When you go to look for proposed policies, there are two main types of information you need: government information and scholarly information. 

Government Information

use the search box above

Using google, add site:.gov" to the end of your search. Then, look at the domain that the result comes from. This will be in black above the blue title of the website. 

• Federal laws: senate.gov or congress.gov
• NYS laws: nysenate.gov or nyassembly.gov
• Demographic information may be on a government agency's website such as hhs.gov. Adding the keyword demographics to your search to help with this!

Scholarly Articles

do not use the search box above

Use the search box on the library home page, or the databases listed on the main page of the Public Health & Health Education Research Guide. You will need to search for the idea that your policy accomplishes. For example, using any bill numbers such as S8519 will not result in any useful results. Searching "health care costs" will result in many useful articles.