Online Research Bank (ORB)

Are you looking for research focused on Northern Ireland? ...  If so, then try ORB.  ARK’s Online Research Bank (ORB) consists of two searchable databases of research, and these are a key resource for practitioners, community activists, service providers, students, academics, teachers, researchers, and journalists:  (1) The Social Policy Database contains a bibliography and summaries of social policy research in Northern Ireland since 1990.  The database can be searched in different ways, for example, by year of publication, by topic or by author.  There are now over 2,500 entries in this social policy resource.  For much of this material, there is a short summary of the work - giving background details, the research approach, key findings, and the conclusion.  (2) The Children's Research Database consists of a searchable bibliography of over 850 pieces of research looking at the lives of children and young people in Northern Ireland.  The database is sponsored by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister to support the implementation of the Children and Young People's Strategy.  The framework for the search categories is based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).  As with the Social Policy Database, links and summaries are available for the majority of database entries.