Library guides: Grey Literature: Science

Key resources

Dimensions This link opens in a new window
Research data platform that includes research publications, funding information, research data, patents and policy documents.

Google advanced search
Allows search by domain, file type, and other beneficial limits for searching grey literature. For example, to find grey literature available from Australian government websites in PDF format: enter relevant keywords for your topic, then add .gov.au to the domain field and select the pdf file type.
Science.gov
Gateway to U.S. government science information. Offers free access to research and development outputs and scientific and technical information. Includes access to research data.

National technical reports library (NTRL) This link opens in a new window
A central source of U.S. Government-sponsored research and development reports. 1966+
ArXiv This link opens in a new window
Open access to resources within the areas of Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology and Statistics.

BioRxiv
Open access to unpublished preprints in the life sciences.
ChemRxiv
Open access preprint archive for chemistry. Operated by the American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry and German Chemical Society.
CSIRO data portal
Provides access to research data, software and other digital assets published by CSIRO across a range of disciplines.
Research data Australia
Find, access, and re-use data for research from over one hundred Australian research organisations, government agencies, and cultural institutions.
Google dataset search
Find datasets stored across thousands of online repositories.