Introduction to Grey Literature
Grey literature is any material published outside of book and journal publishing. This includes most webpages, government documents, theses, corporate documents, reports, conference proceedings, online handbooks and manuals, and much more. Systematic and scoping reviews often include information from clinical trial registers, theses, and conference abstracts. Health technology assessments often include information from other HTA's or systematic reviews, economic reports, government regulatory information, clinical practice guidelines, etc.
Lists of health-related grey literature sources
- Grey Matters - CADTHCADTH's online resource for grey literature searching
- HTA on the NetAn extensitve list of resources to search when conducting a Health Technology Assesment
- Public Health Grey Literature SourcesProduced by the Ontario Public Health Libraries Association
Databases containing grey literature
- NHS EvidenceA list of sources of information included in NHS Evidence is available here
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Grey Literature Courses/Tutorials
- Searching the Grey LiteratureNorthern Alberta Health Libraries Association (NAHLA) October 24 2023
- Introduction to Grey LiteratureUniversity of Waterloo