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Grey Is the New Black: How to Find and Search “Grey Literature”
February 5, 2020 at 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
| Location: | 252B MacOdrum Library |
| Audience: | Current Students |
“Grey literature” is research material that comes from non-standard and often non-academic sources.
Searching the grey literature is an important part of conducting a systematic, scoping, or other comprehensive literature review. However, grey literature can often be tricky and overwhelming to search. This workshop will provide students with a greater understanding of how grey literature is defined, the benefits of searching it, and links to a number of useful sites providing access of resources relevant to students in different fields. The workshop will have a hands-on component.
Learning Outcomes:
- Define what grey literature is and is not
- Justify why it is important to search grey literature when conducting knowledge syntheses
- Identify key grey literature sources
- Select grey literature sources specific to a topic and begin creating a search plan
- Articulate the process involved with producing a well-documented and transparent grey literature search
Facilitated by Aleksandra Blake & Margaret McLeod.
All graduate students are welcome. If you are a TA, this session counts toward voluntary paid training hours, provided that you are working as a TA in the term when the training takes place.
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