According to the latest The Go-To Global Think Tanks 2009 ranking report*, PolicyFile covers all of the:

• Top Ten think tanks in the U.S.
• Top Ten think tanks in Security & International Affairs
• Top Ten think tanks in Social Policy
• Top Ten think tanks in Domestic Economic Policy

In PolicyFile, professionals find information on both sides of a public policy debate. They get immediate access to over 386 think tanks, research organizations, and advocacy groups including the Hoover Institution, International Monetary Fund, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, RAND Corporation, and the World Bank.

Indexes, abstracts, and links directly to current research on virtually every public policy issue--domestic and international are provided. The database has over 106,000 records and is updated weekly, with more than 50 percent of the abstracts linking directly to the full text of research reports and studies.

PolicyFile provides:

• Fully searchable access to the research and analysis of leading policy-shaping organizations
• Direct links to the full texts of policy research reports and studies available on the Web
• Direct links to the homepages of policy-related organizations and other relevant sites
• Direct links to email addresses of leading authorities and organizations in policy research
• An annual subscription to HEADLINES, an electronic newsletter featuring new records added to the database in the past week
• Powerful search and retrieval software that allows the user to retrieve information by keyword, phrase, Boolean operator, proximity, or fuzzy request.

* From the University of Pennsylvania’s Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program. The report also ranked the Top 25 global think tanks, and PolicyFile covers 22 of these.