Research Library and Archives

Brookings Library

The Brookings Library provides research services and information resources for  scholars, research assistants, interns, and non-research staff.  The Library is not open to the public.  The research collection, a mix of print and digital materials, focuses on five broad subject areas: economics, foreign policy, governance, metropolitan policy, and global development.  For more information about the Library, please email or call 202-797-6240.

Brookings Institution Archives

The Brookings Archives is the repository for the historical records of the Institution.  It includes administrative, legal, fiscal, and program records, as well as historically significant documents such as the papers of Robert S. Brookings.  For more information about the Archives, please email or call 202-797-6236.