"Gray literature" added to Webster's

The 2007 update for Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition will include the term "gray literature." Gray literature has been in use within the scientific community for a number of years. The entry will look as follows:

Main Entry:

gray literature

Function:

noun

Date:

1975

: written material (as a report) that is not published commercially or is not generally accessible

Other new dictionary terms can be found at Merriam Webster's site.