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Temporary Access, Spring 2021

• JSTOR  - we have access to ALL their journal content (they divide it into specific collections, and we don’t subscribe to all of them), and the ArtStor database through the end of June. We are also getting access to Security Studies through June as well, so – please, take advantage of this!  
• We will be continuing our Roper Center (survey data iPoll database plus more) access through 3/31/2022. Probably not after, however. 
• We have access to PolicyMap through the end of March 3/31/2021. (They have a new version with extra functionality but to download data you have to use the legacy (default) version) 

What is PolicyMap?

An online (no software installation needed) U.S. national data and mapping tool and analytics platform with multidisciplinary applications for college students and faculty.  Undergraduate and graduate schools use us in their curriculum and research related to social sciences, urban studies, real estate and housing analysis, community and economic development, public administration, public health, policy and political science, education, business, economics, statistics, and geography, among others. Users can leverage thousands of U.S. data indicators in PolicyMap to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis, from a neighborhood census block group in many cases, up to a national level, as well as create custom regions, for their research and studies.  
 Look for Blog Posts, Customer Stories, and sample Maps, Tables, and Reports.

• Our MapChats Blog features stories on Mapping Consumer Spending Habits, Internet Access Disparities, and the Social Drivers of Health and more!
• Our Academic Web Page gives insight into how other universities and colleges use our data and mapping tool
• Visit PolicyMap Support for tutorials, training videos, the training calendar.
• A complete list of our data related to Demographics, Incomes and Spending, Housing, Lending, Quality of Life, Economy, Education and Health can be found here

This guide is for students enrolled in WSU's Political Science 432: Comparative Public Policy, taught by Dr. Amy Mazur.

In addition to the resources highlighted here under the tabs on this guide, you may also want to review other guides, including:

• Country Research
• Government Documents 
• Political Science Resources
• International Business
• Environmental Sciences
• Law
• Women Studies
• News

Don't forget about interest groups as actors - you can often do web searches to find interest group websites (and look in other resources you find for particular group names) - they may publish relevant reports.