LibGuides: Grey Literature Resource Guide: Searching For Grey Literature

Grey Literature Databases and Search Engines

The following resources broadly collect and index grey literature such as white papers, policy documents, summaries and more on global health topics:

AHRQ - Research Summaries, Reviews, and Reports
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality research results, reports and statistical briefs.
BASE Search Engine
Bielefeld University Library's search engine for academic web resources. Searches over 6,000 sources with most being available as Open Access.
Grey Literature - Ontario Public Health Libraries Association
Public health grey literature sources - includes links to Canadian, American, and international academic centers and public health organizations.
HSRProj - Health Services Research Projects in Progress
Information about all health services research and public health projects
Microsoft Academic
A free search engine that searches over 170 academic publications via semantic search technology instead of keyword searching.
OpenMD.com
Searches billions of documents from government agencies, global health organizations, medical journals, and reference sites.
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
A collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries.
3ie Briefs
Funds, produces, quality assures and synthesizes rigorous evidence of evaluations and reviews in low-and middle-income countries.

PubMed Comparative Effectiveness Research Queries
This page provides specialized searches of published research - PubMed - and research still in progress - HSRProj, and ClinicalTrials.gov - to help inform investigations of comparative effectiveness.

AHRQ Grants
Identify grant numbers, titles, or names of principal investigators. This information can then be used to search PubMed or other databases to find related publications.

BMC Proceedings
Open access journal publishing proceedings of conferences across all scientific and clinical disciplines, including both peer-reviewed full-length articles and collections of abstracts and meeting reports

MedlinePlus - Organizations
Links to organizations providing health information primarily within the United States.
United Nations Information Centres
Links to a global list of information centers containing country specific health information.
PhRMA - Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Represents biopharmaceutical researchers and biotechnology companies. Search options include media type, conversations, speeches, and white papers.
IFPMA International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations
Represents research-based pharmaceutical companies and associations across the globe. Resources include publications, position papers, and infographics.