Discover search strategy sources for geographic locations and their populations. Be sure to explore the Repositories page for additional relevant sources.
Subject: Arab World
Description: Contains search filters with both subject headings and keywords for finding Arab World literature.
Databases: CINAHL (EBSCO); Cochrane (Wiley); Embase.com; Global Health (CABI); Global Index Medicus; MEDLINE (Ovid); Proquest Databases; PsycInfo (EBSCO); PubMed; Scopus; Web of Science
Subjects: Canada
Description: Developed by Canada's Drug Agency, extensively tested and used in their projects.
Databases: CINAHL (EBSCO); Embase (Ovid); MEDLINE (Ovid); PsycInfo (Ovid); PubMed; Scopus
Subject: Low and Middle Income Countries
Description: 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.
Note: filter no longer being updated
Databases: CENTRAL (Wiley); Embase (Ovid); MEDLINE (Ovid)
Subjects: Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples; Australia and New Zealand; Canada; Low and Middle Income Countries; High Income Countries; Low Income Countries; Native American Peoples; United Kingdom; United States; Western Europe
Description: Developed by the International Foundation for Integrated Care.
Database: PubMed
Subjects: African (Regions); Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka); Caribbean; Low and Middle Income Countries; OECD Countries; Refugee Camps
Description: Developed by the Health Sciences Library.
Databases: CINAHL (EBSCO); Cochrane (Wiley); Embase (Ovid); Global Health (Ovid); MEDLINE (Ovid); PubMed; Scopus; Web of Science
Subject: United States
Description: Tested filters by librarians at the University of Texas School of Public Health.
Databases: MEDLINE (Ovid); PubMed
This page was last updated April 4 2026.