Useful Research and Fellowship Links
General
Loyola University Chicago, Office of Research Services (IRBs etc)
National Center for Cultural Competence
National Center for Cultural Healing (issues relating to diversity training and cultural competence)
Making a Difference to Policies and Programs: A Guide for Researchers
Community-Campus Partnership for Health
The Literature Review: A Few Tips on Conducting It
public library of science (mostly medical)
International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication
Directory of Open Access Journals
Community-Based Research in the United States - Loka Institute Report
Policy
Center for the Social Study of Policy
Institute for Women's Policy Research
MDRC – Building Knowledge to Improve Social Policy
National Center on Poverty Law
Chapin Hall Center for Children
Consumer and Economic Development Research and Information Center (CEDRIC)
Center for Community Development Investments – Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
The Sheila Wellstone Institute
Data
Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (Census data)
Metropolitan Chicago Information Center
The Latino Landscape: A Metro Chicago Guide and Non-Profit Directory 2008
Instruments
Planning and Evaluation Resource Center
Reports
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Policy Development and Research
Other Loyola university Chicago reports
Preserving Home Values in Chicago Through a Home Equity Guarantee Program
Promises Made, Promises Broken... The Crisis and Challenge: Homeless Families in Chicago
About Evaluation
University of Wisconsin –Extension: Program Evaluation and Development
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Publications and Resources
United Way of America – Outcome Measurement Resource Network
Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research
The Innovation Center: Planning and Evaluation
About Chicago
Coalition of African, Asian, European, Latino Immigrants of Illinois
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Chicago Women’s Liberation Union Herstory Project