Out of the box - Bibliographic, Biographic, Geographic, Typographic, Thematic, and Collection based content in the field of Grey Literature:
1. List of Grey Literature Document Types 2. Index to Web based Resources in Grey Literature 3. Who is in Grey Literature – Country Guide 4. Collections of Conference based Papers 5. Thematic Index to The Grey Journal (TGJ) 6. Bibliographic Archive on Grey Literature
List of Grey Literature Document Types This list was first compiled in 2004 during a study on citation analysis and grey literature in which 72 document types were cited. Since then, the list has been maintain on GreyNet’s website and further developed by the international grey literature community.
GreySource provides examples of grey literature to the average net-user and in so doing profiles organizations responsible for its production and/or processing. Only web-based resources that explicitly refer to the term grey literature (or its equivalent in any language) are listed. GreySource identifies the hyperlink directly embedded in a resource, thus allowing immediate and virtual exposure to grey literature. The web-based resources appear within categories derived from the COSATI (American) and SIGLE (European) Classification Systems. The few changes that have been introduced into the classification scheme are intended to facilitate search and retrieval by net-users.
WHOIS in the field of Grey Literature is a compilation of biographical notes provided by authors in the International Conference Series on Grey Literature. This resource is maintained by TextRelease, the Program and Conference Bureau. Records in this guide appear by country and further in alphabetical order by last name of author.
GreyNet has signed on to the OpenSIGLE Repository and in so doing seeks to preserve and make openly accessible research results originating in the International Conference Series on Grey Literature. GreyNet together with INIST-CNRS have designed the format for a metadata record, which encompasses standardized PDF attachments of the full-text conference preprints, PowerPoint presentations, abstracts and biographical notes. The past six consecutive years (2003-2008) of conference papers are now available in the OpenSIGLE Repository. Recently, GreyNet (data provider) and INIST (service provider) have completed the retrospective input of earlier conference based research (1993-2000) into OpenSIGLE.
The Grey Journal (TGJ) is a flagship journal for the grey literature community. It crosses continents, disciplines, and sectors both public and private. The Grey Journal not only deals with the topic of grey literature but also is itself a document type that is classified as grey literature. It is akin to other grey serial publications, such as conference proceedings, reports, working papers, etc. The Grey Journal is geared to Colleges and Schools of Library and Information Studies, as well as, information professionals, who produce, publish, process, manage, disseminate, and use grey literature e.g. researchers, editors, librarians, documentalists, archivists, journalists, intermediaries, etc.
GreyText is a bibliographic archive of documents on grey literature. Some 150 documents are indexed by first author followed by the title, source, date of publication and length in printed pages. Free Access to the first page of each document is available for browsing. Also, in most cases the corresponding PowerPoint is online available. The full-text of all documents listed in GreyText are accessible in PDF via email or the OpenSIGLE Repository.
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