Think Tanks

Think Tanks are organizations that perform independent research in specific policy areas, either under government contract or as a part of their organizational mandate.
Some well-known think tanks include: the Rand Corporation, The Heritage Foundation, CATO Institute, The Brookings Institution, and the Urban Institute. There are many others.

• Rand Corporation
• National Institute for Research Advancement : Think Tank information page
• PolicyFile --(available to all researchers in the library. Outside the library, available to researchers with a Penn State Access Account)
  PolicyFile draws its content from public policy think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers. Provides links to Web resources where available. Some well-known contributors include:
  • American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
  • The Brookings Institution
  • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Cato Institute
  • Center for Defense Information
  • Center for Strategic & International Studies
  • Council on Foreign Relations
  • Democratic Leadership Council
  • Economic Strategy Institute
  • Federation of American Scientists
  • The Heritage Foundation
  • Hoover Institution
  • Hudson Institute
  • Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics
  • International Monetary Fund
  • National Center for Policy Analysis
  • Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
  • United States Institute of Peace
  • World Bank