The Brookings Institution

Selection

The Brookings Institution is an independent, non-partisan think tank with more than 140 scholars. It describes itself as one of Washington oldest think tanks devoted to research analysis and public education

Format

Research reports, articles and other material are full-text retrievable in pdf format. Each item is described and commented. Online Books are available in image format under The Open Book presentation framework developed by The National Academies Press

Information density

All material produced by Brookings is accessible also through the Books Online program that provides online access to full-text versions of a growing list of titles, for a total number of 30,000 records

Content Pertinence to Political Science

The institution main focus is on public policy, with special emphasis on four topics: economics, foreign policy, governance and metropolitan policy

Updating Rate

Webpages are updated frequently according to research timing and education programs