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Think tanks

Think tanks are policy institutes which produce non-partisan, high-quality and evidence-based research and analysis on policy issues. Check the Global Go To Think Tank Index Report (2019) to locate the top-rated international think tanks.

Search Policy Commons for documents from world's leading think tanks, policy experts, NGOs and more. Canadian materials are included.

Canadian sources

Canadian Think Tanks Collection (Scholars Portal)
- Select Canadian Think Tanks Collection from the Collection drop-down menu
Think Tank Search (Queen's University Library)
Canadian Think Tanks (McGill University)
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"This search page focuses on 14 prominent Canadian research organizations, covering a range of domestic and international issues."
Think Tank list: Canada
Canadian Think Tanks (University of Toronto Archive-It collection)
Canadian Public Documents Collection
Research publications (Library of Parliament)
- produced by the team of the Parliamentary Research Branch of the Library of Parliament
- analytical and non-partisan reports on topics of interest to Canadian parliamentarians

International sources

Columbia International Affairs online
Think Tank Search (Harvard Kennedy School)
Think Tank (European Parliament)
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- U.S. government "think tank" tasked with writing reports for the members of Congress for all issues worldwide.
- Reports are also available from the ProQuest Congressional database, EveryCRSReport
Policy Commons
- An online discovery service for documents from world’s leading think tanks, policy experts, NGOs and more
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Open Think Tank Directory
- A global collection of 3000+ think tanks and related organisations

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