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  1. Research Guides: Grey Literature: What is Grey Literature?

    Grey literature encompasses various media, resources, documents, and data that diverge from the conventional academic or commercial publishing pathways, often termed "white literature." If a resource lacks publication in a scholarly journal, it likely falls within the realm of grey literature. Unlike white literature, grey Literature doesn't ...

  2. Public Health: Defining Grey Literature

    Grey (or gray) literature is defined by the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions as "...literature that is not formally published in sources such as books or journal articles." This can include information such as government reports, conference proceedings, graduate dissertations, unpublished clinical trials, and much more ...

  3. Grey literature: An important resource in systematic reviews

    Identifying all evidence relevant to the research questions is an essential component, and challenge, of systematic reviews. Grey literature, or evidence not published in commercial publications, can make important contributions to a systematic review. Grey literature can include academic papers, including theses and dissertations, research and ...

  4. Grey literature: What it is & how to find it

    Grey literature is information produced outside of traditional publishing and distribution channels, and can include reports, policy literature, working papers, newsletters, government documents, speeches, white papers, urban plans, and so on. This information is often produced by organizations "on the ground" (such as government and inter ...

  5. Gray literature: An important resource in systematic reviews

    A rapidly growing amount of gray literature, and medical research more generally, has led to increased need for systematized searches in comprehensive databases. 28 Although several databases including gray literature exist, a few will be presented in this paper, and a more comprehensive, annotated list of gray literature databases to be used ...

  6. Searching the Gray Literature

    The sources you search will be informed by your research question and where you expect to find information related to your question. Try searching databases that specialize in gray literature like OpenMD, MedNar and BASE. OpenGrey, a previously available resource for gray literature, is also searchable from a locally maintained SQL database ...

  7. Grey literature

    Grey literature (or gray literature) is materials and research produced by organizations outside of the traditional commercial or academic publishing and distribution channels. Common grey literature publication types include reports (annual, research, technical, project, etc.), working papers, government documents, white papers and evaluations ...

  8. Grey Literature: What is grey literature

    A literature search that accesses only traditional literature may miss information vital to research, especially in health sciences fields. It may be the best source of information on policies and programs. Using grey literature may help minimise publication bias in systematic reviews. Grey literature may include raw data and data sets.

  9. Research Guides: Grey Literature: Evaluating Grey Literature

    The evaluation of grey literature entails a rigorous examination of various factors, including the document's intrinsic characteristics, the credibility and reputation of the producing organization, and the veracity of the information conveyed. One established framework facilitating this critical evaluation process is the AACODS checklist ...

  10. Research Guides: Grey Literature: Why Use Grey Literature?

    Start your grey literature search with this guide containing resources and strategies for discovering research produced outside traditional commercial or academic publishing channels. This page will detail why Grey literature is used.

  11. Gray literature: An important resource in systematic reviews

    Gray literature can include academic papers, including theses and dissertations, research and committee reports, government reports, conference papers, and ongoing research, among others. It may provide data not found within commercially published literature, providing an important forum for disseminating studies with null or negative results ...

  12. Literature Search: Databases and Gray Literature

    Gray Literature. Gray Literature is the term for information that falls outside the mainstream of published journal and mongraph literature, not controlled by commercial publishers. includes: hard to find studies, reports, or dissertations. conference abstracts or papers. governmental or private sector research.

  13. What is grey literature? [with examples]

    Grey literature refers to materials and research published specifically outside of the traditional commercial, academic publishing, and distribution channels. It is produced by organizations on all levels of government, academia, business, and industry and either published informally or remains unpublished.

  14. A Guide to Evidence Synthesis: 3. Select Grey Literature Sources

    Grey (or gray) literature is literature produced by individuals or organizations outside of commercial and/or academic publishers. This can include information such as government reports, conference proceedings, graduate dissertations, unpublished clinical trials, and much more. The sources you select will be informed by your research question ...

  15. 4. Select Grey Literature Sources

    Grey literature is literature produced by individuals or organizations outside of commercial and/or academic publishers. This can include information such as government reports, conference proceedings, graduate dissertations, unpublished clinical trials, and much more. ... SSRN (formerly Social Science Research Network) is a repository ...

  16. Strategies for Finding Grey Literature

    This page provides strategies for finding grey literature. Grey literature is an important part of the evidence base for health services research but can be difficult to search in a systematic way. You'll find three core strategies for identifying this type of content. See the Grey Literature Research Guide for many other resources

  17. Overview

    Grey literature is the unpublished, non-commercial, hard-to-find information that organizations such as professional associations, research institutes, think tanks, and government departments produce. It can be invaluable to your research: it is part of the overall evidence base and functions as an alternative source that may be used to ...

  18. Grey Literature

    Grey literature can also mean literature that is hard to find or has inconsistent or missing bibliographic information. Search grey literature to: ... New aspects of your research topic to consider; Sources of grey lit; Negative Results. Journal of negative results in biomedicine. Open access, peer-reviewed, online journal.

  19. Locating Grey Literature

    Searching the grey literature: A handbook for searching reports, working papers, and other unpublished research. Searching the Grey Literature is for librarians and information professionals interested in learning more about grey literature. This book will aid with crafting a grey lit search successfully, from start to finish.

  20. Grey Literature

    Grey Literature is not academic/scholarly piece of writing. It includes government documents, foundation reports, white papers, working papers, issue briefs, organizational (versus academic) research, and other kinds of policy reports. It can be challenging to distinguish grey literature from academic sources, and often enough scholars are ...

  21. Library Guides: Library Skills: Step 5: Grey literature

    Grey literature can provide further sources of evidence for your review; It can provide a more rounded view of your field of research with access to different perspectives; It can help balance publication bias e.g. often negative and neutral research results are not published by conventional means; It can be a source of raw data; and

  22. Research Guides: Grey Literature: Searching for Grey Literature

    Tips for Searching for Grey Literature. During academic inquiry, researchers frequently encounter scholarly works incorporating references to or citations from grey literature. This practice expands the breadth of available literature on a given subject and facilitates the identification of entities responsible for disseminating such materials.

  23. Gray Literature in Research: Definition, Types, Sources and Drawbacks

    What is gray literature in research? The term 'gray literature' comes from the ambiguity surrounding the legitimacy of this information. Gray literature refers to a vast body of information produced by individuals or organizations that is published outside of traditional academic publishing channels. Gray literature is usually not published for commercial gain, not peer reviewed, and not ...

  24. Grey Literature

    Grey literature refers to any information source that is not commercially published. As these sources are dispersed and not collected by centralised publishing platforms, they are sometimes difficult to find and can be tiresome to search. ... Professional organisations and research bodies can be a very useful source for grey literature such as ...

  25. Research Guides: SOCI305 Social Class and Inequality: Home

    However, because grey literature (usually) does not go through a peer review process, the quality can vary a great deal. Be sure to critically evaluate your source. For an extensive list of the types of documents that might be considered grey literature, see Document types in grey literature (from GreyNet International).

  26. Research Guides: Grey Literature: Types of Grey Literature

    Technical: Technical grey literature covers highly specialized information on the interworkings of different procedures, inventions, technologies, engineering advancements, scientific discoveries, and more. These are different from non-academic research because the intended audience is fellow technical experts and is STEM or scientific in nature.

  27. Social Sciences

    Nonetheless, this literature has not substantially explored the Turkish government's attitude towards the new influx of migrants. For this purpose, the article draws upon qualitative research based on secondary and grey literature (including semi-structured interviews with representatives from migration-related NGOs in Turkey).

  28. The Effect of Photobiomodulation on Third Molar Wound Recovery: A

    Objectives: This study addresses the limited body of literature concerning the impact of photobiomodulation on complications following mandibular third molar extractions. Methods: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis of clinical studies that reported the use of photobiomodulation after mandibular third molar surgery was conducted based on PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for ...

  29. CWP: What Data Can Tell Us

    Grey Literature is not academic/scholarly piece of writing. It includes government documents, foundation reports, white papers, working papers, issue briefs, organizational (versus academic) research, and other kinds of policy reports. It can be challenging to distinguish grey literature from academic sources, and often enough scholars are ...

  30. Grey Market Research

    The trigger is an optional purchase from Grey Market Research, if you're handy with tools you can mod your own. I opted for a straight trigger from GMR. The rear of the starboard side of the trigger is milled to a 45-degree angle, and the port side is reduced just a touch. It might not win beauty awards, but this milling job is better than ...