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Responsible Literature Searches

Supplement to session on responsible searching for the course on Responsible Conduct of Research.

Multidisciplinary

Drug Safety

Evidence-Based

Type of Source Material

Primary Secondary Tertiary Gray Literature
Types of Source Material
Original source material, not previously published.

Materials that evaluate primary sources

Sources that review secondary sources, may overlap with Secondary Published outside of usual publication routes
Journals, primarily peer-reviewed Books Almanacs Bulletins
Dissertations Directories Bibliographies Committee Reports
Meeting Abstracts Encyclopedias Directories Government Documents
Patents Journals, especially review articles Encyclopedias Conference Abstracts

 

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