Table 1.
Comparisons of commonly used English and Chinese databases
| database | field | geographic | subject heading |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEDLINE | medicine, pharmacology, and nursing | global with a focus on North America | MeSH |
| EMBASE | medicine, public health, and pharmacology | global with a focus on Europe | Emtree |
| PsycINFO | psychology and psychiatry | global | Descriptors |
| CINAHL | nursing and health care | global | CINAHL Headings |
| LILACS | medicine, public health, pharmacology, and nursing | Latin America and the Caribbean | DeCS |
| SINOMED | medicine, public health, pharmacology, traditional Chinese medicine, and nursing | mainland China | MeSH, traditional Chinese medicine headings |
| CENTRAL | clinical trials | global | MeSH |