International Studies: NGOs

NGO Research Guides

UC Berkeley Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Research Guide

NGO Documents & Publications

UC Library Search - search all of the UC's library collections
The Library buys some publications from nongovernmental organizations. They are shelved by subject matter using Library of Congress call numbers with the rest of the general collections. Search by Author with the NGO's name or by keyword.

Policy Commons (Global Think Tanks + North American City Reports)
One-stop access to more than 30 million pages of curated, high quality policy reports, briefs, analyses, working papers, and datasets from thousands of policy organizations worldwide including think tanks, IGOs, NGOs, and more than six hundred North American cities and urban agencies.
Faculty, staff, and students may also register direct Global Think Tanks personal accounts with UCSD domain email address for full remote access rights.

Center for Security Studies: Resources
Formerly ISN. A one-stop information service in the fields of international relations and security. Among the services offered are: an annotated links library, a limited area search tool (ISN LASE), and a selection of resources on current world affairs.

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
Full text of working papers, conference proceedings, policy briefs, economic indicators, and other resources in international affairs.

Eldis
Eldis provides free access to relevant, up-to-date and diverse research on international development issues. Hosted by the Institute of Development Studies in the UK

PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service)
1915-present. Lists print and electronic articles, books, and government publications on issues of public policy, including politics, government, economy, marine policy, and law. Global, multilingual scope.

Search Engines

►Search tip: If you get too many results, try adding one of these words to your search terms:

"policy surveillance"
"policy tracker"
"policy brief"
"issue brief"
"bill analysis"
report
strategy
plan
statistics
directory
Geographic or administrative divisions - California, San Diego, etc.

►Bonus search tip: Google-powered searches can be limited to pages published during a specific timeframe by using before:[date] and/or after:[date]

NGO Directories

WANGO Worldwide NGO Directory
The World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO) is an international organization uniting NGOs worldwide in the cause of advancing peace and global well being.
UN NGO Branch - Integrated Civil Society Organizations System
The integrated Civil Society Organizations (iCSO) System, developed by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), facilitates interactions between civil society organizations and DESA. The system provides online registration of general profiles for civil society organizations, including address, contacts, activities and meeting participation.
Open Yearbook of International Organizations
This information is part of the Open Yearbook, a free service of UIA's subscription-based Yearbook of International Organizations (YBIO). It includes profiles of non-profit organizations working worldwide in all fields of activity. The information contained in the profiles and search functionality of this free service are limited.
USAID List of Private Voluntary Organizations (Archived December 2016)
Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations
SourceWatch
The Center for Media and Democracy publishes SourceWatch to track corporations, providing well-documented information about corporate public relations (PR) campaigns, including corporate front groups, people who "front" corporate campaigns, and PR operations.