2. What is Grey Literature?
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3. First definition
• Grey literature is informally published
written material (such as reports) that
may be difficult to trace via
conventional channels such as
published journals and monographs
because it is not published
commercially or is not widely
accessible.
(O'Leary, Z. (2004) The Essential Guide to Doing Research. London: Sage Chapter Six)
Second definition
• Information produced on all levels of
government, academics, 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.
(https://guides.lib.monash.edu/grey-literature/whatisgreyliterature)
GREY LITERATURE DEFINITION
4. GREY LITERATURE
Document published
by government body,
Education institution
and industry
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not controlled by
commercial publishers;
i.e. where publishing
is not the primary
activity of the
producing body."
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• Conference
proceedings
• Technical reports
• Research reports
• Government
documents
• Publications of
statistics
• Census data
Thesis
6. FUNDAMENTAL
To the library research
collection
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INFORMATION
from various field
EXAMPLE FIELD
Politics, economy, social,
international issues
BORROWING
PRIVILAGES
Student: No
circulation
Academician:
3 documents / 7
days
OPENING HOURS
8.30 am-5.30pm
ESTABLISHMENT
1974
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DOCUMENT
COLLECTION
7. TYPES OF DOCUMENT COLLECTION :
GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION
01
03
1. Administrative report /
Annual report
2. Statistics
3. Report of the Commission
or Committee of the
Commission
4. Research report
5. Government Policy
6. Technical report
7. Action plan
8. Bulletin
9. Brochure
10. Phamplet
11. Poster
12. Standard
• The average temperature of Cameron
highlands increased from 15.8⁰c in 2013 to
16.1⁰c in 2017
• The number of moderately polluted rivers
increased to 86 polluted rivers (2017)
compared to 41 polluted rivers (2013)
ASB DIVIDEND PERFORMANCE
Year Dividend (sen) Bonus (sen)
2008 7.00 1.75
2009 7.30 1.25
2010 7.50 1.25
2011 7.65 1.15
2012 7.75 1.15
8. 02
TYPES OF DOCUMENT COLLECTION : CORPORATE BODIES
PUBLICATION
Total revenue
2012
RM 341 179.65
Total revenue
2013
RM 391 137.61
Annual report Nestle 2007
9. TYPES OF DOCUMENT COLLECTION : INTERNATIONAL
PUBLICATION
Year Total researcher
2004 787 300
2010 840 300
2019 874 800
Men
2.73 m
Women
2.62 m
Labor force 87% 81%
Non labor
force
13% 19%
30. 01
EXAMPLE
site:gov.my
ex 1- site:gov.my laporan
ex 2- site:gov.my laporan+populasi
ex 3- site:gov.au report+covid
02
EXAMPLE
site:edu.my
ex 1-site:edu.my "research report" + employment
ex 2-site:edu.au "research report" + "student employability"
GOOGLE TIPS & TRICKS?
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bases/inis
Open grey
http://www.opengrey.eu/
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British Library EThOS - Search
and order theses online
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System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe
Open access to 700.000 bibliographical references of grey
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Simple and innovative service enabling researchers to share
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Consist more than 25 million datasets uploaded by the
researcher around the world
Contain 500,000 records relating to theses by over 120
institutions. Around 260,000 of these also provide access to
the full text thesis.
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INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES DATABASES
36. Government publication : Annual
reports, Government policy, Statistics,
Technical reports, Proceedings,
Bulletins, Newsletters, Pamphlets,
Commission reports
• Koleksi Dokumen@PTSL
• Learning and Research
Repository
• Government and agencies
website
Malaysian thesis &
dissertation
• gemilang@ukm.edu.my
• EBSCO discovery
• Learning and Research Repository
(UKM only)
• UM Students' Repository
• Malaysian Theses Online (MyTO)
http://myto.upm.edu.my/find/
International theses &
dissertations
• EBSCO discovery
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
• Directory of Open Access
Repositories (Open DOAR)
• Networked Digital Library of Theses
and Dissertations (NDLTD)
• e-theses online service (EThOS)
• https://ethos.bl.uk/SearchResults.do
SUMMARY : GREY LITERATURE SOURCES
37. Proceedings, Seminar Paper,
Technical Report
• Koleksi Dokumen@PTSL
• ProQuest
• SCOPUS
• UKM Institutional
Repository
• Learning and Research
Repository
• Government and agencies
website- Arkib Negara
Malaysia / National Archive of
Malaysia /
Research Report
• gemilang@ukm.edu.my
• Koleksi Dokumen@PTSL
• Universities website
• UKM Institutional Repository
Standard /Patent
• Koleksi Dokumen@PTSL
• IEEE Explore
• Department of Standards
Malaysia
• Google Paten
SUMMARY : GREY LITERATURE SOURCES
38. CONTACT US
Puan Norliah Sukarno
Head Division Asia Tenggara & Dokumen
Perpustakaan Tun Seri Lanang
Tel:0389215022
Email: norli@ukm.edu.my
Nur Liyana Ismadhi
Librarian
Unit Asia Tenggara & Dokumen
Perpustakaan Tun Seri Lanang
Tel:0389215215
Email: liyanaismadhi@ukm.edu.my