Grey literature

thumb|upright|Poster for the Holzer Fashion Store, 1902 thumb|Police can sometimes put up a poster to let the public know about a criminal.

thumb|upright=1.3|Lecture at the Australian Defence Force Academy upright=1.3|thumb|A lecture at the University of Bologna in Italy in the mid-fourteenth century. The lecturer reads from a text on the lectern while students in the back sleep. thumb|upright=1.3|Barbara McClintock delivers her Nobel lecture

authoritative report that provides information about a specific issue

upright 1.2|thumb|Dutch 18th century doctoral ceremony at Leiden University shown on the frontispiece of a PhD thesis, [[Netherlands. () by Guilielmus ab Irhoven (Willem van Irhoven) on the authority of the Rector magnificus Johannes Jacobus Vitriarius (Jan Jacob Glazenmaker), 7 July 1721.]]

thumb|"Pastures for Habersham County" brochures by S.C. Gunnels, the county agent.

right|thumb|Memo written by a White House staff member during the tenure of [[Jimmy Carter as US president]]

A newsletter is a printed or electronic report or news concerning the activities of a business or an organization, that is sent to its members, customers, employees or other subscribers, or a communication containing individuals' personal opinions or interests.

thumb|Typical publishing workflow for an academic journal article (Manuscript (publishing)|preprint, [[postprint, and published) with open access sharing rights per SHERPA/RoMEO.]]

yearly report on a company or other organization's activities; publication type

materials produced by organizations outside of traditional channels

tentative government report of a proposal

collection of scholarly papers published in the context of an academic conference

document that describes the process, progress, or results of technical or scientific research or the state of a technical or scientific research problem

work that an author submits to a publisher or editor for publication

informally published research paper circulated to provide information or seek feedback