Public Health & Research Services Librarian
Grey Literature sources
Databases for non-journal (grey) literature such as reports, conference abstracts, dissertations.
- Think Tank SearchGoogle custom search of think tanks and research centers.
- IGO search engineCustom Google search engine designed to search across hundreds of IGO (intergovernmental organization) websites.
- NGO search engineCustom Google search engine designed to search across hundreds of NGO (nongovernmental organization) websites.
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Regional, national, and international newspapers, 1980's-present. - Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowScholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.
See help for accessing articles from off-campus through Google Scholar.
- Additional Sources
Visit websites of known organizations or associations working in your area of interest to find conference proceedings, reports, issue briefs, white papers, etc.
Dissertations & Theses at UW and beyond
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
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Index to doctoral dissertations and selected masters theses from 1861 to the present; includes 2 million+ full text dissertations published since 1997.
- ResearchWorks at the UWBrowse collections of UW communities including Dissertations and Theses, Faculty Researcher Data and Papers, Student Research Papers.
