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Table 2 Organisation websites commonly used within systematic reviews

From: A rapid method to increase transparency and efficiency in web-based searches

Organisation

Crawler functioning (yes/no)

Notes

URL

Numbers of results extracted

Alterra (wageningen)

Yes

 

www.wageningenur.nl/en/Expertise-Services/Research…/alterra.htm

200

BirdLife

No

Google custom search; extractable but no API, 20 results only per query

www.birdlife.org/

40

CAFOD

Yes

 

www.cafod.org.uk/

200

Canadian Forestry Service

Yes

 

www.nrcan.gc.ca/forests

400

CGIAR

Yes

 

www.cgiar.org/

200

CIFOR

Yes

 

www.cifor.org/

200

Ecosystem Marketplace

Yes

 

http://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/

600

ELDIS

No

Extractable but no API, 20 results only per query

www.eldis.org/

40

Environment Agency

Yes

 

https://www.gov.uk/search?q=&filter_organisations%5B%5D=environment-agency

400

Environment Canada

Yes

 

https://www.google.se/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&cad=rja&uact=8&sqi=2&ved=0CDsQFjAJahUKEwj_8Kj1wZ7IAhUC3SwKHZ9GCV4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ec.gc.ca%2F%3Flang%3DEn&usg=AFQjCNH1nH5cS8da11EdKH_6SLxXfle_0w&sig2=CdAV1RtbuTMKJgmPH6Sl3Q&bvm=bv.103627116,d.bGg

200

Forestry Commission

No

Google custom search; extractable but no API, 20 results only per query

www.forestry.gov.uk/

40

GEF

Yes

 

https://www.thegef.org/

200

Greenpeace

Yes

 

www.greenpeace.org/

200

Greenpeace Publication

Yes

 

www.greenpeace.org/international/en/publications/

179

ICIMOD

Yes

 

www.icimod.org/

200

ICIMOD Publications

Yes

 

www.icimod.org/publications

245

IIED

Yes

 

www.iied.org/

68

IIED Publications

Yes

 

pubs.iied.org/

200

IUCN Publications

Yes

 

www.iucn.org/

76

Natural England

Yes

 

https://www.google.se/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB8QFjAAahUKEwi4iZ-Awp7IAhVHkCwKHS6WD4E&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Forganisations%2Fnatural-england&usg=AFQjCNFjk4k6mmZ29TcR2_j7VZ_GWh-7fg&sig2=v54ScjLDWQ1sWzpRhleoKg&bvm=bv.103627116,d.bGg

341

Natural Resources Canada

No

Extractable but no API, 10 results only per query

www.nrcan.gc.ca/home

19

Natural Resources Canada Publications

Yes

 

www.nrcan.gc.ca/publications/1138

400

Northern Ireland Environment Agency Publications

Yes

 

www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/

200

ODI

Yes

 

www.odi.org/

200

ODI Publications

Yes

 

www.odi.org/publications

200

OECD

No

Google custom search; extractable but no API, 20 results only per query

www.oecd.org/

40

RAMSAR

Yes

 

www.ramsar.org/

400

RSPB

Yes

 

www.rspb.org.uk/

200

SEPA

Yes

 

http://www.sepa.org.uk/library/content-search/?q=&LibGo=Search&page=1

137

TEAGASC

No

Google custom search; extractable but no API, 20 results only per query

www.teagasc.ie/

32

The Nature Conservancy

No

Extractable but no API, 20 results only per query

www.nature.org/

40

Tropenbos

Yes

 

www.tropenbos.org/

200

UNEP WCMC

No

Extractable but no API, 50 results only per query

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/resources-and-data

73

US EPA

Yes

 

http://nlquery.epa.gov/epasearch/epasearch?querytext=&typeofsearch=epa&doctype=all&originalquerytext=water+quality+trading&areaname=&faq=true&filter=sample4filt.hts&fld=&sessionid=F49B4A4D12A56F4638CAE8FB3DB62382&referer=&prevtype=epa&result_template=2col.ftl&stylesheet=

2561

USAID

Yes

 

http://www.usaid.gov/gsearch/

200

USFWS

Yes

 

www.fws.gov/

400

Wetlands International

Yes

 

www.wetlands.org/

200

Wildlife Conservation Society

No

Extractable but no API, 10 results only per query

www.wcs.org/

20

World Bank

No

Extractable but no API, 20 results only per query

http://search.worldbank.org/all?qterm=&title=&filetype=

40

WWT

Yes

 

www.wwt.org.uk/

140

  1. Listed are reviews published by Environmental Evidence that were searched for literature to demonstrate the applicability of web crawling to academic searching