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Grey Literature Definition
"Information produced on all levels of government, academia, business and industry in electronic and print formats NOT controlled by commercial publishing i.e., where publishing is not the primary activity of the producing body" - ICGL Luxembourg definition, 1997- Expanded in New York, 2004
Types of Grey Literature
- List of All Document Types in Grey Literature
- Blogs
- Case Studies
- Census
- Clinical Trials
- Conference proceedings and abstracts
- Government Documents
- ListServes
- Statistics
- Technical Reports
Where to Find Grey Literature
- Government health agencies, such as the CDC, FDA, NIH
- Universities and other research centers such as Emory University, Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins
- International agencies such as. Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, UNAIDS, and World Health Organization
- Non-profit organizations such as American Diabetes Association, March of Dimes,
- Health institutes such as the Cochrane Institute, Joanna Briggs Institute, NICE (UK), and The Public Health institute
- Think tanks such as Guttmacher Institute, Kaiser Family Foundation, Nuffield Trust, Open Society Foundation
Grey Literature Resources
- Advisory Board
- AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality)
- Applied Math and Science Education Repository
- CDC Stacks
- Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Cochrane Library
- Health Sciences Online
- Health Services Research Projects in Progress
- Joanna Briggs Institute
- Kaiser Family Foundation
- Leapfrog Group
- LLRX - Law and Technology Resources
- Mednar
- National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Nursing Research
- NCBI Databases
- NTIS (National Technical Information Service)
- OAIster - Open Access Search
- OpenDOAR - Directory of Open Access Repositories
- Pew Charitable Trusts
- PROSPERO: International prospective register of systematic reviews
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- OpenSIGLE (Open Grey)
- Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Repository
- UK Health Forum
- Google Scholar
- TRIP Database
- WHO (World Health Organization)
Grey Literature: What is it?!: National Libraries of Medicine.(59:23 min)
Grey Literature Tutorial:
Annette Lamb, PH.D.(12:02 min)
Other Research Information for Science & Technology from Ms. Lamb