Search for policy documents that cite or mention your organisation Run a search Go to the dashboard and select the ‘Search Policy Documents’ tab in the search window. Start typing...
Search for scholarly articles cited in policy For organisations that produce, publish or fund scholarly research, the route into a search in Overton often starts with a...
Search for policy documents that cite or mention someone from your organisation For organisations that produce scholarly research or policy documents, it is often useful to be able to see where individual...
How to read policy document results Image map of a result Use the following map to identify the different elements in a policy document result. Coloured...
Policy document filters In the “Search Policy Documents” search mode, there are numerous filters available to help users structure and/or limit a search...
Advanced searches Learn Overton’s search syntax for phrases, proximity matching, searching specific fields and boolean queries Simple keyword searches in Overton will...
Search for names in Overton Tips for searching for people by name The author name data we get in Overton ultimately comes from publishers and...
Search for books or book chapters cited in policy Scholarly Articles search for books cited in policy The gold standard way of searching for books or book chapters that...
Summary reports for policy documents When you run a search in the ‘Search Policy Documents’ tab, you can view the results as a list on...
Summary reports for scholarly articles When you run a search in the ‘Search Scholarly Articles tab, you can view the results as a list on...
Sharing search results Sharing summary reports When you run a search of Overton’s policy document database, you can view the results in a...
Why are some authors not appearing in the People tab? If a name doesn’t return any matches or fewer citations than expected in the People tab there may still be...