Geography
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; Indigenous Peoples - Canada
Description: Developed by CADTH (Canada's Drug and Health Technology 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.
Databases: CENTRAL (Wiley); Embase (Ovid); MEDLINE (Ovid)
Subject: Australia Indigenous Health
Description: Developed by the Primary Health Care Research and Information Service and Flinders Filters. Aims to be specific rather than comprehensive.
Database: PubMed
Subjects: Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples; Australia and New Zealand; Canada; 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: Africa; Antarctic Regions; Asia; Canada; Caribbean Region; Developing Countries; Indigenous Populations (Africa, Australasia, Canada, Central America, China, Greenland, Indian Subcontinent, Mexico, Middle East, Northern Europe Sami, Pacific Islands, Russia, South America, United States); 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 checked on 24 April 2024.