Research Guides: Public Administration: Home

What is APA Style?

APA Style is a standardized writing format, established by the American Psychological Association, which you may need to follow when submitting projects or papers. If you have questions about APA formatting, look at our APA Style Guide.

RefWorks

RefWorks is a powerful online research management tool designed to help you easily gather, organize, store and share your research and to instantly generate citations and bibliographies. See our RefWorks research guide for information about using refworks.

Using This Research Guide

Welcome to the Public Administration guide! This guide is intended to give some Hot Research Tips and Tricks related to public administration. Below, you'll find information on:

types of resources (scholarly? professional?)
using the Franklin library's website
conducting a literature review
a list of recommended resources

Please note: this is NOT a complete list of resources! This is just a short list to help you get started.

If you get stuck at any point during your research, remember, we're here to help! Click on "Additional Resources" below to learn how you can meet with a Franklin librarian or tutor for FREE.

Happy Researching!

Glossary

Annenberg Classroom Glossary
The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania has created this glossary of public policy terms to assist citizens in understanding issues in public policy and public communication.