00/00/2006

Directorio

/ Daniel Florian

Think Tank Directory Deutschland

Think tanks in the Federal Republic of Germany. También dispone de una sección específica de think tanks en Europa.

Acceso en: http://www.thinktankdirectory.org/

Acceso a “Think Tank Directory Europe” en:

http://www.thinktankdirectory.org/europe/index.html

00/00/2005

Directorio

/ National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA)

NIRA´s World Directory of Think Tanks 2005

This English-language directory is a compilation of information on public policy institutes based on a worldwide survey conducted by NIRA's Center for Policy Research Information. The directory provides contact information, main areas of research, latest research findings, chief researchers, and other valuable material on each think tank

Acceso en: http://www.nira.go.jp/ice/nwdtt/index.html

00/00/2005

Directorio

/ Atlas Foundation

Atlas Foundation Directory

Atlas's Freedom Directory compiles information on more than 450 think tanks worldwide. The Directory’s default settings assume users want to search our broadest universe of active think tanks. This may result in listings of institutes that Atlas has not worked with in the past, which may differ in important ways from most market-oriented think tanks.

Acceso en: http://www.atlasusa.org/directory/index.php?refer=directory

00/00/2005

Directorio

/ Matt Innis, Justin Johnson

Directory of Think Tank Publications

Fully indexed by subject, this volume offers a guide to the left- and right-wing policy think tanks and all the policy documents they have produced since 1990. Included are details of more than 1500 reports.

Accesible previo pago en:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1902301021/politicsdirectco/026-3316836-7373261

00/00/2003

Monografía

/ Lynn Hellebust. Government Research Service

Think Tank Directory: a Guide to Nonprofit Public Policy Research Organizations

According to the introduction, U.S. think tanks have increased from 62 in 1945 to more than 1,200 in late 1996, and they have significantly influenced American life as the policy-making role of politcal parties and government agencies has diminished. The term think tank in this directory, which will be an annual publication, means a nonprofit public policy research organization, either independent or affiliated with a university. Most of the 587 nonacademic groups included are independent; some are assoicated with businesses or other nonprofit organizations. The editor does not indicate how the information on each group was obtained or how groups were identified and surveyed but mentions that decisions were made to include rather than exclude any group that seemed borderline.

The bulk of the directory consists of an alphabetical listing of 1,212 think tanks, with each entry including basic information (address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail and Web site addresses, CEO, etc.) and as much additional information as could be found regarding history, purpose, priorities, budget, funding source, publications, staff, organizational structure, and governing body.

A one-page selected bibliography of publications from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s directs the user to sources that will help explain the evolution and significance of think tanks in our society, and the geographical index facilitates identification of think tanks in each state and the District of Columbia. The alternative name index is an "alphabetical listing of initialisms, acronyms, and other names by which the think tank listed in this directory are known," and the subsidiary index lists centers and other subdivisions referred to in each parent think tank's entry but not listed separately.

The policy areas index, which should be the most useful, is the most frustrating. It consists of undifferentiated locators in which, for example, the user is directed to 250 or 300 pages (not specific entries) where there is information on think tanks that address very broad subjects, such as agriculture, civil rights, and science and technology. A library patron will find it time consuming to indentify relevant information.

Another concern for library purchasers is the binding. What the Board saw was suitable for a single user or office but probably would not endure normal use by multiple patrons and repeated shelving and photocopying

Referenciado en: http://www.ethiopians.com/fss_dr.htm

Accesible previo pago en: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1879929244/102-7220777-1120159?v=glance&n=283155

ISBN: 1879929244