{"id":5080,"date":"2026-02-03T10:36:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/?page_id=5080"},"modified":"2026-02-03T10:58:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:58:56","slug":"overton-index","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/resources-collections\/databases\/overton-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Overton Index"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"about-overton\"\n    >\n±¬ÁϳԹÏÍø Overton<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Overton develops software to connect research with policy and support evidence-based policymaking. Their platforms provide researchers with tools to understand, analyze and grow their reach and influence within the policy sphere. Overton Index is a policy and grey literature database. <\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image  object-fit--cover\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/02\/03103438\/Overton_Index_Tile_V2_Library-1.png\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/02\/03103438\/Overton_Index_Tile_V2_Library-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/02\/03103438\/Overton_Index_Tile_V2_Library-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/02\/03103438\/Overton_Index_Tile_V2_Library-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/02\/03103438\/Overton_Index_Tile_V2_Library-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/02\/03103438\/Overton_Index_Tile_V2_Library-1.png 1080w\"\n                style=\"object-position: 48.00% 15.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: cover; object-position: 48.00% 15.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; width: 100%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>    <\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"overton-index-description\"\n    >\nOverton Index description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>University staff, professors and students can now access this new database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overton Index is the world\u2019s largest policy and grey literature database \u2013 it tracks over 19 million documents and automatically finds links to the evidence they reference. Use Overton Index to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"ulux-list\">\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Track and analyze evidence use in policy&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">See the impact of publications in policy making<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Evaluate publications\u2019 impact and citations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Access documents for analysis&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Support reporting and research assessment for annual reports, grant applications, tenure applications and evaluations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With full-text search and policy-to-policy citations, users can see how research influence spreads through policy organizations and get a more accurate picture of impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"how-to-access-overton-index\"\n    >\nHow to access Overton Index:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"ulux-list\">\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\"><strong>On campus: <\/strong>directly via<a href=\"\\Users\\kim.monteiro\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\Windows\\INetCache\\Content.Outlook\\T85LVV5L\\app.overton.io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/app.overton.io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">app.overton.io<\/a> <\/strong>or<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.a-z.lu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a-z.lu<\/a>, <\/strong>by searching <em>\u201cOverton\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\"><strong>Off campus<\/strong>: via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.a-z.lu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a\u2013z.lu only<\/a><\/strong>, by searching <em>\u201cOverton\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Once on the platform, feel free to create a personal account to save your research, data and create alerts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many thanks to the Rectorate\u2019s office and Office of Statistics and Institutional Research for funding this resource and making access possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"user-resources\"\n    >\nUser Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"ulux-list\">\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Overtonio\/playlists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube Playlists<\/a> for help videos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.overton.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Help Center<\/a> to find answers to questions and step-by-step guidance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Overton\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.overton.io\/how-to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> \u201cHow-to\u201d Guides<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.overton.io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Overton\u2019s Blog<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overton.io\/case-studies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Case studies<\/a> for examples of use cases<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overton.io\/overton-in-research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Overton\u2019s Zotero Library<\/a> highlights data used in research&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":0,"parent":165,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"featured_image_focal_point":[],"show_featured_caption":false,"ulux_newsletter_groups":"","uluxPostTitle":"","uluxPrePostTitle":"","_trash_the_other_posts":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"field-of-interest":[],"organisation":[],"authorship":[87,39],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Overton Index - Luxembourg Learning Centre (LLC) I Uni.lu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Overton develops software to connect research with policy and support evidence-based policymaking. Their platforms provide researchers with tools to\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/resources-collections\/databases\/overton-index\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Overton Index\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Overton develops software to connect research with policy and support evidence-based policymaking. Their platforms provide researchers with tools to\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/resources-collections\/databases\/overton-index\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LLC EN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-03T09:58:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/03115512\/UNIV_SM-Profile_1600x1600px-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/resources-collections\/databases\/overton-index\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/resources-collections\/databases\/overton-index\/\",\"name\":\"Overton Index - Luxembourg Learning Centre (LLC) I Uni.lu\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-03T09:36:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-03T09:58:56+00:00\",\"description\":\"Overton develops software to connect research with policy and support evidence-based policymaking. Their platforms provide researchers with tools to\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/resources-collections\/databases\/overton-index\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/resources-collections\/databases\/overton-index\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/resources-collections\/databases\/overton-index\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Luxembourg Learning Centre (LLC)\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Resources &amp; Collections\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/resources-collections\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Databases\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/resources-collections\/databases\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Overton Index\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/\",\"name\":\"LLC\",\"description\":\"Luxembourg Learning Centre I Uni.lu\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Luxembourg Learning Centre I ±¬ÁϳԹÏÍø\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"LLC - ±¬ÁϳԹÏÍø I Uni.lu\",\"alternateName\":\"Luxembourg Learning Centre\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/03115512\/UNIV_SM-Profile_1600x1600px-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/03115512\/UNIV_SM-Profile_1600x1600px-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":2560,\"caption\":\"LLC - ±¬ÁϳԹÏÍø I Uni.lu\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"description\":\"Luxembourg Learning Centre I Uni.lu\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Overton Index - Luxembourg Learning Centre (LLC) I Uni.lu","description":"Overton develops software to connect research with policy and support evidence-based policymaking. Their platforms provide researchers with tools to","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/resources-collections\/databases\/overton-index\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Overton Index","og_description":"Overton develops software to connect research with policy and support evidence-based policymaking. Their platforms provide researchers with tools to","og_url":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/resources-collections\/databases\/overton-index\/","og_site_name":"LLC EN","article_modified_time":"2026-02-03T09:58:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":2560,"url":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/03115512\/UNIV_SM-Profile_1600x1600px-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/resources-collections\/databases\/overton-index\/","url":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/resources-collections\/databases\/overton-index\/","name":"Overton Index - Luxembourg Learning Centre (LLC) I Uni.lu","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-02-03T09:36:47+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-03T09:58:56+00:00","description":"Overton develops software to connect research with policy and support evidence-based policymaking. Their platforms provide researchers with tools to","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/resources-collections\/databases\/overton-index\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/resources-collections\/databases\/overton-index\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/resources-collections\/databases\/overton-index\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Luxembourg Learning Centre (LLC)","item":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Resources &amp; Collections","item":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/resources-collections\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Databases","item":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/resources-collections\/databases\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Overton Index"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/","name":"LLC","description":"Luxembourg Learning Centre I Uni.lu","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Luxembourg Learning Centre I ±¬ÁϳԹÏÍø","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/#organization","name":"LLC - ±¬ÁϳԹÏÍø I Uni.lu","alternateName":"Luxembourg Learning Centre","url":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/03115512\/UNIV_SM-Profile_1600x1600px-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/03115512\/UNIV_SM-Profile_1600x1600px-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":2560,"caption":"LLC - ±¬ÁϳԹÏÍø I Uni.lu"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"description":"Luxembourg Learning Centre I Uni.lu"}]}},"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5080"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5090,"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5080\/revisions\/5090"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/165"}],"wp:authorship":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"field-of-interest","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/field-of-interest?post=5080"},{"taxonomy":"organisation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/organisation?post=5080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}