STUDENT RESOURCES
Information on the internet that may be of some value to an MPP student
UCLA Administrative Websites:
General Policy Websites:
SPPSR
UCLA main page
URSA
UCLA Schedule of Classes
MELVYL
- California Digital Library
Policy.com
Electronic Policy Network
Public Agenda
Piper Info
- info about U.S. government agencies
APPAM
- Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Government Sites:
Research Institutes:
U.S. Dept. of Labor
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
U.S. DHHS Children and Youth Policy
U.S. DHHS Welfare Reform Page
U.S. Dept. of Education
California Dept. of Eduction
California Dept. of Social Services
California DSS Welfare-to-Work Division
California Labor Market Information
Calif. Dept. of Finance Demographic Research Unit
County of LA Dept. of Public Social Services
General Accounting Office (GAO)
Brookings Institute
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
Center for Law and Social Policy
Committee for Economic Development
Economic Policy Institute
Employment Policies Institute
MDRC
- Manpower Development Research Corporation
Milken Institute
National Academy of Social Insurance
National Center on Education and the Economy
Public Policy Institute of California
Rand Corporation
Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Urban Institute
Welfare Information Network
Data/Statistics on the Web:
Advocacy Organizations:
UCLA Data Archives
UCLA GIS Database and Map Server
BLS/Census Data Access
1988 and 1994 County and City Data Books
Federal Regional Statistics
Urban Institute New Federalism State Database
Americans for Democratic Action
Amnesty International
Children's Defense Fund
Children Now
Publications on the Web:
Misc. Websites:
The Future of Children
- journal published 3 times a year
JSTOR
- contains a number of scholarly journals
The Hunger Site
- donate food to the hungry, for free.
Please supply us with other websites you believe may be beneficial to MPP students by e-mailing
ampps@ucla.edu