Gray Literature, put simply, is scholarly material that hasn't been published and/or peer-reviewed. For example, government documents such as white papers, student dissertations, or conference proceedings and minutes.
Finding these studies can be difficult, but there are a few online resources that can be used to discover this type of unpublished research.
- Google Scholar - This resource finds a lot of papers and studies that are kept at academic institutions.
- The Grey Literature Report - This is a resource that is produced by the New York Academy of Medicine.
- OpenGrey - This search engine looks through unpublished resources that can be found in Europe.
- Opendoar - OpenDOAR is the quality-assured, global Directory of Open Access Repositories.
- TWU Repository - Research produced by TWU students, faculty, and staff.
