About this Repository
This repository is intended to serve as an online repository of academic research, policy briefs, and other information on best practices and policies in addressing homelessness.
It is a living document and is designed to enable HRAC and JOHS staff to add additional items to the repository as they arise.
The current version [September 2024] of the Research Resources Repository contains a variety of resources / "items" and an initial set of narrative / content pages. We will continue to add additional narrative / content pages over the next month.
Related Webpages
Joint Office of Homeless Services webpage
Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative webpage
Web Repository Field Definitions
This Research Repository is built with a tool called Omeka, which uses a categorization schema known as Dublin Core.
On an item page, the following categories are used:
- "This resource describes": This is a HRAC-generated summary of the resource OR the abstract of the article (if available).
- Tags or Subject: HRAC-identified "primary topics" of the resource.
- Format: Type of resource - pdf, webpage, etc.
- Access URL: The link to access the resource (if available).
- Type: The format of the resource. Includes: report, journal article, fact sheet, etc.
- Citation: An APA citation
On the search pages, you will encounter many pre-programed categories from Dublin Core. This repository only uses fields that support the type of information available and useful to this work. In addition to the fields listed above, we have also populated:
- Creator: The author(s) of the resource.
- Source: Any organization that may be associated with the resource.
- Publisher: The publisher (or poster) of the resource.
- Language: If the resources is in a language other than English, this field will be used to indicate that language.