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
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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
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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