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Citation reference: Harvey, L., 2012-24, Social Research Glossary, Quality Research International, http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/socialresearch/
This is a dynamic glossary and the author would welcome any e-mail suggestions for additions or amendments.
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Grey literature
Grey literature is material of all sorts that is not available through normal published procedures.
Grey literature is material that is often useful in social research but is not published widely and not fully in the public domain. It may be documents with a limited circulation, including minutes of meetings, newsletters, educational handouts, lectures, letters or manuscripts that have not been formally published.
GreyNet International (1992–2017) state:
Grey Literature is a field in library and information science that deals with the production, distribution, and access to multiple document types produced on all levels of government, academics, business, and organization in electronic and print formats not controlled by commercial publishing i.e. where publishing is not the primary activity of the producing body.
See also
Researching the Real World Section 1.1.4.2
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