2019
DOI: 10.5195/jmla.2019.640
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Searching the Grey Literature: A Handbook for Searching Reports, Working Papers, and Other Unpublished Research

Abstract: Readers of Searching the Grey Literature: A Handbook for Searching Reports, Working Papers, and Other Unpublished Research should come away with a basic knowledge of the range and complexity of grey literature, as well as where it falls within the larger picture of information.

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“…Our initial search aimed to retrieve articles specific to human milk which was achieved by combining all three concepts; by only retaining the first and last concept, a second set of articles was retrieved that theoretically involved thermal pasteurization and viruses in all other matrices, including human milk. Grey literature was searched as per the previously published guidelines including from dissertations and google advanced search (Natal 2019). Articles resulting from those searches and relevant references cited in those articles were reviewed.…”
Section: Search Strategy and Selection Criteriamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Our initial search aimed to retrieve articles specific to human milk which was achieved by combining all three concepts; by only retaining the first and last concept, a second set of articles was retrieved that theoretically involved thermal pasteurization and viruses in all other matrices, including human milk. Grey literature was searched as per the previously published guidelines including from dissertations and google advanced search (Natal 2019). Articles resulting from those searches and relevant references cited in those articles were reviewed.…”
Section: Search Strategy and Selection Criteriamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…An analysis of the text words contained in the title and abstract of retrieved papers and of the index terms used to describe the articles was also searched across the included databases. To ensure the search was comprehensive, grey literature was reviewed as per the previously published guidelines, including from dissertations and Google advanced search [ 18 ]. Moreover, references from identified articles selected for review were also examined.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As a result of the nature of Planning practice (where records of Planning events "usually take textual form"), non-scholarly text plays a particularly important role in Planning research and may, therefore, be used as data (Farthing, 2016: 136-137;MacCallum et al, 2019: 186). These texts, also known as grey literature (Bonato, 2018), refer to laws, policies, meetings, media statements, broadcasts, advertisements, correspondence, and social media feeds (MacCallum et al, 2019: 187).…”
Section: Data-collection Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is important to note that, depending on the purpose of the writing, grey literature may also be sourced (Pojani et al, 2018: 1;Xiao & Watson, 2019: 105). Researchers may refer to Bonato (2018) for procedural guidance on using grey literature.…”
Section: Collection Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%