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Grey Literature

"Gray or 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." by Brian S. Mathews in C&RL News, March 2004 Vol. 65, No. 3

"Using gray literature in preparing systematic reviews is mandatory to overcome or alleviate publication bias." by Kazem Heidari Tavasani in Searching for Trials at http://archive.today/uYqZ3

See below for more definitions and information about Grey Literature.

Grey Literature Network Service
The goal of GreyNet is to facilitate dialog, research, and communication between persons and organisations in the field of grey literature.

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Clinical Medicine & Health Research
A repository of non-peer reviewed original research.
Cogprints
CogPrints, an electronic archive for self-archive papers in any area of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and many areas of Computer Science
Google Scholar
Science.gov
Science.gov searches over 38 databases and 1,950 selected websites, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information, including research and development results.
OAIster
A union catalog of digital resources.
Open DOAR
an authoritative directory of academic open access repositories
OpenSIGLE - System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe
The Virtual Technical Reports Center
Virtual Technical Reports Center list institutions that provide either full-text reports, or searchable extended abstracts of their technical reports on the World Wide Web.
US Patent Database

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