Grey Literature is information published outside the usual streams of academic publishing, but may still contain valuable, high quality information.
Examples include reports, research or working papers from:
In addition to traditional report/research articles, you can also find thesis and dissertations, audits, standards, regulations, professional guidelines and benchmarks, summaries of clinical trials or other research, surveys, policy & procedure documentation and conference proceedings.
Often the best approach to finding this grey literature is using Google's Advanced Search interface.
Think about who might be interested in gathering information on your particular topic, and what words may appear in their websites or documentation.
Some Advanced Google Search suggestions:
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