Database or search engine name (Abbrev.) | Search field specification | Search string | Search dates |
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Bibliographic databases | |||
CAB Abstracts from CAB Direct | All fields (does not have a “Topic” field) | (soil) AND (carbon OR “soil OC” OR SOC OR “soil organic C” OR “soil organic carbon” OR “organic matter” OR “soil OM” OR SOM OR “soil organic matter”) AND (biosolid* OR sewage OR sludge OR “sewage sludge” OR biosludge OR milorganite OR “human solid waste” OR “waste amend*”) | All years (1915–present) |
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global | Abstract | ab(soil) AND ab(carbon OR "soil OC" OR SOC OR "soil organic C" OR "soil organic carbon" OR "organic matter" OR "soil OM" OR SOM OR "soil organic matter") AND ab(biosolid* OR sewage OR sludge OR "sewage sludge" OR biosludge OR milorganite OR "human solid waste" OR "waste amend*") | 1637–present, full-text dissertations 1997–present |
Scopus | Article title, Abstract, and Keywords | ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( soil) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY ( carbon OR "soil OC" OR SOC OR "soil organic C" OR "soil organic carbon" OR "organic matter" OR "soil OM" OR SOM OR "soil organic matter") AND TITLE-ABS-KEY ( biosolid* OR sewage OR sludge OR "sewage sludge" OR biosludge OR milorganite OR "human solid waste" OR "waste amend*")) | All years (1800s–present) |
Web of Science from Clarivate Analytics, Core Collection | Topic (titles, authors, abstracts, keywords) | TOPIC: (soil) AND TOPIC: (carbon OR "soil OC" OR SOC OR "soil organic C" OR "soil organic carbon" OR "organic matter" OR "soil OM" OR SOM OR "soil organic matter") AND TOPIC: (biosolid* OR sewage OR sludge OR "sewage sludge" OR biosludge OR milorganite OR "human solid waste" OR "waste amend*") | All years (1900–present) |
Search Engines | |||
Google Scholar search query in Harzing’s Publish or Perish | 256-character limit (No field category) | soil (carbon|"soil OC"|SOC|"soil organic C"|"soil organic carbon"|"organic matter"|"soil OM"|SOM|"soil organic matter")(biosolids|sewage|sludge|"sewage sludge"|biosludge|milorganite|"human solid waste"|"waste amendment") | First 1000 results sorted by relevance according to Google Scholar’s algorithm |
Microsoft Academic search query in Harzing’s Publish or Perish | Keywords | soil AND (carbon OR "soil OC" OR SOC OR "soil organic C" OR "soil organic carbon" OR "organic matter" OR "soil OM" OR SOM OR "soil organic matter") AND (biosolids OR sewage OR sludge OR "sewage sludge" OR biosludge OR milorganite OR "human solid waste" OR "waste amendment") | First 1000 results sorted by relevance according to Microsoft Academic’s algorithm |