All grey literature is....is scholarly materials that are NOT published in peer-reiewed scholarly journals.
These consists of things like:
These and Dissertations
- What:
- Major literature reviews written by Masters degree candidates, Lit review with original research written and defended successfully by PhD degree candidates.
- Where:
Working Papers
- What:
- Articles about research not yet ready to be published in a peer-reviewed scholarly journal
- Where:
- Try this Google search: domain:edu "working papers"
- Open Institutional Repositories often make these available free on the web
- Limit database searches to these (if available)
Reports
- What:
- Documents meant to inform and often also to convince readers of something
- Where:
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), businesses (ex: Annual Reports)
- Try this Google Search: site:apple.com report 2023
- Limit database searches to these (if available)
Conference Proceedings
- What:
- Information presented during a conference
- Where:
- Higher Educational institutions, Research-related NGOs (such as scholarly societies)
- Try this Google Search: domain:org "conference proceedings"
- Limit database searches to these (if available)
