Beyond PubMed: Searching the "Grey Literature" for Clinical Trial Results.
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Clinical trial results have been traditionally communicated through the publication of scholarly reports and reviews in biomedical journals. However, this dissemination of information can be delayed or incomplete, making it difficult to appraise new treatments, or in the case of missing data, evaluate older interventions. Going beyond the routine search of PubMed, it is possible to discover additional information in the "grey literature." Examples of the grey literature include clinical trial registries, patent databases, company and industrywide repositories, regulatory agency digital archives, abstracts of paper and poster presentations on meeting/congress websites, industry investor reports and press releases, and institutional and personal websites.
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Author: Leslie Citrome
Institution: New York Medical College
Language: English
Topic: Optics and Image Analysis
Subfield: Library and Information Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W217249257