Table 1.
Sources searched for systematic review on human papillomavirus vaccination factors, 1 July 2006 to 5 January 2020
| Type | Name | Interface/platform | Coverage range | Search executed | Brief description |
| Database and Citation Index | MEDLINE and Epub ahead of print, in-process and other non-indexed citations | Ovid | 1946 to 5 July 2019 | July 8 to 2019 Search updated: October 3 to 2019 |
Bibliographic database of biomedical literature. Produced by the US National Library of Medicine (NLM). |
| PubMed | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ | 1946 to present | July 22 to 2019 Search updated: October 3 to 2019 |
PubMed covers biomedical literature with citations from MEDLINE indexed journals, journals/manuscripts deposited in PMC and NCBI Bookshelf. Produced by the US NLM. |
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| Embase | Ovid | 1947 to 5 July 2019 | July 8 to 2019 Search updated: October 3 to 2019 |
Bibliographic database indexing biomedical and pharmacological literature from journals and conferences worldwide. Produced by Elsevier. | |
| Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials | Ovid | 1991 to present | October 4 to 2019 | Bibliographic database of controlled trials. Produced by the Cochrane Library in collaboration with the US NLM, Elsevier and others. |
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| CINAHL complete | EBSCO | 1937 to present | July 22 to 2019 | Bibliographic database focused on nursing and allied health literature, including journals, audiovisual materials, books and book chapters, and select conference proceedings. | |
| ERIC | Ovid | 1965 to April 2019 | July 22 to 2019 | Bibliographic database of education research, including journal articles, reports, books and briefs. Sponsored by the US Department of Education. |
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| PsycINFO | Ovid | 1806 to July (week 1) 2019 | July 8 to 2019 | Bibliographic database of journal articles, books and book chapters, and dissertations relevant to psychology and related fields. Produced by the American Psychological Association. | |
| SocINDEX | EBSCO | 1895 to present | July 22 to 2019 | Bibliographic database focused on sociology research, including journal articles, books and monographs, and conference papers. | |
| Bibliography of Native North Americans | EBSCO | 16th century to present | July 22 to 2019 | Bibliographic database covering all aspects of Native American culture, history and life; indexes journals, books and government documents. | |
| Social work abstracts | EBSCO | 1965 to present | July 22 to 2019 | Bibliographic database of the social work field. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers. |
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| Native Health Database | https://hslic-nhd.health.unm.edu/ | 17th century to present | December 22 to 2019 | Database of AI/AN health literature. Produced by the University of New Mexico. |
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| Indigenous Studies Portal | https://iportal.usask.ca/ | 16th century to present | December 23 to 2019 | Database of Indigenous North American literature. Produced by the University of Saskatchewan. |
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| Arctic Health Publications Database | https://arctichealth.org/ | 1787 to present | December 23 to 2019 | Database of health information about Alaska Native peoples. Sponsored by the US NLM and maintained by the University of Alaska Anchorage. |
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| SCI-Expanded | Web of Science | 1900 to present | July 8 to 2019 | Bibliographic database providing multidisciplinary access to scientific journal literature, including all cited references from indexed articles. | |
| SSCI | Web of Science | 1900 to present | July 8 to 2019 | Bibliographic database providing multidisciplinary access to journal literature in the social sciences. | |
| A&HCI | Web of Science | 1975 to present | July 8 to 2019 | Bibliographic database providing access to journal literature in disciplines focused on the arts and humanities. | |
| Emerging Sources Citation Index | Web of Science | 2015 to present | July 8 to 2019 | Bibliographic database referencing literature from newer journals being considered for indexing in SCI-Expanded, SSCI or A&HCI. | |
| Scopus | https://www.scopus.com/home.uri | 1788 to present | July 22 to 2019 | Bibliographic database providing access to journal and conference literature across multiple disciplines. Produced by Elsevier. |
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| Dissertation | Dissertations and theses | ProQuest | 1637 to present | October 4 to 2019 | Database of dissertations and theses developed in partnership with academic institutions in the USA, Canada and worldwide. |
| Abstracts and conferences | Northern Light Life Sciences Conference Abstracts | Ovid | 2010–2019 (week 28) | July 22 to 2019 | Full-text database of abstracts and posters presented at conferences. Produced by the Northern Light Group. |
| PapersFirst | FirstSearch | 1993 to present | October 4 to 2019 | Bibliographic database of papers presented at meetings worldwide. Produced by the OCLC. |
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| Proceedings | FirstSearch | 1993 to present | October 4 to 2019 | Bibliographic database of conference proceedings for meetings held around the world. Produced by OCLC. |
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| Preprints | OSF preprints | https://osf.io/preprints/ | 1988 to present | December 24 to 2020 | Aggregator of various preprint servers. |
| Reports | Tribal Epidemiology Centers | https://tribalepicenters.org/12-tecs/ | – | January 5 to 2020 | Data and health reports of AI/ANs from 12 centres. |
A&HCI, Arts & Humanities Citation Index; AI/AN, American Indian and Alaska Native; CINAHL, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health; ERIC, Education Resources Information Center; N/A, Not applicable; NCBI, National Center for Biotechnology Information; NLM, National Library of Medicine; OCLC, Online Computer Library Center; PMC, PubMed Central; SCI-Expanded, Science Citation Index Expanded; SSCI, Social Sciences Citation Index.