LIBR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Competitive Intelligence, Media Literacy, United States Census Bureau
19 Oct 2016
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This module introduces a murky topic that may be new to you grey. Imagine you"re thinking of buying a new computer. Well, if you"ve done that, then you"ve probably found and used grey literature. Let"s start by talking about what grey literature really is. Grey literature commonly refers to information which is often not without even knowing it. commercially published. This can include things like reports, patents, theses. & dissertations, conference proceedings, and much, much more. As a useful source of information, grey literature may be exactly what you need. Many institutions, organizations and businesses, produce reports highlighting recent achievements, quarterly sales or new innovations which may never be published in journal articles or by other commercial means. Patents are another frequently overlooked source of information. In the us, patents are issued by the government to protect an inventor"s intellectual property rights for a limited time; other governments do the same to varying degrees.
