Table 2 Sources searched to retrieve grey literature
Type of grey literature | Organising body and conference name | Search strategy and outlet | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
Conference abstracts | International Psycho-Oncology Society World Cancer Congress | Review supplementary issues of Psycho-Oncology (journal) | 2008 onwards |
American Psychosocial Oncology Society Annual Conference | Review supplementary issues of Psycho-Oncology (journal) | 2009 onwards | |
British Psychosocial Oncology Society Annual Conference | Review supplementary issues of Psycho-Oncology (journal) | 1997, 2010, 2012–2017 | |
Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting | Review supplementary issues of Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology (journal) | 2005 onwards | |
Psycho-Social Oncology New Zealand conferences | Review organisation website: http://ponz.org.nz/index.php?page=conferences | 2008 onwards | |
Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer Annual Meetings | Review supplementary issues of Supportive Care in Cancer (journal) | 2012 onwards | |
Clinical trials | Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) | Keyword search on WHO search portal: http://apps.who.int/trialsearch/ | 1997 onwards |
Brazilian Clinical Trials Registry (ReBec) | |||
Chinese Clinical Trial Register (ChiCTR) | |||
Clinical Research Information Service (CRiS), Republic of Korea | |||
Clinical Trials Registry - India (CTRI) | |||
Cuban Public Registry of Clinical Trials (RPCEC) | |||
EU Clinical Trials Register (EU-CTR) | |||
German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS) | |||
Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (IRCT) | |||
Japan Primary Registries Network (JPRN) | |||
Pan African Clinical Trial Registry (PACTR) | |||
Peruvian Clinical Trials Registry (REPEC) | |||
Sri Lanka Clinical Trials Registry (SLCTR) | |||
Thai Clinical Trials Register (TCTR) | |||
The Netherlands National Trial Register (NTR) | |||
European grey literature e.g., technical or research reports, doctoral dissertations, some conference papers, some official publications | Open Grey - System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe | Keyword search on website: http://www.opengrey.eu/ | 1997 onwards |
All grey literature types | Google search | Keyword search on website, restricted to PDF documents or .org and/or.gov domains: https://www.google.com.au/ | 1997 onwards |
All grey literature types | WorldCat | Keyword, subject and title searches on advanced search page: http://www.worldcat.org/advancedsearch | 1997 onwards |
All types of grey literature in health services research and selected urban health topics | The Grey Literature Report | Keyword and MeSH term searching on website: http://greylit.org/ | 1997–2016 |
All grey literature types | The Grey Literature Network Service – GreyNet International | Keyword search on website: http://greyguide.isti.cnr.it/ | 1997 onwards |