A to Z

Here you will find a complete list of the resources from our different collection pages, arranged from A to Z. Explore each collection to discover the range of concepts covered and other similar sources. 

Contains search filters with both subject headings and keywords for finding Arab World literature.

Collection: Geography

Study types filters from other sources.

Collection: Study Types

Collated by the BioMedical Information Specialists group within the KNVI, the Royal Dutch Association of Information Professionals.

Collection: Repositories

Designed and tested by the British Medical Journal Knowledge Centre information specialists.

Collection: Study Types

Search strategy repository hosted by CABI.

Collection: Repositories

Developed and peer-reviewed by Research Information Specialists at CADTH,
Canada's Drug and Health Technology Agency.

Collections: Diseases and Conditions, Healthcare Delivery, Public Health

Developed by CADTH (Canada's Drug and Health Technology Agency), extensively tested and used in their projects.

Collections: Geography, Populations, Public Health, Study Types, Other

Developed by CareSearch, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. Intended to be focused rather than comprehensive.

Collections: Diseases and Conditions, Healthcare Delivery

Developed by Carrie Price, medical librarian with extensive experience in evidence synthesis methods.

Collections: Diseases and Conditions, Healthcare Delivery, Populations, Study Types, Therapies

Developed by the Cochrane EPOC group, in collaboration with the WHO Library and the Campbell Collaboration. Based on the World Bank list of countries (2021), not validated.

Collection: Geography

Created in collaboration with the Health Information Research Unit (HIRU) at McMaster University, designed for clinician use.

Collection: Study Types

Developed through a partnership at Flinders University.

Collection: Diseases and Conditions

Developed by the Primary Health Care Research and Information Service and Flinders Filters. Aims to be specific rather than comprehensive.

Collections: Geography, Healthcare Delivery, Populations

From a group of information specialists from FMD3S in Quebec, Canada. Website is in French, however searches are mostly in English.

Collection: Repositories

Developed by the International Foundation for Integrated Care.

Collections: Diseases and Conditions, Geography, Healthcare Delivery, Populations

Developed by the InterTASC Information Specialists’ Sub-Group. This is one of the main sources for validated search filters.

Collection: Repositories

Collection: Diseases and Conditions, Healthcare Delivery, Populations, Therapies

Searchable repository from their Health Sciences librarians.

Collection: Repositories

Funded by the US National Library of Medicine and Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Collections: Diseases and Conditions, Study Types

Developed by the Medical Library Association's Latinx Caucus

Collections: Populations

Shared strategies by the US National Library of Medicine.

Collections: Diseases and Conditions, Healthcare Delivery, Public Health, Therapies, Other

Expert searches shared by Wolters Kluwer for their Ovid databases.

Collection: Repositories

Searches for rapid reviews used by the Centre for Evidence-based Practice at Penn Medicine.

Collections: Healthcare Delivery, Study Types

Clinical study filters developed by Haynes RB et al.

Collection: Study Types

COVID-19 searches combined with different aspects related to the virus.

Collection: Diseases and Conditions

The blog is created and maintained by Cindy Schmidt.

Collection: Repositories

Developed by the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, part of Healthcare Improvement Scotland.

Collections: Public Health, Study Types

Tested filters by librarians at the University of Texas School of Public Health.

Collections: Diseases and Conditions, Geography, Study Types, Therapies

Search strategies developed by BIREME, PAHO, WHO and the Virtual Health Library Reference Network.

Collection: Repositories

This page was last checked on 24 April 2024.