"Think tanks are organizations that have significant autonomy from governmental interests and that synthesize, create, or disseminate information, ideas, or advice to the public, policymakers, other organizations, and the press." Anderson, G. L. & Herr, K.G. (Eds) (2007). Think Tanks. In Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice. (Vol. 3, pp. 1369-1372). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Reference. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX2660300784&v=2.1&u=cuny_hunter&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w&asid=8fe52bd9e9ed36c8a34852b550916eab
Tools to help find think tanks:
A short list of think tanks:
New York specific think tanks:
As the saying goes, "you cannot judge a book by its cover". Likewise, one must look closely and with a critical eye at webpages in order to evaluate them for credibility, accuracy, currency, authority and bias. Here are some tools to help you create strategies for effectively evaluating websites: