Table 4.
Platforms/providers included in review.
| Platform/provider | Specific databases searched (if applicable) | Search fieldsa | Resource type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ovid | PsycInfo | ab,hw,id,mh,ot,ti. | Principal |
| Elsevier | Scopus | TITLE‐ABS‐KEY | Principal |
| Web of Science | Book Citation Index (Social Sciences & Humanities). | Topic | Principal |
| Social Sciences Citation Index. | |||
| Arts & Humanities Citation Index | |||
| Emerging Sources Citation Index. | |||
| Conference Proceedings Citation Index (Social Sciences & Humanities) | |||
| Medline | |||
| EBSCOhost | Criminal Justice Abstracts | Title | Principal |
| Abstract | |||
| Keywords | |||
| Subject | |||
| ProQuest | International Bibliography of the Social Sciences | ti, ab, mainsubject | Principal |
| ProQuest | Sociological Abstracts | ti, ab, if | Principal |
| Informit | CINCH: Australian Criminology Database | All Fields | Supplementary |
| ProQuest | Dissertations and Theses Global | ti, ab, mainsubject, diskw | Principal |
| EThOS (Dissertations) | N/A | All fields | Supplementary |
| Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) | N/A | All fields | Supplementary |
a
Whilst it might be preferable to search across all search fields in every database, it would be impractical to do so in the larger databases (e.g., Scopus, Web of Science) as the number of records returned would be too large to sift. These search fields are tailored to the size of each database.