Guides: INAF 1010-8: Catalyzing Development: Science Policy in Latin America: Policy

Key Policy Databases

Policy Commons: Global Think Tanks

Policy Commons - Global Think Tanks contains papers from several research institutes and NGOs from around the world.
Policy Commons: World Cities and Local Governments
Millions of rare reports, surveys, and research reports from cities and local urban agencies around the world.
ProQuest Political Science Database
ProQuest Political Science covers the literature of political science and international relations, including such topics as comparative politics, political economy, international development, environmental policy, and hundreds of related topics.
HeinOnline
One of the premier sources for legal and political information. Full-text law journals are a major part of the database, but HeinOnline also includes deep historical collections of U.S. federal government documents.

Titles digitized include the Congressional Record, the Federal Register, bills and public laws in the Statutes at Large, the United States Code, the Code of Federal Regulations, selected legislative histories, Supreme Court documents, Presidential documents, and more. Search the Sources of Compiled Legislative History database by Public Law or Bill number, from the 37th to the 107th Congress. The U.S. Federal Legislative History Title Collection has full text legislative histories on significant legislation in banking, civil rights, labor, digital rights, the USA PATRIOT act, and other selected laws.
Policy File Index
Indexes otherwise hard to obtain research and publications from public policy think tanks, university research programs, research organizations, and publishers. Each item includes an abstract and, where available, access to the full-text of the report and/or the homepages and electronic mail addresses of the authoring institution.

ECOLEX
A database on environmental law: includes information on treaties, international law, national legislation, judicial decisions, and law and policy literature.

Applied Science Commons: Public Health and Social Care
Grey literature from the front lines of health-care and social-care providers, researchers, and organizations.
Applied Science Commons: Applied Environmental Science
A database of grey literature at the intersection of technology and environmental science, with coverage of over 1,000 organizations.

Using Think Tank Research

For advice on using think tank reports in your research, see this tip sheet.

Think Tank Directories

Think tank watchdog organizations include: Transparify and On Think Tanks. For solid advice on using think tank analysis in your work read these journalist's tips.

Worldpress Review Online's Think Tank Directory
An alphabetical index of think tanks and research organizations.
Open Think Tank Directory
The Open Think Tank Directory captures information about more than 2700 think tanks from around the globe.
TTCSP Go To Global Think Tank Report
Annual rankings of think tanks.
Apolitical
Analysis & reporting on policy innovations, used by civil servants in 140+ countries. Strong international coverage. A good place to look for policy alternatives & their implementations. Note: you will need to create a (free) account.