Public Health: Grey literature

Many independent organizations produce grey literature in the health sciences. Their work can generally be located on their websites, either by using a search box (if present) or by identifying a section of their site dedicated to publications. The list below includes some useful sources, but in many cases a search for grey literature will include identification of other organizations whose work is relevant to a research question.

Papers presented at conferences are sometimes collected and published in academic journals, often in supplements. These documents are referred to in different ways, including congresses, meeting papers, and conference proceedings. They may be found by searching the library catalog or in many of the databases that you use to locate other journal literature, such as Scopus and PubMed. Often, it's necessary to identify the organizations that hold relevant conferences and check their websites directly for abstracts and transcripts from past conferences.

Preprints — early versions of journal articles made available before completing peer review — are included in some citation databases, like those linked below. Consider also searching the websites of relevant journals or repositories.