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Career Guide : Public Policy and Government

Finding Jobs and Internships with the Government, Think Tanks and NGOs
  • Key Resources
    • Government
    • Nonprofits
    • Think Tanks
    • Law
    • Articles & News
  • Job Hunting Resources: Undergraduates
  • Interview Prep

Government

  • Leadership Connect This link opens in a new window
    Search for Federal organizations by location and subject area. Find contact information for alumni or other individuals by their position or organization.
  • ProQuest Congressional
    Provides access to U.S. Congressional materials: members and committees, bills, laws, hearing transcripts, committee prints, documents, the Congressional Record, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Code, Statutes at Large, CIS indexing and abstracting
  • CQ Electronic Library
    Useful for keeping up with Congress in general as well as specific Representatives and Senators. The place to search or browse resources on American government, current affairs, history, politics, public policy, and data analysis for the social sciences.
  • Congress.Gov
    Search Congressional committees and members of Congress, see past and in-progress legislation – and much more.
  • State Government Websites and Agencies
    Search inside for Job Boards.

Most Federal Agencies, including the Smithsonian, FBI, CIA, State Department, have information about internship and entry-level programs directly on their websites.

Job posting sites:

  • House of Representatives Employment Bulletin
    Users must sign up for weekly alerts, this isn’t searchable.
  • Senate Employment Bulletin
    Sign up for weekly alerts.
  • USA Jobs

Nonprofits

  • GuideStar Pro This link opens in a new window
    A database of millions of US nonprofit organizations. Search for organizations and people by name, geography, financials, or a variety of other criteria. Reports include general information on the nonprofit, people, mission and programs, goals and results, Form 990 filings, and financial data.
  • Foundation Directory Online This link opens in a new window
    Consists of a searchable database of the information in The foundation directory about U.S. foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities; includes links to foundation web sites, links to 990-PF's (foundation tax filings) and application guidelines. Also contains database of grants awarded by the top funders.

Job posting sites:

  • Idealist - Internships
    Global impact internship listings
  • Idealist - Jobs
    Global impact career listings

Think Tanks

  • Open Think Tank Directory
    A global collection of 2700 think tanks and related organizations.
  • Think Tank Search
    A Google Custom Search of more than 1200 think tanks and research centers offered by the Harvard Kennedy School.
  • Global Go To Think Tank Index Report
    Think Tanks & Civil Societies Program, The University of Pennsylvania, annual ranking of think tanks by category.

Job posting sites:

  • Global Jobs
    Includes current internship listings.
  • Indeed Think Tanks

Law

  • American Civil Liberties (ACLU) Careers
  • Bronx Defenders
    Job and internship opportunities
  • Brooklyn Defenders Services
    See "opportunities"
  • Innocence Project
    Jobs, internships, and volunteer opportunities
  • International Refugee Assistance Project
    Opportunities for externs, interns, and fellows
  • Lambda Legal
    Jobs & internships
  • National Women’s Law Center
    Jobs, fellowships, internships, and volunteer opportunities
  • Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS) Job Opportunities
  • Southern Poverty Law Center - Careers

Articles & News

  • ProQuest Newsstand
    Full text (but not graphics) for a large number of current newspapers, primarily U.S. Archive as far back as 1980 depending on the title.
  • Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
    The database contains abstracts of materials from professional journals, major news magazines and books devoted to the political science discipline and its complementary fields, including international relations, public law, public administration and public policy. Topics include political institutions, processes, and behavior; international law and politics; policy analysis; public affairs and administration; public law; political theory; and political economics.
  • International Political Science Abstracts
    Indexes and abstracts articles on political science topics from periodicals published throughout the world. More emphasis on non- English language journals than some other indexes.
  • ProQuest Political Science
    ProQuest Political Science gives users access to over 240 leading political science and international relations journals. This collection provides full-text of many core titles included in Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. Coverage from 1985 to present.
  • Political Science: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
    Includes the full-text of 23 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back twenty years, encompassing over 18,000 articles. It covers such subjects as General Political Science, American Government & Politics, Political Sociology, Comparative Politics, Policy Studies, Political Communication, Peace / Conflict Studies, Presidential Studies, Political Theory / Philosophy, International Relations, and Area Studies.
  • Proquest Military Collection
    Covers topics across all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering, and more. It includes around 550 titles, with more than 400 available in full-text.
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