Useful Links
General
Loyola University Chicago, Office of Research Services (IRBs etc.) Community Toolbox Web Center for Social Research Methods National Center for 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 GrantCraft Guides PubMed Central (PMC) Public Library Of Science (mostly medical) Free Medical Journals Directory of Open Access Journals Research Methods Community-Based Research in the United States - Loka Institute Report Standards of Public Sociology: Guidelines for Use by Academic Departments in Tenure and Promotion Reviews
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 The Urban Institute Consumer and Economic Development Research and Information Center (CEDRIC) - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Center for Community Development Investments – Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco re:power U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Policy Development and Research
Data
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) US Census Bureau Federal Statistics The Latino Landscape: A Metro Chicago Guide and Non-Profit Directory 2008
Instruments
Neighborhood Asset Inventory Survey Monkey
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 The Center for Evaluation Innovation
About Chicago
City of Chicago Chicago Women’s Liberation Union Herstory Project Chicago Council on Global Affairs Encyclopedia of Chicago Metropolitan Planning Council
Fellowship
Coros Fellowship Program CNU-the Congress for the New Urbanism
Journals that publish articles on community-engaged research
Many discipline-based journals regularly publish articles related to community-engaged research. Below are a few journals that are particularly focused on publishing such research. If you have suggestions for journals that should be added to this list, please let us know.
Gateways: International Journal of Research and Community Engagement Journal of Higher Education Outreach & Engagement Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum Progress in Community Health Partnerships (PCHP) Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship
Research Papers
General
Loyola University Chicago, Office of Research Services (IRBs etc.) Community Toolbox Web Center for Social Research Methods National Center for 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 GrantCraft Guides PubMed Central (PMC) Public Library Of Science (mostly medical) Free Medical Journals Directory of Open Access Journals Research Methods Community-Based Research in the United States - Loka Institute Report Standards of Public Sociology: Guidelines for Use by Academic Departments in Tenure and Promotion Reviews
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 The Urban Institute Consumer and Economic Development Research and Information Center (CEDRIC) - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Center for Community Development Investments – Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco re:power U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Policy Development and Research
Data
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) US Census Bureau Federal Statistics The Latino Landscape: A Metro Chicago Guide and Non-Profit Directory 2008
Instruments
Neighborhood Asset Inventory Survey Monkey
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 The Center for Evaluation Innovation
About Chicago
City of Chicago Chicago Women’s Liberation Union Herstory Project Chicago Council on Global Affairs Encyclopedia of Chicago Metropolitan Planning Council
Fellowship
Coros Fellowship Program CNU-the Congress for the New Urbanism