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Gray Literature

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Grey Literature
Evidence-based medicine A body of publications produced by government, academia, or business and industry, in print and/or electronic forms, which is not published in easily accessible journals and may not appear in databases or through web searches
Examples Conference proceedings, abstracts of the research presented at conferences, unpublished theses, dissertations, government reports, technical reports, standards and specifications, translations, or other types of documentation.

gray literature
Science communication A popular term for a report or manuscript circulated or published by unconventional routes; GL may not receive the attention accorded communications submitted to peer-reviewed journals or other forums. See Throwaway journal. Cf Peer-reviewed journal.


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Typically, gray literature is any type of unpublished research and may include governmental, business, or academic theses, bibliographies, conference papers or abstracts, technical reports, and standards or best-practice documents.
Gray Literature FBIS Gray Literature Combined Arms Research Library (CARL) Digital Library Collections GrayLit Network: Intelligence: Jane's C41.
The Document Reproduction Service (EDRS), as its name implies, works with the documents or gray literature portion of the database.
 
 
 
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