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GTY 705: Oral and Written Communication in Gerontology: Grey Literature

Types of Grey Literature

Scholarly
  • Governmental Reports
  • Technical Papers
  • White Papers
  • Preprints
  • Dissertations, Theses, and other student works
  • Conference Proceedings and Presentations
Community-Based
  • Newsletters
  • Emails
  • Blogs
  • Social Media
Data
  • Data sets
  • US Census

Finding Grey Literature

Google

Advanced Searching in Google

Limit to a domain:

  • site:org  
  • site:gov
  • site:com

Find Related Sites:

  • related:urban.org

Limit to filetype:

  • filetype:pdf (or doc, ppt)

Search for words in a URL:

  • inurl:rand.org

Search for sites that link to site of interest:

  • link to:academyhealth.org 

Find quick information about a site:

  • info:kff.org