Grey Literature for Health Sciences and Medicine

Reports can take many different forms. These include technical reports, research reports, government reports and policy reports.  Often produced by organizations such as government agencies, research institutions, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), reports as well as policies may be disseminated online or in print.

• Overton
  Overton is a searchable index of policy documents, guidelines, think tank publications and working papers.
• Analysis & Policy Observatory (APO) - Health (Please note this site will be decommissioned in December 2023)
  APO is an open access evidence platform – making public policy research and resources accessible and usable.
• Australian Indigenous Health Infonet: Closing the Gap
  Practice and policy in Indigenous health.

• National Medicines Policy
  Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care

• NSW Health - Policy directives, guidelines and information bulletins

• World Health Organisation’s IRIS
  Institutional Repository for Information Sharing

• Trove (National Library of Australia)
  Searches Australian library collections

• Dimensions
  Dimensions is a linked research data platform, including information patents, clinical trials and policy documents
  For more information, view the Dimensions LibGuide
• Capital Monitor
  Capital Monitor provides full coverage of information/documents for federal, state and territory Parliaments, government departments, agencies, courts and key stakeholders in public policy, including industry, associations and not-for-profits.

See the guide for Advanced Google Search Techniques

Google site search
A Google site search allows you to limit results to one website or domain rather than the entire internet.
To perform a site search on Google enter your search words and add site: in front of the required URL

Examples:
Search words site:.gov.au
Search words site:.vic.gov.au
Search words site:.org.au

Google filetype search
You can use the filetype: operator in a Google search to limit results to a specific file type or file extension.

Example:
Search words filetype:pdf

Combine both

Example:
Search words site:.gov.au filetype:pdf