Grey literature has long been considered the proverbial needle in the haystack. It is commonly defined as any documentary material that is not commercially published and is typically composed of technical reports, working papers, business documents, and conference proceedings.

So Matthews decided to help us out, with a collection of websites on finding, understanding, and using grey literature:

The focus is upon freely available resources that offer some full-text coverage. While the majority of these selections concentrate upon scientific and technical literature, other resources have been included to illustrate the wide range and variation of gray literature.

Link chain: Infectious Greed from Resource Shelf.

posted by James DeLong @ 1:59 PM | General

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