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Table 2 Databases to be searched to locate primary research articles from the peer reviewed and grey literature

From: Evidence of effect of riparian attributes on listed freshwater fishes and mussels and their aquatic critical habitat: a systematic map protocol

Type

Database/website

Subscription (databases, citation indices)

Search parameters

Search Terms

Bibliographic databases

Directory of Open Access Journals (http://www.doaj.org/)

 

All fields

Search string

Microsoft Academic (https://academic.microsoft.com/home)

 

All fields

Search string

Scilit (https://www.scilit.net/)

 

All fields

Search string minus the “*”

Web of Science (Web of Science Core Collection) (http://webofknowledge.com)

Fisheries and Oceans Canada subscription

(Web of Science Core Collection)

Topic, abstract, and keywords

Initial list and search string

ProQuest (https://search.proquest.com/)

Fisheries and Oceans Canada subscription (Biological Science Collection, Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Collection, Publically Available Content Database)

All fields except full text

Search string

Theses

DART-Europe E thesis (https://www.dart-europe.org/basic-search.php)

 

All fields

Search string

Library and archives Canada – Theses Canada (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/services/theses/Pages/search.aspx)

All keywords

Each phrase in search string separately then results combined

EThOS (British Library) (https://ethos.bl.uk/AdvancedSearch.do?new=1)

Any word

Search string

EBSCO Open Dissertations (https://biblioboard.com/opendissertations/)

Abstract, keywords, title

Search String

Preprint databases

bioRxiv (https://www.biorxiv.org/)

 

Full Text or Abstract or Title

Each phrase in search string separately

arXiv (https://arxiv.org/)

All fields

Each phrase in search string separately then just “riparian”

ARPHA Preprints (https://preprints.arphahub.com/)

All fields

Each phrase in search string separately then just “riparian”

EarthArXiv (https://eartharxiv.org/)

All fields

Each phrase in search string separately then just “riparian”

ESSOAr (https://www.essoar.org/)

Anywhere

Search String

Organizational websites and databases

Canadian Institute of Forestry (https://pubs.cif-ifc.org/doi/10.5558/tfc2016-009)

Fisheries and Oceans Canada subscription

All fields

Search String

Canadian Forestry Service (https://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications)

 

All fields

Each phrase in search string separately

U.S. Forest Service (https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/)

All fields

Search String

Aquatic Commons (http://aquaticcommons.org/)

Keywords (all fields) or title

Search String

Agricola (https://agricola.nal.usda.gov/)

All fields

Each phrase in search string separately

European Environment Agency (http://www.eea.europa.eu/)

All fields

Each phrase in search string separately

European Soil Portal (https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/european-soil-portal)

All fields

Riparian or Buffer

GRACEnet, USDA Agricultural Research Service (https://www.ars.usda.gov/anrds/gracenet/)

All fields

Each phrase in search string separately without “” or *

Rothamsted Research (http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/)

All fields

Search string

UC Davis, Agricultural Sustainability Institute (https://asi.ucdavis.edu/publications)

All fields

Search string, individual phrases, and individual words

  1. All text fields will be searched in each database where possible. Search string: “filter strip*” OR “riparian area*” OR “riparian forest*” OR “riparian zone*” OR “riparian buffer*” OR “buffer strip*”