What is Grey Literature?
Grey Literature refers to a body of materials that cannot be found easily through conventional channels such as publishers. Grey Literature is a field in library and Information science that deals with the production, distribution, and access to multiple document types produced on all levels of government, academics, business, and organization in electronic and print formats not controlled by commercial publishing i.e. where publishing is not the primary activity of the producing body."
Understanding Grey Literature Resources
- Grey Literature 101 WebinarA 60 minute video and tutorial
- Grey Matters: a practical tool for searching health-related grey literatureFrom CADTH in Canada
Conference/Technical Reports
- PapersFirst
Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.
- ProceedingsFirst
Provides tables of contents of papers presented at conferences worldwide.
Government Resources
- Clinical Trials.govRegistry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world.
- GPO Monthly Catalog
Search the Federal Register and other agencies' reports, documents, etc. (1976 to present).
Flow of Scientific Information
(from: http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/usered/grad/researchskills/flow_of_info.html)