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Finding grey literature

Finding grey literature. Finding Online Health Information Workshop I Vietnam National Training Programme. Grey literature is another category of literature. Not books Not book chapters Not journals Not journal articles So what is it?. For example…. Government reports

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Finding grey literature

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  1. Finding grey literature Finding Online Health Information Workshop I Vietnam National Training Programme

  2. Grey literature is another category of literature • Not books • Not book chapters • Not journals • Not journal articles • So what is it?

  3. For example….. • Government reports • PhD dissertations • Master’s theses • Materials from NGOs • Clinical guidelines • EBM materials • Training modules • Courseware • Conference proceedings

  4. Very often free and online The problem is finding them!

  5. You can always Google….

  6. But remember the story of the keys! Go instead to where high-quality grey material is produced and/or collected

  7. Here is one place: WHO

  8. Here is another: The INFO Project at Johns Hopkins University

  9. Here is yet another

  10. These are treasure chests of grey literature! All you have to do is open them!

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