Find Policy Research
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Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) This link opens in a new windowThe most comprehensive resource for scholarly research on international relations. Includes journals, working papers, conference proceedings, case studies and books. Covers 1991 - present.
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PAIS Index This link opens in a new windowThis resource covers issues in the public debate through selective coverage of a wide variety of international sources including journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more. PAIS International is the current file covering 1972 to present, and PAIS Archive includes the content from printed volumes published 1915-1976.
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NBER Working Papers This link opens in a new windowPreliminary research sponsored by the nation's most prestigious nonprofit economics research organization. All working papers since 1994
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Policy ArchivePolicyArchive is a comprehensive digital library of public policy research containing over 30,000 documents
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Institution for Social Policy Studies at YaleThe Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS) at Yale University advances interdisciplinary research in the social sciences that aims to shape public policy and inform democratic deliberation.
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IssueLabA service of Foundation Center, offers free access to case studies, evaluations, white papers, and issue briefs from social sector organizations
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The Annenberg Public Policy CenterA premier communication policy center, The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania was founded in 1993 and created FactCheck.org in 2003.
Think Tank Search Engines
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Find Policy
A search engine that applies your search only to reputable think tanks. Includes places that do rigorous policy research across the political spectrum.
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Think Tank Search
Produced by Harvard Kennedy School. Think Tank Search searches the websites of institutions that generate public policy research, analysis, and activity. These sites are affiliated with universities, governments, advocacy groups, foundations, and non-governmental organizations.
Selected Think Tanks
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Brookings Institution This link opens in a new window
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to conduct and present in-depth, nonpartisan research to improve policy and governance at local, national, and global levels.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts The Pew Charitable Trusts is an independent non-profit, non-governmental organization that uses evidence-based, nonpartisan analysis to solve today's challenges.
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Pew Research Center This link opens in a new window
A nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. They conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research.
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RAND Corporation The RAND Corporation is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest.
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Cato Institute The Cato Institute is a public policy research organization — a think tank — dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Its scholars and analysts conduct independent, nonpartisan research on a wide range of policy issues.
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Urban Institute The Urban Institute is a Washington D.C.-based think tank that carries out economic and social policy research to "open minds, shape decisions, and offer solutions".