Table 3 Databases used by the VERDAS consortium and their main specificities or limitations
Databases used | Field of research / Interest | Specificities or possible limitations |
|---|---|---|
CINAHL | Health / Nursing | Most records are citations only |
Cochrane Library | Health / Biomedical | Only systematic reviews |
EconLit | Economics | Cover all economics-related fields of research |
Embase | Health / Biomedical | Strong focus on drug and pharmaceutical research |
Global Health | Public Health | Strong focus on public health practice internationally |
LILACS | Health / Biomedical | Only Spanish-speaking literature |
Medline | Health / Biomedical | Very similar to PubMed, updated weekly |
OpenGrey | Multidisciplinary grey literature | Strong focus on literature produced in Europe |
PubMed | Health / Biomedical | Very similar to Medline, updated daily |
Scopus | Multidisciplinary | World’s largest abstract and citation database, may be difficult to find full text |
GreyLit | Health grey literature | No longer updated since January 2017 |
Google Scholar | Multidisciplinary | No advanced search possible, nor saving searches, nor exporting results; same search may lead to different results |
Web of Science | Multidisciplinary | Based on citations, very broad; full text may be difficult to find |
WHOLIS | WHO databases | Only WHO documentation; impossible to save searches and export results |