Databases & Archives
The following resources provide access to public policy reports, articles, and research from think tanks and other policy organizations.
- Columbia International Affairs Online This link opens in a new window
Working papers written by think tanks are available full
text in PDF format.
Think Tank Website Search
This custom Google search will limit search results to 400+ think tank websites. The search was created by librarians at Harvard Kennedy School Library & Knowledge Services.
Think Tanks & Policy Centers
- Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty
- Guttmacher Institute
- Alliance for Health Reform
- American Conservative Union
- American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- American Foreign Policy Council
- Aspen Institute
- Brookings Institution
- Canadian International Council
- Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
- Carter Center
- Cato Institute
- Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies
- Center For Democracy and Technology
- Center For Global Development
- Center for Law and Social Policy
- Center for National Policy
- Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Center of Concern
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Christian Coalition of America
- Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy
- Common Cause
- Commonwealth Fund
- Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Concord Coalition
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Demos
- Discovery Institute
- Eagle Forum
- Economic Policy Institute
- Energy and Environmental Research Center
- Ethics and Public Policy Center
- Families USA
- Federation of American Scientists
- Foreign Policy Association
- Freedom Forum
- Gold Mercury International
- Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Henry L. Stimson Center
- Heritage Foundation
- Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
- Hudson Institute
- Independence Institute
- Institute for Policy Innovation
- Institute for War & Peace Reporting
- International Institute for Strategic Studies
- Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
- Lexington Institute
- Milken Institute
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- National Center for Policy Analysis
- National Institute for Public Policy
- Pacific Research Institute
- Pew Research Center
- Property and Environment Research Center
- Population Reference Bureau
- Public Citizen
- RAND
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
- Century Foundation (formerly The Twentieth Century Fund)
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- Urban Institute
- William Davidson Institute
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- World Economic Forum
- World Resources Institute