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Grey Literature in the Health Sciences New

Guide to Grey Literature

Grey Literature is:

"Information produced on all levels of government, academics, business and industry in print and electronic formats, but not controlled by commercial publishers."

From ICGL Luxembourg definition, 1997.

  • This guide provides resources and strategies for finding and using Grey Literature in health science research. 
  • Contact a Lister Hill Librarian for assistance.

Resources for Grey Literature

Many conference abstracts / proceedings, meeting abstracts, and symposia are published in journal supplements which are available in the following databases. To retrieve conference abstracts, limit your search as noted below.

Many government and professional organizations have reports, statistics, and other grey literature on their websites.  Here are just a few examples: