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Grey Literature Guide

Grey literature databases

Scope	Recommended site(s)
General grey literature	Grey Matters Science.gov Trove (National Library of Australia) World Health Organisation - Global Index Medicus Policy Commons King's Fund (UK)
Research repositories	Monash Health Research Repository Open Access Australiasia Open Repositories Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) Figshare World Health Organisation - Institutional Repository for Information Sharing (IRIS)
Speciality databases	CareSearch Grey Literature (Palliative Care) International HTA Database (Health technology) Zenodo (Nuclear Medicine) Defense Technical Information Center (US) ERIC (Education) IDEAS (Economics) History & Policy
News media	Trove (National Library of Australia)

Guidelines

Scope	Recommended site(s)
Australian guidelines	Guidelines International Network (GIN) International Guidelines Library Therapeutic Goods Association (TGA) Specialist medical college websites e.g. RAGCP or RANZCP
International guidelines	International associations and collehes e.g. ESMO or RCoA GIN international guideline library (International) National Guideline Clearinghouse Archive (US) Natural Medicines (US) NICE: Clinical Guidelines (UK) SIGN (Scotland) TRIP Medical Database (International)

Government documents

Scope	Recommended site(s)
Victorian government	Department of Health Victoria government publications online
Federal government	Analysis & Policy Observatory (APO) Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) Department of Health and Aged Care (Commonwealth) Services Australia National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Primary Health Care Research and Information Service

Clinical trials

Scope	Recommended site(s)
Australian trials	Australian Clinical Trials Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) Research Data Australia Victorian Cancer Trials Link
International trials	ClinicalTrials.gov (US) Cochrane Library (International) International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) (International) European Union Clinical Trials Register (European) Be Part of Research (UK) ISRCTN Registry of Trials from Biomed Central (International)

For an extensive list of clinical trials registries, visit Finding Clinical Trials, Research Registers and Research Results.

Conferences

Scope	Recommended site(s)
Australian conferences	Australian Indigenous HealthInfonet National Rural Health Alliance
International conferences	Biomed Central Proceedings MEDLINE Limit your search to Publication Type "Clinical Conference", "Congresses" or "Consensus Development Conference". PsycInfo Search for conference papers by restricting Book Type to "Conference Proceedings". The Open Conference Proceedings Journal Google Scholar

Theses

Scope	Recommended site(s)
Australian theses	Trove Click on 'Advanced Search' and click category 'Research and Reports' Enter your keywords and click search Click on the filter on the left hand side 'thesis' Open Access Australiasia Open Repositories
International theses	CORE (COnnecting REpositories) (Open University) (International) DART Europe E-theses Portal (European) EBSCO Open Dissertations (International) Open Access Theses and Dissertations (International) WorldCat (International) NDLTD (International)

Statistics

Scope	Recommended site(s)
State statistics	Monash University Accident Research Centre: Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit (VISU) Data Request Service. Victorian Agency for Health Information (VAHI) NSW Bureau of Health Information HealthStats NSW: Government of South Australia - Health Statistics
Federal statistics	Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ABS Health ABS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) - Reports & Data National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System Safe Work Australia data Australian Institute of Family Studies Services Australia Medical Schools Outcomes Database Reports
International statistics	Global Health Observatory (GHO) data (International) United Nations Statistics Division (International) UN National Statistical Offices (International) New Zealand Ministry of Health Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa Statistics Canada Statistics at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) (UK) National Center for Health Statistics (US)

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