journals. Abstracts
provided from 1991 and subject area covers the social sciences.
Sociological Abstracts
[Web]
Indexes the international literature in sociology and related
disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Includes subject areas
such as policy, planning, forecast and speculation. Provides abstracts of
journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,700 serials
publications, as well as provides abstracts of books, book chapters,
dissertations, and conference papers.
Social Services Abstracts [Web]
Provides bibliographic
coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related
areas, including social welfare, social policy, health policy and community
development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,406 serials publications
and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to
book reviews.
Social Work Abstracts Plus
[Web]
Contains more than 26,000 records, spanning 1977 to the
present, from social work and other related journals on topics such as
homelessness, child and family welfare, aging and more.
Transport [CD-ROM]
Combines the databases of 3
leading research organizations: OECD's International Road Research
Documentation; ECMT TRANSDOC database; TRB Transportation Research Information
Services.
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Newspapers
Factiva [Web]
For
searching and obtaining the full text articles from major world newspapers such
as New York Times, Financial Times and others as well as journals. The Straits
Times and Business Times articles covered are from Jan 1995.
LexisNexis Academic [Web]
Another database for searching
and obtaining the full text newspaper articles from Washington Post, Financial
Times and other newspapers and journals. The issues covered for the Straits
Times and Business Times are from May 1992.
Press Clippings
Located in the Singapore -
Malaysia Collection, Central Library. iA useful source for topical and current
information, not available in journal articles or books. Articles on Singapore,
Malaysia, Brunei and ASEAN from The Straits Times and Business Times
are arranged by broad subjects chronologically. A copy of Press clippings
subject headings is also available near the collection.
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Statistics
To browse the list of
statistical databases subscribed by the NUS Libraries, select from the
Library portal
the following: E-Resources >> Databases >> By
Type >> Statistical Data
Census of population 2000.
Singapore : Dept. of Statistics,
2001.
HA1801 Scc
2000 (CL Information Desk, CL Singapore-Malaysia Collection, , CL Books)
Available at the website
:
http://www.singstat.gov.sg/papers/people.html#census2000
The website has a quick
count and 9 advances data releases showing the data collected from the census
carried out in 2000. Data includes economic characteristics, education,
religions, household income and fertility.
Cheung, Paul Po Lo.
A guide to Singapore official
statistics.
Singapore : Dept. of Statistics,
1999.
HA1806
Che (CL Singapore-Malaysia Collection, CL Books)
Consists of an annotated
bibliography of official statistical publications including reports of various
surveys. Also available at: http://www.singstat.gov.sg/stats/resources.html#guide
EIU
CountryData [Web]
Source for economic indicators
and forecasts of 115 countries worldwide. Produced by the Economist Intelligence
Unit.
Global development finance
[Web]
Available at CL Information Desk
More than 200 time-series indicators for 138 countries. Data from 1970.
Global Market Information
Database [Web]
Produced by Euromonitor and
provides data on countries and various consumer markets.
International Financial
Statistics (IFS) [CD-ROM]
Has annual, quarterly or
monthly time series and financial statistics of over 200 countries. Includes
figures for balance of payment, exchange rates, interest rates, government
finance and national accounts. Data from 1948. Produced by International
Monetary Fund.
International Statistical
Yearbook [CD-ROM]
Gives statistical data from
IMF, OECD, Eurostat, UNIDO, CITICORP, Federal Reserve Bank of Germany, major
official international economic databases, including special country databases
for USA and Germany. Data from 1991.
Lim-Yeo, Pin Pin.
Statistics on Singapore : an
annotated list of sources in NUS Library.
Singapore : Reference &
Information Services Dept., NUS Central Library, 2000.
Z3268
Sta.L (CL Singapore-Malaysia Collection, CL Books)
Updated version is available
at: http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/bib/ss/
SingSTAT Time Series Directory
Online [Web]
The directory shows the titles
of Singapore statistics available in the SingSTAT database. The data can be
downloaded to diskette by filling the STS
Request Form, with approval from your supervisor and head of Dept, and
submitting the form at the CL Information Desk.
Source OECD: Statistics [Web]
Contains 24 OECD statistical
databases covering data from 1960 onwards covering economics, trade, finance,
national accounts.
Word Development Indicators
[CD-ROM].
Contains more than 500 time series indicators for over 200 countries
economies. The data is grouped under six headings; World View, People,
Environment, Economy, States and Market, and Global Links. Produced by the World
Bank.
World Data [CD-ROM].
Has national accounts data from 1960, social indicators from 1965 and other
data from 1970 for many countries.
Yearbook of Statistics,
Singapore.
Singapore : Dept. of Statistics,
1968-
HA1801 SYS
(CL Information Desk)
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Theses
Local Theses/Academic
Exercises
Local theses and academic
exercises are kept in the Central Library Closed Stacks. The theses are to be consulted within the library.
Index to Theses with Abstracts
accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland [Web]
Contains abstracts of theses
accepted for higher degrees by the universities of Great Britain, Ireland, and
the Council for National Academic Awards.
ProQuest digital dissertations [Web]
Web version of Dissertation
Abstracts and equivalent in print to Dissertation Abstracts International.
Contains citations and abstracts of doctoral dissertations and master’s theses
submitted to over 1,000 North American graduate schools, European and Australian
universities. Abstracts provided from 1980. Titles published since 1997 are
available in PDF digital format and have 24 page previews.
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12. Style Manuals & Guides
Anderson, Chalon & Amy
Carrell.
APA and MLA writing
formats.
Boston : Pearson, c2004.
PN147
And 2004 (CL Boooks)
Ballenger, Bruce.
The curious researcher : a
guide to writing research papers. 3rd ed.
Boston : Allyn & Bacon,
2001.
LB2369 Bal
(CL Books)
Bosworth, David P.
Citing your references : a
guide for author of journal articles and students writing theses or
dissertations.
Thirsk : Underhill Pub. ,
1992.
LB2369
Bos (CL Reference 8)
The Chicago manual of style.
15 th ed.
Chicago : University of Chicago
Press, 2003.
Z253 Chi 2003 (CL
Reference 8)
Gibaldi, Joseph.
MLA handbook for writers
of research papers. 6th ed.
New York : Modern Language
Association of America, 2003.
LB2369
Gib 2003 (CL Books)
Gibaldi, Joseph.
MLA style manual and
guide to scholarly publishing. 2nd ed.
New York : Modern Language
Association of America, 1998.
PN147
Gib (CL Reference 8)
Li, Xia and Nancy B. Crane.
Electronic styles : a handbook
for citing electronic information.
2nd ed.
Medford, N.J. : Information
Today, 1996.
PN171 Dat.L (CL
Reference 8)
Turabian, Kate L.
A manual for writers of term
papers, theses and dissertations.
6th ed.
Chicago : University of Chicago
Press, 1996.
LB2369 Tur (CL
Reference 8)
For assistance on how to cite
references including online sources, please refer to Citation
Styles from LION
(i.e the Library Instruction ONline)
For a list of references on
how to do research and write research reports, please consult Research
& Writing : a Select Guide from the list of Subject
Bibliography compiled by the NUS Libraries .
13. Useful links
Center
for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies (Princeton University).
Provides abstracts and full
pdf versions of the periodically published working papers that highlight the
findings of the research carried out by the Center. Provides also full-text of
the Center's occasional papers and students' theses. Has link to
CPANDA (Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archives) a fully searchable
digital archive containing policy-relevant information on arts and culture.
Center
for Health and Public Policy Studies (university of California, Berkeley)
Provides full-text of many of
the Center's publications and research on health care policy and system.
Innovation
Policy Studies (CORDIS)
Provides a list of all the
innovation Policy studies published by the Community Research and Development
Information Service (CORDIS). The studies are grouped according to innovation policy;
technology transfer; innovation finance ; innovation management; geographical
issues and approaches; communication and awareness. The publications and the
summary of their findings are available for download.
Policy
studies Institute(UK)
The site of one of Britain's leading
independent research institutes. Has links to publications of the Institute,
including those published before 1995, available for
free from this web site, which would otherwise have become out of print.
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Content by: Hashimah Johari
Reference Services
Central Library
Last updated:
31-12-2004
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