General sources
Find grey literature for the health sciences using websites of different organisations around the world.
General sources
Government and non-government organisations, and professional associations, are a good source of grey literature.
Always be aware of commercial, political or social interests and biases when assessing if the information is credible, particularly when the grey literature is produced by private research organisations, drug companies or think tanks.
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Grey Matter newsletterCompiled by the NZ Ministry of Health Library, providing access to a selection of the most recent NGO, think tank, and international government reports relevant to the health context.
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Grey Matters: a practical search tool for evidence-based medicinePublished by the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), providing details on where to locate grey literature in various countries.
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Medline Plus: organisationsDirectory of organisations providing health information, arranged by topic by the US National Library of Medicine.
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Grey Literature Report in Public HealthA bimonthly publication from the New York Academy of Medicine alerting readers to new grey literature publications in health services research and selected public health topics.
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OpenGreySystem for Information on Grey Literature in Europe offers open access to 700,000 bibliographical references of grey literature produced in Europe, covering science, technology, biomedical science, economic science and the humanities.
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HSRProj (Health Services Research Projects in Progress)US health services research and public health projects
Research centres and digital repositories
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OAIsterWorldCat catalog of millions of records representing open access resources, built by harvesting from open access collections worldwide.
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OpenDOARThe Directory of Open Access Repositories is a quality-assured listing of open access repositories around the world.
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ARC Centres of ExcellenceLinks to current list of Australian Research Council's Centres of Excellence funded project for 2023.
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Primary Health Care Research & Information ServicesProvides a gateway for general practice and primary health practitioners, researchers, policy makers, primary health care organisations and consumer organisations.