Guides to Finding and Using Administrative Data
National Housing Institute has an extensive guide to finding data on the Internet that can be used to access information related to crime, schools, public works, environment, parks and recreation, housing, transportation, social services and commerce. http://www.nhi.org/resource/data.html

The Population Reference Bureau has compiled a list of data sources for each of the 50 states. Many of the sources can be used to find local contacts for data related to areas of interest to CCIs. http://www.prb.org/prb/info/stateweb.htm#economy

The Joint Center for Poverty Research has published a series of working papers on the use of state-level administrative data for research. These papers can be downloaded at no cost. http://www.jcpr.org/wpseries.html#subject. A particularly useful report entitled, ""Administrative Data for Policy-Relevant Research: Assessment of Current Utility and Recommendations for Development" can be downloaded from the "reports" section of the Joint Center's web site: http://www.jcpr.org/report.html

Sources of Primary Data Collection Instruments
Ovid Technologies' Health and Psychological Instruments Database (HAPI) is a collection of over 65,000 data collection instruments taken from academic research published in health and social science journals. http://www.ovid.com/

The Developmental Studies Center is a source of data collection instruments related to schools as caring communities. http://www.devstu.org/contacts.html · The Evaluators' Instrument Exchange is a searchable database of instruments that have been used in evaluations within school settings. http://141.218.173.232:120/Xchange/instSee.htf ·

The InnoNet Toolbox web site connects users to a source of downloadable evaluation tools which include focus group and discussion guides as well as surveys that have been implemented with youth via the Internet http://www.inetwork.org/construction.html

Research Techniques and Tools ·
The Results Mapping site discusses a technique that some service agencies are using to map the results of their interventions. The site also has links to other evaluation resources on the Web. http://www.montana.edu/wwwctf/

The Action Research (AR) Resources site has loads of links that action researchers can use to find out about resources useful to AR practitioners. http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/sawd/ariar.html

Community Toolbox: This Internet-based resource center is a collection of 'how-to' guides which are related to community building. The section on evaluation demonstrates how a logic model can be used to create a tailored evaluation of comprehensive community initiatives. http://ctb.lsi.ukans.edu/graphics/

Ronald J. Polland has created an online survey methods text, Essentials of Survey Research and Analysis: A Workbook for Community Researchers. It can be read or downloaded from http://www.tfn.net/~polland/qbook.html ·

The Matrix Evaluation Model can be used to collect data that is relevant for planning, monitoring and evaluating human service initiatives which are designed to achieve individual, family and community-level outcomes. More information is available at http://iccs.monterey.edu/matrix/index.html

The University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Service has a number of well regarded guides to evaluating collaboratives. "Evaluating collaboratives: Reaching the potential" and other publications can be downloaded from their web site, http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/evaluat.html