SIS 639: Human Rights Monitoring

Searches publications by think tanks and research organizations.

Congressional Research Service Reports provide a variety of in-depth policy analysis and background summaries on every subject of interest to Congress. This database tends to be the first to have access to the newest CRS Reports. Use this first when looking for a CRS Report.

A collection of research and analysis in international politics and related fields, including security studies, global finance, diplomatic practice, humanitarian law, global governance, development studies, and environmental studies.Types of publications include working papers, policy briefs, current analysis and commentary, scholarly journal articles, e-books, and videos.

RAND is a nonprofit public policy research institution and think tank. Founded after World War II with a focus on national security, their portfolio grew starting in the 1960s to include domestic issues such as health, education, sustainability, criminal and civil justice, and development. Full text thousands of reports, articles, and working papers. Covers 1946-present.

Collection of homeland security policy and strategy related documents. From the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
** Note: As of late February, 2025, "HSDL is currently down while [they] reindex the collection to comply with federal directives. [They] do not have an official timeframe for when the collection will be back online." **

Contains the working papers as well as books, periodicals, and reports published by the International Monetary Fund.

Books, periodicals, statistics and working papers from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

On June 30, 2024, the World Bank eLibrary subscription platform was discontinued. Content is available open access on the following platforms:
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
The World Banks official open access repository from which anyone can access its research outputs and knowledge products released since 2000.
Documents and Reports
Access all publicly disclosed project and institutional documents since 1946 made available in compliance with the World Banks Access to Information Policy.
World Bank Open Data portal
Access to global development data including World Development Indicators and hundreds of datasets, including embeddable data visualizations.
World Bank Group (WBG) Archives
The institutional memory of the WBG providing public access to its documentary heritage. Digitized materials and engaging discovery tools including Country Historical Profiles.