Grey Literature

Dissertations

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global

Contains an extensive collection of 3.8 million graduate dissertations and theses, with 1.7 million in full text. More than 70,000 new full text dissertations and theses are added to the database each year.

Think Tanks

PolicyFile

Reports and other information from over 350 public policy think tanks, nongovernmental organizations, research institutes, university centers, advocacy groups, and other entities.

Canadian Public Policy Collection

Publications from Canadian public policy institutes, government agencies, advocacy groups, think-tanks, university research centres and other public interest groups. The organizations included in this collection represent the leading edge of primary research and opinion in all areas of Canadian public policy.

Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Public Policy

A think tank at UCLA Law, the Williams Institute produces high-quality, rigorous, and independent research on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy.

Conference Papers

Papers First

A database of papers presented at conferences, symposia, expositions, and workshops worldwide.

Proceedings First

A database of proceedings presented at conferences, symposia, expositions, and workshops worldwide.

Conference Proceedings Citation Index—Social Science & Humanities

Covers conference literature in all fields of social sciences, arts, and humanities: anthropology, Asian studies, cultural studies, demography, psychology, women’s studies and other disciplines.

Government Information

Canadian Research Index

Federal, provincial, and municipal documents such as depository publications of research value issued by the federal government, the ten provinces, and two of the three territories; hard to find non-depository publications issued by hundreds of Canadian government agencies and departments; scientific and technical report literature issued by research institutes and government laboratories; policy, social, economic, and political reports; Statistics Canada monographs, and serials.

Online Repositories

Open Grey

Offers open access to 700,000 bibliographical references of grey literature produced in Europe.