Grey literature: Its emerging importance

Journal of Hospital Librarianship

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 228-234

  Pappas, Cleo ^a   Williams, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark data; Ephemeral; Fugitive literature; Gray literature; Grey literature; Nonconventional; Semi published; Unpublished

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960969603     PISSN: 15323269     EISSN: 15323277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15323269.2011.587100     Document Type: Article

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