Research Guides
Geography: NGOs & IGOs
Welcome to the research guide for Geography, a starting point for finding journal articles, books, data and more!
Policy Commons
- Policy Commons: Global Think Tanks This link opens in a new window
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Research from the world’s leading policy experts, think tanks, IGOs and NGOs. - Policy Commons: North American City Reports This link opens in a new window
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Over five million pages of in-depth surveys, reports, and research from more than six hundred North American cities and urban agencies.
Non-governmental Organizations
An NGO, or Non-governmental Organization, is an organization focused on humanitarian issues, often social problems with a political aspect (eg. human rights, relief services, women's rights).
- Non-governmental Organizations Research GuideUW Libraries Research Guide on non-governmental organizations
- Non-governmental Organizations SearchSearch [at least 1026] Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) websites. By James R. Jacobs, International Documents Librarian, Stanford University.
- WANGO - Worldwide NGO DirectoryLocate NGOs either by using the search feature or the interactive map feature. Find NGOs by region, then choose the countries and/or areas of activity that interest you.
- IssueLabFree research from social sector organizations around the world on a variety of hot button issues.
Inter-governmental Organizations
An IGO, or international inter-governmental organization, is a group of sovereign states, often established through a treaty, with mutual intersests which works toward a unified goal.
- Inter-governmental Organizations Research GuideUW Libraries guide on Inter-governmental Organizations
- Inter-governmental Organization SearchA search engine for those who are doing research in intergovernmental organization topics; searches across hundreds of IGO websites.
A few of the most prominent examples of IGOs: