I am conducting a scoping review and am wondering about a particular source of gray literature. An NGO produces a report that is relevant to my topic every two years. Two of them appeared in my origional search (but not the most recent). Should I include a) every report available from the NGO b)only the two that appeared in my search c) only the most recent one, which was not part of my origional search or d) something else? I am using the JBI method. Thank you!
Dear Ceema,
As part of your search strategy you could consider doing a citation analysis of each papers reference list. This would justify using the reports not found doing a data base search. To answer your question, I would include and chart all relevant data that would support you in answering your research question.
I hope this helps.
Lee
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