Getting started

Your organisation has just signed up for an Overton subscription – great news! What next? Getting access This depends on...

Each organisation using Overton has a staff member listed as the Group Admin – this person can see who has...

Run a search Go to the dashboard and select the ‘Search Policy Documents’ tab in the search window. Start typing...

For organisations that produce, publish or fund scholarly research, the route into a search in Overton often starts with a...

For organisations that produce scholarly research or policy documents, it is often useful to be able to see where individual...

If you have created an Overton account, you are able to customise your search experience in a few different ways....

Citations or mentions in some policy sources may be more relevant to your organisation than others. To help you quickly...

Overton is always adding new policy sources and we’re always happy to hear from our clients about which ones they...

You can see the information Overton tracks by going to the ‘Browse Data’ tab in the menu bar when you’re...

Exporting policy document search results to a spreadsheet In the grey bar above the search results, you have the option...

Sharing summary reports When you run a search of Overton’s policy document database, you can view the results in a...

Image map of a result Use the following map to identify the different elements in a policy document result. Coloured...

When you run a search in the ‘Search Policy Documents’ tab, you can view the results as a list on...

When you run a search in the ‘Search Scholarly Articles tab, you can view the results as a list on...