Research Guides: Fellowships & Prizes Application Research (SC): Policy (Truman)

Find Policy and Grey Literature

To research a policy issue, try the following databases. These resources contain research reports from think tanks and other policy research organizations.

Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) Index
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This database lets you find articles published in policy journals.

Aid Data: Research on aid effectiveness
AidData provides a searchable database of nearly one million past and present aid activities around the world. The information in AidData is project-level, enabling you to get information about particular activities and their funding.
Policy Archive
Browse or search for policy research reports on different issues.
Find Policy
Use Find Policy to quickly identify recent research from major think tanks (focus on foreign policy)

Particularly helpful for researching topics that are widely covered - Find Policy only returns results from 17 major US & European think tanks (see their criteria here).
Eldis: International Development Research
The Eldis database includes over 40,000 summaries and provides free links to full-text research and policy documents related to international development.
Eldis Regional and Country Profiles can highlight recent research on a particular place, and let you know what issues are currently being heavily discussed and studied.
Example: Regional Profile for the Middle East and North Africa