University of Michigan guide to Think Tank sources.

"Provides details of the organizational structures of these think tanks and research activities in which they engage, functioning as the 'soft infrastructure' for a global network of think tanks." Basic organizational information on ca. 500 institutions from 100 countires is available online.

The Keystone Research Center was created to broaden public discussion on strategies to achieve a more prosperous and equitable Pennsylvania economy.
As a research and policy development institute, the Keystone Research Center conducts original research, produces reports, and promotes public dialog that addresses important economic and civic problems, and proposes new policies to help resolve those problems.

Papers and reports on Urban Transportation Issues from the Brookings Institute

List of organizations and research groups working on Transit-Oriented Development. The site also includes reports and studies from the CTOD.

A great internet resource for finding International organizations dealing with womens' issues around the world.

From Moving Ideas.org, this site provides access to organizations and Think Tanks along the liberal/progressive side of issues.

 

University of Michigan guide to Think Tank sources.

A guide to the literature on Think Tanks from the Columbia University Library.

From the Heritage Foundation, this site provides great access to leading thinkers and Think Tanks along the conservative side of all issues.

From their website:
"Policy Experts is your single-source directory for locating knowledgeable authorities and leading policy institutes actively involved in a broad range of public policy issues, both domestic and foreign. Journalists, researchers, public officials and conference planners find it to be an indispensable guide for locating the right expert at a moment's notice."

Links and descriptions to the major U.S. political think tanks. The descriptions are generally from the think tanks mission.

Includes funding, staffing, mission statements, areas of research, officers, researchers, major findings, periodicals and library holdings, and affiliation with othe rinstitues.