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These sources are good for finding grey literature. Grey literature are reports written by groups like think tanks, local advocacy groups, NGOs, IGOs, and governments. They are not published in the same way that other scholarly journals are so, importantly, they lack peer review. This means you should critically evaluate these reports and the groups publishing them to determine what perspectives and agendas they may be bringing to the topic. Grey literature can often be more current that other publication types that go through more formal publication channels.
- Policy Commons This link opens in a new windowDatabase for public policy. Includes more than 3 million reports, working papers, policy briefs, data sources, and media drawn from a directory of more than 21,000 IGOs, NGOs, think tanks, and research centers.
- Policy File Index This link opens in a new windowPolicy File Index is a unique resource for U.S. public policy research in that it grants users access to timely, updated information from over 350 public policy think tanks, nongovernmental organizations, research institutes, university centers, advocacy groups, and other entities. Over 75 public policy topics are covered, from foreign policy to domestic policy. The majority of Policy File Index records link directly to the full-text report, paper, document, or other source.
- Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowTopics such as marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Find articles plus financial data, books, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, market, industry, and country reports, company profiles, and SWOT analyses.