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This functionality helps researchers easily build, visualise and refine complex search strategies - without needing prior Boolean expertise. This allows for more transparent, replicable and systematic grey literature searches.

We’ve built a feature to make constructing these more detailed searches significantly easier…

🔍 Enter Overton’s NEW advanced search builder 🔍 

For researchers who need to combine long keyword lists, Boolean logic, multiple concepts or proximity operators, this feature will make a huge difference.

But the accessibility of grey literature can make that challenging.

With global policy coverage, extensive filters and tools like AI-generated summaries, Overton Index can help make grey literature searches more manageable and easier to document.

Whether you’re a research manager or a librarian, you can build intricate, nuanced searches which take full advantage of our search capabilities.

Explore this new functionality now, and unlock a new level of discovery on Overton Index 👇
app.overton.io/ui/start

→ Nested rules to help build your queries
→ Functionality that allows you to select from a variety of search options (i.e. similarity, keywords, etc.)
→ A query visualiser which shows updates to your query in real time as you add or adjust rules, helping you clearly understand how logic is applied.

Included in the recent redesign of our start page, this feature makes building complex queries more intuitive and efficient, regardless of knowledge or experience levels.

Say goodbye to endless, manual searches.

This advanced query builder includes…

To explore this new functionality, click here: app.overton.io/ui/start

This new experience includes an advanced search builder.
So that anyone, regardless of their experience with boolean queries, will be able to build complex queries on Overton.

But more on that tomorrow 👀

This redesign includes a centralised starting point that integrates both products, improving the usability and accessibility of the wider Overton platform. And, perhaps the most exciting update of all…

You can learn more and register by heading to Higher Ed for the full press release: www.highereddive.com/press-releas...

Register to join using the link below and you’ll also receive our new guide, “Demonstrating the real-world impact of research.” 👇

zoom.us/webinar/regi...

They’ll explore how to:

✔️ Build institutional foundations for impact
✔️ Move from opportunistic to systematic policy engagement
✔️ Convert impact into tangible value through funding and reputation building

- Max Crowley — Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State, and the Public Policy Director of the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center. He leads the Penn State Evidence to Impact Collaborative.

- Elizabeth Fortune — Administrative Director at the Virginia Commonwealth University Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research, which helps convert health research into patient care.

- Laurie Van Egeren — Vice Provost for for Public Engagement at the University of Minnesota and president of the Engagement Scholarship Consortium. She is also the Co-PI for the Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS).

- Susan Renoe — Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Development and Strategic Partnerships at the University of Missouri and also the Executive Director for the Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS).

That’s why we’ve put together an expert panel for our free webinar:
“Building your impact engine: from policy citations to competitive advantage”

On December 8th at 11am EST, hear from leading voices in the research impact space: