Research guides: Political Science: NGOs & IGOs

NGO and IGO search engines

Custom NGO search engine (Stanford)

Custom search engine that streamlines results by pulling information from only NGO website
NGO sites chosen based on consultative status with the UN's Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), University of Minnesota Human Rights Library, Duke University's NGO research guide, and the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO)

IGO search engine (Union of International Associations)

Custom search engine that allows users to search the websites of over 3,400 IGOs listed in the Yearbook of International Organization

IGO search engine (Indiana University, Bloomington)

An experimental web search engine useful for finding information from IGOs such as the United Nations, World Bank, IMF (International Monetary Fund), and related organizations

"This guide will help you search for information produced by international governmental organizations (IGOs).

IGOs are organizations of member states that have signed a treaty or charter. They have a geographic or subject focus."

PAIS International 1914+

Indexes articles from scholarly journals and magazines, such as the Atlantic, Economist, Commentary, Policy Review and Public Interest
Indexes books, government and other reports and statistical compilations addressing important political, economic and social issues
Includes publications from over 120 countries throughout the world, some in languages other than English

Source for theory and research in international affairs
Indexes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs
Also includes original case studies written by leading international affairs experts
Note: no capacity for Boolean searches

Unique resource for U.S. public policy research
Accesses information from over 300 public policy think tanks, non-governmental organizations, research institutes, university centers, advocacy groups, and other entities
Well-known contributors include: the Brookings Institution, Cato Institute, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Hoover Institution, International Monetary Fund, RAND Corporation, World Bank

Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the world

Research Guide: NGOs (University of California at Berkeley)

An excellent guide organized in three sections: International Guides & Directories; Regional Guides & Directories; and NGOs and the United Nations.
Site also includes an NGO custom search engine, developed by Indiana University and Stanford
Site searches NGOs with consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, sites listed on the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library, the Duke University Libraries' NGO Research Guide, and the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO)

Research Guide: NGOs (Duke University)

Provides a list of selected NGOs by subject (Development, Environmentally Sustainable Development, Human Rights, Statistical Data Sources and Women in Development) and by region (Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and Transnational)
See also its Table of Contents (on the right) for other information provided
Note: items identified as being at “Duke only” are also available at the University of Toronto Libraries with most links provided in this guide

An authoritative source which provides brief information on over 1900 international organizations

From the Yearbook of International Organizations
Most of the information is free access, but some information requires subscription

Offers online access to OECD statistical databases, books, periodicals, reports, etc.

A guide to key resources available for researching the activities and documents of the United Nations
Compiled by Sherry Smugler, Robarts Reference

Comprehensive index to United Nations documents and publications from 1946 onwards, including UN periodical articles and treaties listed in UN Treaty Series (University of Toronto only)
Note: AccessUN is a better search engine than the ODS

Provides full-text access to most UN parliamentary documents from 1993 onwards
To locate items found via AccessUN's search engine, search the ODS under the exact document number