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The Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions provides a variety of facilities and resources in support of faculty and undergraduate research.
- Public Policy Library.
- The Center maintains a small non-circulating library which contains many important reference books on American politics and public policy. These include: The Congressional Directory, The Congressional Staff Directory, The Federal Executive Directory, and The Almanac of American Politics. The library also contains such publications as the federal budget; the County and City Data Book; and State Policy Reports. The Center maintains daily subscriptions to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Providence Journal as well as subscriptions to several journals.
- Internship Reports.
- Students seeking ideas for possible internship projects can consult the Center's collection of reports on a wide variety of internships prepared by previous public policy interns. Many of these reports include journals of the intern's daily activities and all of them provide detailed descriptions of the internship experience. The reports are arranged by geographic area in the Center's library/seminar room.
- Graduate Programs in Public Policy.
- The Center maintains a complete listing of schools offering graduate programs in public policy as well as a collection of brochures describing these programs. These materials are available in the Center's reception area.
In addition, the library contains materials prepared by Center staff and students. The Center's Discussion Paper Series presents the findings from ongoing faculty research projects, often in collaboration with student research assistants. A newsletter, Public Opinion Report, summarizes the Center's survey research projects. Papers commissioned from leading scholars for presentation at Taubman Lecture programs are also available, as well as transcripts of other Center-sponsored conferences. In addition, the Center has prepared A Research Guide to Library Resources for Public Policy Studies which documents the university's holdings in Rockefeller Library and how to access them. Copies of this guide are available free of charge and may be picked up at the Center.
