Provides access to articles on public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers. Covers a wide range of topics from international trade to health care reform, from telecommunications regulation to terrorism.
This organization makes conference papers searchable and provides full text access to many of them. SSRN collects conference papers, journal article pre-prints and working papers in the social sciences. This is a good place to find very recent material.
Selected Research Institutes and International Organizations
The IMF makes many of its reports and other documentation available on this website. You can search under the links for Countries, Research or Publications.
James McGann at the University of Pennsylvania ranks public policy organizations each year. The report organizes ranking by the world and by region in addition to a ranking by area of research (see page 95 for top energy and resource policy think tanks worldwide).
