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 * Health Policy Websites**
 * The Urban Institute (home page) - **Health Policy Center**
 * **The Center for Health Affairs** - Leading Advocate for Northeast Ohio Hospitals
 * **The Henry J. Kaiser Foundation**
 * ANA Nursing World - **Expert Policy Analysis**
 * City of Cleveland **- Department of Aging**

**General Search Tips & Information** – Google
 * enter in search box: **search keywords site:gov** (not ALL-powerful, but very effective!)
 * narrow search to a particular website (e.g., **nursing policy site:clevelandclinic.org**)
 * use **Find / Find on this page** command in browser to locate occurrence of keyword
 * use gear icon in upper right corner of Google results page to access Advanced Search options

**Starting with Known vs. Unknown Information** (and everywhere in between)
 * Known (use what you know to search Google for text & information)
 * popular name of a law or bill
 * agency, organization, or person
 * data-collecting entity (agency or organization)
 * title of a document or publication – **use “exact phrase”** (quotation marks + exact wording) if you know it
 * Unknown
 * find a reference in an article or broadcast
 * search to see if a reference exists
 * does a law or bill exist?
 * what statistics/datasets exist?
 * would this issue/policy attract media attention?
 * national, local, special interest
 * blogs, forums, listservs, newsletters, etc. (constituencies)
 * Internal audience or interest? Direct contact (email or phone call)


 * Discovery tools – databases and web resources **
 * Google (of course)
 * Ursuline Indexes/Databases by Subject: beyond CINAHL, Medline, and PubMed
 * Business Source Complete: journals in management, economics, finance, accounting, etc.
 * Computer & Applied Sciences Complete: Informatics
 * Education Resources Complete
 * Gender Studies Database: coverage spans 1972 and earlier to present
 * GPO Monthly Catalog: lists current government reports
 * LexisNexis Academic: indexes federal & state law and cases, law reviews, other legal reference resources, detailed company reports, and MANY newspapers, magazines, and other publications
 * //Newsbank //: major Ohio papers - **access via Ohio Web Library using your public library card #**
 * Newspaper Source: regional & national papers
 * Systematic reviews & protocols
 * Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Ursuline subscription database)
 * Prospero: International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (free)
 * Trip Database (free to search, full text may require subscription access)
 * Web sites (free)
 * Federal
 * CDC FastStats A to Z
 * GAO: U.S. Government Accountability Office
 * FedStats: browse statistical tables by topic or agency
 * FDSys: Federal Digital System
 * Thomas (Library of Congress): database of all federal legislative information, including the Congressional Record (daily proceedings of Congress)
 * Federal Register: daily journal of the United States Government
 * State
 * Ohio General Assembly
 * Status report of legislation from the Ohio Legislative Services Commission
 * Ohio Department of Health
 * Ohio Local Health Districts Directory (access to contact information)
 * ODH Data Warehouse
 * County, Region, Local
 * Local Governments– resources & websites (USA.gov)
 * National League of Cities
 * NODIS: Northern Ohio Data & Information Service
 * data tables and statistics
 * search box finds information indexed by CSU’s College of Urban Affairs
 * Cuyahoga County Board of Health