Nursing Programs

Grey Literature

• literature that is not published in the traditional sense such as clinical trials data, government documents, theses, conference proceedings
• it is important to include in your reviews in order to
  • broaden scope and ensure the review is as thorough as possible
  • reduce publication bias and find sources for negative results
  • include emerging research
  • discover more references that your database search might have missed

Identify Relevant Authorities and Stakeholders

1. Search topic in Google and look through first 5-10 pages for relevant authorities, organization or stakeholder
2. Brainstorm potential authorities, organizations or stakeholders relevant to your topic

Consider the following:

• Databases and Catalogues of grey literature
• Clinical Trials Databases
• Guidelines
• Government Documents
• Institutional Repositories
• Conferences
• These and DIssertations
• Newspapers
• Public Health Authorities
• Negative results