Grey literature (read a helpful definition here) is not published in traditional commercial venues nor included in major databases. It can take the form of research reports, theses and dissertations, newsletters, bulletins, pamphlets, blog entries, and more.
Grey Literature Report - From the New York Academy of Medicine. This website and database stopped being updated as of January 2017. The resources are still accessible and searchable, however. This site also has links to other medica grey literature sources.
Research Guide to Grey Literature - History of Medicine - NYU Libraries
Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx) - Institutes for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) catalog of world's health and demographic datasets. Locate data providers, and search and download publicly available datasets.
WHO: Global Health Observatory Data Repository - Guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from World Health Organization.
WomanSTATS from Bringham Young University - Qualitative and quantitative information on over 310 indicators of women's status in 174 countries. Consult the tips for first-time users before searching.
Criteria to keep in mind when choosing and using soures:
Accuracy - Does the author cite her/his sources and are they legitimate?
Authority - Who wrote the source? Are they credible?
Objectivity - Does the author have a bias, political or commercial or persuasive?
Currency - Is this information new or based on outdated sources? Can you tell how current it is?
Search for NGOs & other organizations
NGO Research Guide from UC Berkeley
Union of International Associations
UN NGO Database
NGO Research Guide by NGO name- Duke University
Search NGO Web sites
Directory of Development Organizations from One Site Europe
InterAction: American Council for Voluntary International Action
Global Health Organizations - List of organizations compiled by the Kaiser Family Foundation
Global Health webites
Global Health Council - Provides news and research reports on global health concerns.
World Health Report (WHO) - Each year the report combines an expert assessment of global health, including statistics relating to all countries, with a focus on a specific subject. The main purpose of the report is to provide countries, donor agencies, international organizations and others with the information they need to help them make policy and funding decisions.
UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
WHO, Dept of Gender, Women and Health - Helpful overviews & reports on gendered aspects of global health concerns
U.S. Global Health Policy - an online clearinghouse for the latest data and information on the U.S. role in global health, from the Kaiser Family Foundation
Web Sites for Women’s Health
World Legal Information Institute - resources for non-U.S. legal research
