This guide will assist online MPA students learn how to access academic journal articles, databases, Interlibrary Loan, and use citation management tools (Zotero).
ICPSR maintains a data archive of 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. It hosts 21 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields. To access subscription content on this site, you must create an account using your SHU email address.
PolicyMap is a web-based, GIS-lite mapping tool. It allows you to create shaded maps with data points as well as tables with U.S. data. Community and Community Health profiles are also available for states, counties and towns.
Quickly find data for popular topics in the news and across disciplines. Insights and facts across 170 industries and 150+ countries. Curated data is ready in multiple formats for Excel analysis or curated graphics can easily be pasted into presentations, research papers and Adobe Creative Cloud.
Become an expert creating layered maps with US data. Create tables, import or export data into or out of PolicyMap. Community and Community Health Profiles also available.
Contains four helpful components including (1) Assignments and papers from faculty across the country, (2) Sample exercises professors can give to students, (3) short videos with key teaching concepts and (4) webinars led by professors discussing how they teach data and spatial analysis concepts