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Looking for Information that is not Easy to Find: An Inventory of LibGuides in Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions Devoted to Grey Literature Looking for Information that is not Easy to Find: An Inventory of LibGuides in Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions Devoted to Grey Literature doi:10.17026/DANS-ZW8-8KSDeasy-dataset:66288 M.V. Vaska 2016-10-05 DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities 2016-12-04 Arts and HumanitiesMedicine, Health and Life SciencesSocial SciencesLibGuidesgrey literatureCanadapost-secondary institutions <p>In order to obtain a representative sample of the use of grey literature in LibGuides across Canadian post-secondary institutions, an environmental scan was undertaken, identifying 17 colleges or universities where grey literature resources were directly mentioned and included alongside academic databases.</p><p>After viewing the LibGuides within each of the post-secondary institutions listed in Table 2 of the attached paper, 52 library staff (librarians and information specialists) were identified. A brief online survey (please see accompanying dataset file) was sent to each of the 52 library staff members, to uncover how students and researchers use grey literature, and perhaps most importantly, to verify from the participant responses whether or not sections of existing LibGuides have been devoted to including the grey literature in information-seeking pursuits.</p><p>9 of the in 17 institutions polled participated in the survey, yielding a response rate of 52.9%. All respondents confirmed that grey literature was mentioned in the research guides/subject guides/LibGuides used within their institution.</p><p>This data set is affiliated with GL18, the 18th International Grey Conference, held at the New York Academy of Medicine from November 28-29, 2016. The presentation slides were delivered at GL 18 and were published in the GL18 Conference Book, produced by GreyNet. The accompanying full-text paper will be published by GreyNet in the GL18 Conference Proceedings, scheduled for release in February 2017.</p><p>Data set is representative of the 9 institutions (from the 17 polled) that responded to the survey (each individual response is representative of one institution).</p><p>The depositor provided the data file in XLSX format. DANS added the CSV format of this file to ensure preservation and accessibility.</p> https://ssh.datastations.nl/oai doi:10.17026/DANS-ZW8-8KSD 2025-12-03T01:00:46Z ddi:codebook:2_5