Grey Literature
Grey Literature may be searched on behalf of the client. Please contact your library to find out more. Below is a sample of grey literature resources – some links may contain both published works and grey literature.
CAN BC Centre for Disease Control
CAN CIHI
CAN INSPQ
CAN National Collaborating Centres for Public Health
CAN Public Health Agency of Canada
CAN Public Health Ontario
CAN Best Practices in IPAC
USA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
USA MMWR Recommendations and Reports
INTL European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
INTL Public Health England
INTL World Health Organization
CAN CTFPHC Guidelines
CAN Cancer Guidelines Database
CAN RNAO
USA ECRI Guidelines Trust (temporarily unavailable)
USA US Preventive Services Task Force
INTL NICE Public Health Guidelines
INTL TRIP Database (limit to Evidence Type - Guidelines)
CAN Health Evidence (Advanced Search >Text Options >Evidence Summary)
CAN Public Health +
CAN Synopsis of Key COVID-19 Articles
INTL Campbell Collaboration
INTL EPPI Centre Knowledge Library
USA NIH COVID-19 Portfolio
INTL bioRxiv
INTL medRxiv
INTL SSRN
INTL Open Science Framework
INTL Review Commons
CAN NCCMT COVID-19
CAN CADTH COVID-19 Pandemic
CAN SHA COVID-19
INTL PROSPERO
INTL Cochrane Review Bank
INTL PhenX Toolkit
CAN Theses Canada
ONT QSpace
ONT TSpace
QUE eScholarship
INTL Center for Research Libraries
INTL DART Europe
INTL NDLTD
INTL Open Access Theses and Dissertations
CAN CADTH Grey Matters
CAN NCCMT Registry
CAN Canada Commons
USA ASPR TRACIE
USA DR2 Resources Portal
USA NACCHO Toolbox
USA NACCHO Publications
USA NYAM GreyLit Report
INTL HTA Database
INTL SSRN Research Paper Series
CAN Health Systems Evidence
CAN Social Systems Evidence
INTL GreySource Index
INTL Policy Commons
INTL OAlster
INTL OpenDOAR
INTL OpenGrey
ONT APHEO Core Indicators Table
ONT BORN Ontario - Data Dictionary
ONT ICES
ONT PHO Injury Data
ONT Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
ONT Ontario Open Data
ONT Ontario Tobacco Research Unit
ONT PHO Snapshots
CAN Canadian Cancer Society Statistics
CAN CFLRI Physical Activity & Sport Participation
CAN Chronic Disease InfoBase
CAN CIHI
CAN Conference Board of Canada
CAN Health Canada
CAN IHE Database of Online Health Statistics
CAN Public Health Surveillance
CAN Statistics Canada
Note: Programmable Search engines may return fewer results than regular Google searches. Each search includes refinements (tabs) which display results from less than 20 sites to help mitigate this issue. Please conduct a general Google search and site-specific searches in addition to the Programmable Searches below to maximize retrieval.
Search Ontario Public Health Unit Websites
Search Canadian Health Agency Websites
Search US State Government Websites
Search Select International Public Health Websites
CAN PHO Guide to Appraising Grey Literature
INTL AACODS Checklist
Note: grey literature composed in a common review format may appraised using the appropriate tool for that review type (i.e., CASP Checklists)
For additional resources and searching tips, please see Training.
Grey Literature is defined as "...information produced on all levels of government, academia, business and industry in electronic and print formats not controlled by commercial publishing, i.e. where publishing is not the primary activity of the producing body." 1
1 ICGL Luxembourg, 1997; Expanded in New York, 2004