What is Grey Literature?
Grey literature is
“…information produced on all levels of government, academia, business and industry in electronic and print formats not controlled by commercial publishing i.e. where publishing is not the primary activity of the producing body.”
Schnopfel J. Towards a Prague definition of grey literature. Presented at: Twelfth International Conference on Grey Literature: Transparency in Grey Literature. Grey Tech Approaches to High Tech Issues. Prague, 6-7 Dec 2010, Czech Republic. pp.11-26. Available from: http://archivesic.ccsd.cnrs.fr/sic_00581570/document
Find Grey literature
- Sources of Grey LiteratureView resources from other libraries to help you explore Grey literature from Canada and abroad.
Assessing Grey Literature
- Evaluating Grey Literaturefrom Sheridan College
Tyndale Databases to find Grey Literature
Databases listed below, contain grey literature in addition to published materials.
- Canadian Reference Centre (Tyndale login required) This link opens in a new windowBest subscription access Tyndale has for newspapers. also a good selection of government documents.
- Canada Commons - Canadian eBooks This link opens in a new windowNarrow your search to 'Documents" to find government and other organizational publications from Canada.
- WorldCat This link opens in a new windowFilter your search results using the format filter on the left hand side of your screen. there may be hidden gems in theses, downloadable archival material and more.
- Tyndale Digital CollectionsExample of an institutional repository that includes student theses.
- Open Access Theological LibraryProvides access to open access resources including theses in the subject area of religion.
