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Census Gateway
Census Gateway provides access to decennial census data, including population, housing, social and economic statistics for the United States through charts, graphs and a range of other formats, including custom search capabilities.

Data Resources for Conducting Health Services and Policy Research
Review of 6 household surveys that provide essential data for health services policy research. Open access article in April 2018 issue of Annual Review of Public Health.

Data.gov
Intended to increase access to datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Includes not only datasets but interesting ways to view data.

National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
Bi-partisan. The electronic information network for state legislatures, providing comprehensive services. Access to all NCSL products, plus a research database of more than 500,000 documents encompassing legislative research reports, current and past legislation, statutes, and 50-state surveys.
Public Policy: Search Engines
Convenient list and descriptions of .gov sites related to Public Policy. Created by the UCLA Library.
State Legislative History Research Guides Inventory
Maurer School of Law (Indiana U) created this resource to index legislative history guides for all 50 states.