Hello,

Ms. MacLennan, to expand just a bit your response to Ms. Thorne, I have
attached the following information, which is found on the GreyNet gopher.
URL  gopher://gopher.konbib.nl/11/greynet/

With kind regards,

Dominic Farace
<dfarace@SOLAIR1.INTER.NL.NET>

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GREYNET - GREY LITERATURE NETWORK SERVICE

An acceptable definition of the term 'grey literature' until the
mid-1980's read as follows: "that type of publication unavailable
through normal bookselling channels, often produced in small
quantities with limited distribution, promotion, and
exploitation". Grey literature is not limited by subject area and
covers a wide range of material e.g. reports, translations,
dissertations, government publications, proceedings, etc.

With the dawn of electronic publication and electronic
networking, the term 'grey literature' expanded and the former
definitions became somewhat obsolete. A revised definition of the
term 'grey literature' still has to be formulated. And, any
effort to do so for scientific and technical advantage must deal
with four elements inherent in its production, processing, and
distribution, namely (1) the communication involved in its
authorship and production, (2) its documentation, (3) the mode
in which it is presented, and (4) the medium used in the transfer
of its content.