Public Health Grey Literature Sources

Last updated: March 22, 2026

Grey literature repositories

AHRQ Evidence-Based Practice Center Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Campbell Collaboration
Canadian Evaluation Society
Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL-ABRC)
Depository Services Program Search Government of Canada
Effective Public Health Practice Project City of Hamilton, Ontario
Eldis Institute of Development Studies – No longer being updated as of June 2024
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) | Institute of Education Sciences
Grey Guide
GreyNet International
GreySource GreyNet International
Health Evidence
Health Systems Evidence McMaster University
Joanna Briggs Institute
Latin-American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (LILACS)
National Academies Press
National Collaborating Centres for Public Health
National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
OAlster
Ontario Harm Reduction Distribution Program
Ontario Legislative Library Legislative Assembly of Ontario
OurOntario.ca Government Documents Collection
Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR) University of Nottingham
System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe (OpenGrey)
Public Health + National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools – As of April 1, 2024, the National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools is no longer maintaining this database
Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR)
Safety Lit WHO & San Diego State University
Social Science Research Network E-Library
TRIP
US Government Printing Office
Open policy finder (Formerly Sherpa services)

Canadian public health organizations

Alberta Public Health Association
Association of Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa)
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control
Canadian Public Health Association
Canadian Taskforce on Preventive Health Care Public Health Agency of Canada*
Disease Surveillance On-Line Health Canada
Health Canada
Institut national de santé publique (INSPQ)
Manitoba Public Health Association
Ontario Association for Public Health Dentistry
Ontario Public Health Association
Public Health Agency of Canada
Public Health Ontario
Ontario Tobacco Research Unit

*The Minister of Health paused the work of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. The website and all guidelines are currently offline but will remain in this list until we learn more about the permanent status.

Canadian academic centres

AUSpace Athabasca University
Brock University Digital Repository Brock University
CURVE Carleton University
Atlantic Islandora Repository Network (CAIRN)| Council of Atlantic University Libraries
Spectrum Concordia University
DalSpace Dalhousie University
Dépôt institutionnel de l’UQO Université du Québec en Outaouais
Dépôt numérique de UQTR University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières .
Espace ÉTS École de Technologie Supérieure UQ
PolyPublie École Polytechnique de Montréal
Institut national de la recherche scientifique
LUzoneUL Laurentian University
Collection mémoires et theses Laval University
eScholarship@McGill McGill University
MacSphere@McMaster McMaster University
CHEPA’s Program in Policy Decision Making McMaster University
Health Information Research Unit McMaster University 
Memorial University Research Repository
Mount E-Commons | Mount Saint Vincent University QSpace| Queen’s University
Digital Commons @ Ryerson | Ryerson University Summit | Simon Fraser University
Theses Canada
Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment Collaborative
UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research | University of British Columbia 
Papyrus | Université de Montréal
Sémaphore | Université du Québec à Rimouski
Education & Research Archive University of Alberta
KUSP Know ledge Utilization Studies Program University of Alberta
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR) University of British Columbia GOVINFO: Canadian Federal Government Information University of British Columbia
cIRcle University of British Columbia
University of Calgary Institutional Repository University of Calgary
The Atrium University of Guelph
University of Lethbridge Institutional Repository University of Lethbridge
MSpace University of Manitoba
UNB Scholar University of New Brunswick 
Registry of Open Access Repositories University of Southampton
University of Ottawa Research University of Ottawa
Island Scholar University of Prince Edward Island
Library Electronic Theses & Dissertations University of Saskatchewan
Keenan Research Centre University of Toronto & St. Michael`s Hospital
TSpace University of Toronto
UW Space University of Waterloo
Scholarship @ Western University of Western Ontario
Constellation UQ à Chicoutimi
Depositum UQ Abitibi Témiscamingue et Cégep
archipel | UQÀM
VIUSpace Vancouver Island University
Scholars Commons @ Laurier | Wilfred Laurier
York Space York University

Canadian health services research & policy sources

Alberta Health Services
Alberta Legislative Library Search
Alberta Innovates Health Solutions
Association of Public Health Epidemiologists of Ontario
BORN Ontario Data Dictionary
Canadian Association for Health Services & Policy Research
Canadian Cancer Society
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
Canadian Women’s Health Network
Centre for Health Economics and Health Policy Analysis (CHEPA)
Database of Online Health Statistics Institute of Health Economics
Health Quality Council of Alberta
Health Quality Council (Saskatchewan)
Health Systems Evidence
Healthy Populations Institute Dalhousie University
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
Institute for Research on Public Policy
Institute for Work and Health
Legislative Library of British Columbia Catalogue
Manitoba Health
Manitoba Centre for Health Policy
McMaster Health Forum NEW
NLCAHR: Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research
National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy
Ontario Legislative Library Catalogue
Ontario Ministry of Health
Quebec Population Health Research Network (QPHRN)
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO)
Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation
UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research

Other Canadian grey literature sources

C. D. Howe Institute
CADTH | Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction
Canadian Medical Association (CMA)
Fraser Institute
Healthy Canadians Recalls & Alerts
Heart and Stroke Foundation
Hospital for Sick Children
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Ontario Data Catalogue
OurOntario.ca Government Documents Collection
Paediatric Economic Database Evaluation (PEDE)
Statistics Canada
Signal49 (formerly Conference Board of Canada)
Wellesley Institute: Advancing Urban Health

US public health organizations

American Public Health Association (APHA)
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Publications and Information Products
MMRW Recommendations and Reports Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Guide to Community Preventive Services US Community Preventive Services Task Force
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Public Health Foundation (PHF)
Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII)

US academic centres

Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)
Center for Health Services Research and Policy (George Washington University) Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
Harvard School of Public Health
Institute for Social and Policy Studies Yale University
Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Free Public Health Databases
ArXiv.org Cornell University Library

US health services research & policy sources

AARP Public Policy Institute
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
California HealthCare Foundation
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Center for Health Care Strategies
Center for Mississippi Health Policy
Center for the Study of Social Policy
Commonwealth Fund
Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Project
Galen Institute
Guttmacher Institute
Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
Health Policy Institute of Ohio
Health Resources and Services Administration
Healthy People
Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Kaiser Family Foundation
US FDA Safety Information and Adverse Reporting Program
Milbank Memorial Fund
National Academy of Medicine
National Academy for State Health Policy
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology
National Institutes of Health
National Maternal and Child Oral Health Policy Center
Network for Excellence in Health Innovation Prevention Institute
Public Health Law Center
RAND Corporation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Society for Public Health Education UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Urban Institute Health Policy Center
W.K. Kellogg Foundation

International organizations

Electronic Theses Online Service (ETHOS) British Library
Center for Research Libraries Foreign Dissertation
DART-Europe E-theses Portal
European Medicines Agency 
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
European Commission (EUROPA) Public Health European Union Open Data Portal
GreyNet International
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Italian Grey Literature Database
Latin American Open Archives Portal (LAOAP)
National Health and Medical Research Council
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
National Public Health Partnership
National Resource for Infection Control
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority Medsafe Prescriber Update
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (formerly Public Health England)
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Pan American Health Organization
UNAIDS
UK Department of Health
UK Health Security Agency (formerly Public Health England)
World Health Organization
World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

DISCLAIMER

This guide does not aim to be exhaustive. It is updated periodically. Suggestions for useful additions are welcome.