DIGITAL RESOURCES FOR EVALUATORS

Compiled by Catherine Callow-Heusser (cheusser@cc.usu.edu OR ccallowheusser@yahoo.com)

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International Governments
Australian Commonwealth Government	http://www.fed.gov.au/
Canada: Government of Canada	http://canada.gc.ca/main_e.html
Europa	http://europa.eu.int/
Hong Kong SAR Government Information Centre	http://info.gov.hk/
Ireland: Information on the Irish State	http://www.irlgov.ie/
New Zealand Government	http://www.govt.nz/
United Kingdom CCTA Government Information Service	http://www.open.gov.uk/
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Tools to Locate Agencies within the U.S.
FedWorld Information Network	http://www.fedworld.gov/
FirstGov: Your First Click to the US Government	http://www.firstgov.gov/
Government Information Locator Service	http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/gils/
Search Education (.edu) Web Sites: SearchEdu.com	http://www.searchedu.com/
Search Government (.gov) Web Sites: SearchGov.com	http://www.searchgov.com/
Seach Military (.mil) Web Sites: SearchMil.com	http://www.searchmil.com/
Search U.S. Dept. of Education	http://www.ed.gov/search/advSearchForm.jsp
State and Local Government on the Net	http://www.piperinfo.com/state/states.html
StateSearch - Sponsored by NASIRE	http://www.nasire.org/statesearch/
U.S. Federal Government Agencies	http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
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U.S. Government Agencies
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)	http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/
ACF: Child Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE)	http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/core/
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)	http://www.ahcpr.gov/
Bureau of Justice Assistance Evaluation Website	http://www.bja.evaluationwebsite.org/
Bureau of Justice Statistics	http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/welcome.html
Bureau of Labor Statistics	http://www.bls.gov/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics	http://www.bts.gov/
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance	http://www.cfda.gov/
Census Bureau	http://www.census.gov/
Census Bureau: Statistical Agencies (International)	http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)	http://www.cdc.gov/
Department of Education (DOE)	http://www.ed.gov/
DOE: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI)	http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/
DOE: Office of Special Education Programs (OSERS)	http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/
DOE: Planning and Evaluation Service (PES)	http://www.ed.gov/offices/OUS/PES/
DOE: Program Evaluation	http://www.ed.gov/offices/OUS/eval/
Department of Commerce	http://www.commerce.gov/
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)	http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
DHHS: Health Care Policy and Research
DHHS: Planning and Evaluation	http://aspe.hhs.gov/
DHHS: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)	http://www.samhsa.gov/
Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology	http://www.fcsm.gov/
General Accounting Office (GAO)	http://www.gao.gov/
Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee	http://jlarc.leg.wa.gov/
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)	http://nces.ed.gov/
National Center for Health Statistics	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
National Institutes of Health (NIH)	http://www.nih.gov/
National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)	http://www.nist.gov/
NIST: National Quality Program	http://www.quality.nist.gov/
National Science Foundation (NSF)	http://www.nsf.gov
Social Security (SSA)	http://www.ssa.gov/
SSA: Office of Policy	http://www.ssa.gov/policy
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State Agencies
Full-text state statutes and legislation	http://www.prairienet.org/~scruffy/f.htm
StateSearch - Sponsored by NASIRE	http://www.nasire.org/statesearch/
Florida Monitor	http://www.oppaga.state.fl.us/
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Bureau of Data & Research	http://www.djj.state.fl.us/RnD/
Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor - Program Evaluation Division	http://www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us/ped/pedintro.htm
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Foundations
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research	http://www.ahfmr.ab.ca/
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation	http://www.sloan.org/main.shtml
Alliance Healthcare Foundation, San Diego, CA	http://www.alliancehf.org/
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, St. Paul, MN	http://www.wilder.org/index.html
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation	http://www.mellon.org/
Annie E. Casey Foundation	http://www.aecf.org/
ATT&T Foundation	http://www.att.com/foundation/
Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation (BAIF) Development Research Foundation	http://www.baif.com/index.htm
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation	http://www.gatesfoundation.org/
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation	http://www.chsrf.ca/
Carnegie Corporation of New York	http://www.carnegie.org/
Century Foundation: Policy in Perspective	http://www.tcf.org/
Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation	http://www.schwabfoundation.org/
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation	http://www.mott.org/
Daniel's Fund (Colorado, Wyoming and Utah)	http://www.danielsfund.org/
David and Lucille Packard Foundation	http://www.packard.org/
Fannie Mae Foundation	http://www.fanniemaefoundation.org/
Ford Foundation	http://www.fordfound.org/
Foundation for Child Development	http://www.ffcd.org/
Foundation Center	http://fdncenter.org/
Foundations On-line: Directory of Charitable Organizations	http://www.foundations.org
Grantmakers Evaluation Network	http://hogg1.lac.utexas.edu/gen/
Grantmakers for Effective Evaluations	http://www.geofunders.org/main/index.htm
Heinz Endowments	http://www.heinz.org/index.asp?loc=home
James Irvine Foundation	http://www.irvine.org/
Joseph Rowntree Foundation	http://www.jrf.org.uk
Lumina Foundation for Education	http://www.luminafoundation.org/
MacArthur Foundation	http://www.macfound.org/
MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India	http://www.mssrf.org/
Nonprofit Sector Research Fund	http://www.nonprofitresearch.org/
Pew Charitable Trusts	http://www.pewtrusts.com/
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	http://www.rwjf.org/index.jsp
Rockefeller Foundation	http://www.rockfound.org/
Russell Sage Foundation	http://www.russellsage.org/
William and Flora Hewitt Foundation	http://www.hewlett.org/
W.K. Kellogg Foundation	http://www.wkkf.org/
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Other Non-Profit Organizations
Action Evaluation Research Institute	http://www.aepro.org
American Institutes for Research	http://www.air-dc.org
American Society for Public Administration	http://www.aspanet.org/
American Society Training & Development	http://www.astd.org/
Annenberg/CPB Projects Learner Online	http://www.learner.org/
Campbell Collaboration	http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/
Canadian Outcomes Institute	http://www.hmrp.net/CanadianOutcomesInstitute/
Cato Institute	http://www.cato.org/
Center for Accountability and Performance, American Society for Public Administration	http://www.aspanet.org/cap/
Center for Mental Health Services Knowledge Exchange Network	http://www.mentalhealth.org/
Cochrane Collaboration	http://som.flinders.edu.au/fusa/cochrane/
College Board	http://www.collegeboard.org/
Council for Higher Education Accreditation	http://www.chea.org/
Education Commission of the States	http://www.ecs.org/ecs/ecsweb.nsf/
Fiscal Policy Studies Institute: Results and Performance Accountability	http://www.resultsaccountability.com/
Gallup Organization	http://www.gallup.com/
GuideStar: The National Database of NonProfit Organizations	http://www.guidestar.org/
Human Services Research Institute (HSRI)	http://www.hsri.org/
Human Services Research Institute (HSRI): Evaluation Center	http://www.tecathsri.org/
Idealist: Guide to Non-Profit Organizations	http://www.idealist.org/
Independent Sector	http://www.independentsector.org/
InnoNet Innovation Network: Helping Nonprofits Succeed	http://www.innonet.org/
InSites: A Support Network for Educational Change	http://www.InSites.org/
Institute for Community Research	http://www.incommunityresearch.org/
Institute for Objective Measurement	http://www.rasch.org/
Institute for Public Policy Research in the UK	http://www.ippr.org.uk/
Internet Public Library Associations	http://www.ipl.org/
Manpower Domonstration Research Corp.	http://www.mdrc.org/
Mathematica Policy Research	http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/
McAuley Institute	http://www.mcauley.org/
Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program	http://www.mhsip.org/index.htm
Online Evaluation Resource Library (OERL) at SRI	http://oerl.sri.com/
Oxford Research Group	http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/
National Academies on Science, Engineering, and Medicine	http://nationalacademies.org/
National Association of Test Directors (NATD)	http://www.natd.org/
National Criminal Justice Reference Service	http://www.ncjrs.org/index.html
National Coalition of Independent Scholars	http://www.ncis.org
National Legislative Program Evaluation Society	http://www.ncsl.org/programs/nlpes/
National Network of Regional Educational Labs	http://www.nwrel.org/national/
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory	http://www.ncrel.org/
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation	http://www.pire.org/
ProgramEvaluation.ORG: New York State Teacher Resource and Computer Training Centers	http://www.programevaluation.org/index.html
Project Star: Support and Training for Assessing Results	http://www.projectstar.org/star/index.htm
RAND (Research and Development)	http://www.rand.org/
Research Forum on Children, Families, & the New Federalism	http://www.researchforum.org/
Search Institute	http://www.search-institute.org/
Social Psychology Network	http://www.socialpsychology.org/
Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), Delhi	http://www.pria.org/
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues	http://www.spssi.org/
Sustainability Institute	http://sustainer.org/
ThinkQuest for Tomorrow's Teachers (T3)	http://t3.thinkquest.org
TLT Group: Teaching, Learning, and Technology	http://www.tltgroup.org/
UNICEF Research and Evaluation	http://www.unicef.org/reseval/
United Way of America	http://www.unitedway.org/
Urban Institute: A Nonpartisan Economic and Social Research Organization	http://www.urban.org/
WestEd	http://www.wested.org/
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International Organizations
Census Bureau: Statistical Agencies (International)	http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html
International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement	http://www.iea.nl/
International Development Research Centre	http://www.idrc.ca
International Development Research Centre: Evaluation Unit	http://www.idrc.ca/evaluation
International Institute for Sustainable Develoement	http://www.iisd.org/
United Nations	http://www.un.org/
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)	http://www.unesco.org/
United Nations Environment Programs: Economics and Trade Programme	http://www.unep.ch/etu/etp/index.htm
World Bank Group	http://www.worldbank.org/
World Bank's Economic Development Institute	http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/evaluation
World Conservation Union (IUCN)	http://www.iucn.org/
World Conservation Union (IUCN) Monitoring and Evaluation Initiative	http://www.iucn.org/themes/eval/index.html

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