Find free PDF reports and white papers
Industry reports and white papers are usually published as PDFs. Targeting that file type skips blog posts and landing pages and takes you straight to the source document.
The dork pattern
{topic} (report OR "white paper") filetype:pdf
Curly braces like {this} are blanks you fill in below.
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renewable energy (report OR "white paper") filetype:pdf
Variations
intitle:report {topic} filetype:pdf
{topic} filetype:pdf -site:pinterest.*
Operators used
filetype:filetype:pdfReturns only PDF files, which is where long-form reports are published.
Return only files of a given type — pdf, doc, xls, ppt, txt, sql, log, and more. Ideal for finding documents.
ORterm1 OR term2Matches either 'report' or 'white paper' to catch both labels.
Match either term. OR must be uppercase. Combine to broaden a search across synonyms.
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