Education
Below are specialised sources of grey literature for the area of education.
- Department of Education An Australian government site for information relevant to early learning, higher education, international education and schooling.
- Australian Curriculum F-10 curriculum and Senior Secondary curriculum plus Australian curriculum review.
- APO (Australian Policy Online): Analysis & Policy Observatory APO is an open access evidence platform where you can access to policy research and resources.
Health
Grey Literature is a valuable resource for all health students, from government and non-government organisation (NGO) reports to guidelines, policy and statistics. They often contain an overview of an issue as it applies to a specific region, state, country or even worldwide.
Statistics
- Australian Bureau of Statistics The ABS is Australia’s national statistical agency, providing trusted official statistics on a wide range of economic, social, population and environmental matters of importance to Australia.
- Global Health Observatory (WHO) The Global Health Observatory, WHO's gateway to health-related statistics for more than 1000 indicators for its 194 Member States.
Government reports
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) The AIHW holds valuable data on many health and welfare issues and topics, widely used by government, researchers, policymakers and the community.
- NHMRC The National Health and Medical Research Council is a statutory authority and the primary agency of the Australian Government responsible for medical and public health research.
- Australian Institute of Family Studies The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) is the Australian Government's key research body in the area of family wellbeing.
- Department of Health The Commonwealth Department of Health develops and delivers policies and programs and advise the Australian Government on health, aged care and sport.
NGO reports
- World Health Organisation (WHO) The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.
You can also try searching other NGOs or Organisations that are specific to diseases and conditions you are researching, such as DiabetesAustralia.
Searching Google
Grey literature is not usually found on the library website or in databases, so Google is a good place to begin. With Google Advanced Search you can narrow your search to only literature published on government, corporate or academic websites.
To find reports published on Australian federal, state or local government websites:
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Enter gov.au in the Site or domain line of the search form. Use nsw.gov.au for NSW departments and local governments.
To find reports published by Australian universities:
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Enter edu.au in the Site or domain line of the search form.
To find reports published by a particular organisation:
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Enter the domain name into the Site or domain line of the search form., e.g.: pwc.com.au, ox.ac.uk
You also have the option to specify file types using Advanced Search. Most company reports and government documents are published as PDFs, so select PDF under the File Type dropdown menu.
Communications
Grey literature is important in social science research as it can showcase societal and Government attitudes on topics. The below databses are a great place to start when finding Australian grey literature.
- Trove Collection from the National Library of Australia.
- ProQuest dissertations & theses global comprehensive collection of full-text dissertations and theses. As the official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and as the database of record for graduate research.
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