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How should you handle the grey literature in your SLR‑ Justify its inclusion or exclusion, and discuss methods for searching it systematically.

How should grey literature be addressed in your systematic literature review? Explain the rationale for including or excluding it, and describe systematic methods for searching it.

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By Raman Answered 5 months ago

Grey literature should be included to minimize publication bias and capture impactful unpublished evidence like theses, reports, and conference papers. Justify its scope based on your topic. Search it systematically via institutional repositories (e.g., ProQuest Dissertations), specialist databases (e.g., OpenGrey), and targeted website searches of relevant organisations. Document all sources and searches with the same rigor as database searches to ensure transparency and reproducibility.  

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