Grey Literature & Preprints Navigator

Description

* Description: This guide teaches you to find credible non-journal sources that often contain the newest or most practical information. You will survey preprint servers (arXiv, bioRxiv, medRxiv, SSRN), theses and dissertations, conference proceedings, technical reports, and standards committees. Search patterns show how to target institutional repositories, data portals, and policy briefs that normal engines bury. A credibility rubric helps you weigh author identity, affiliation, version history, and peer-review status before citing. You will set up alerts that distinguish revisions from new items so your notes don’t duplicate entries. Export routines capture citation-ready metadata even when formats are inconsistent. You will record caveats near each item to prevent overstatement when sharing takeaways with stakeholders. A section on embargoes and versioning shows how to locate the final published article when it appears. You will maintain a tracker that separates unreviewed claims from stable references for later projects. The guide ends with an ethics note about responsible dissemination of early-stage findings.

* Format: Source index PDF, credibility rubric, alert recipes, export sheet, and tracking template.
* Duration: 90 minutes of material plus a 30-minute scavenger hunt.
* What You’ll Learn: Discoverability of grey literature, credibility checks, alerting, export hygiene, and caveat handling.
* Target Audience: Analysts and practitioners who need the latest signals while keeping standards high.