Table 3 List of databases searched to identify literature for this synthesis

Health sciences:

• MEDLINE (Ovid)

• EMBASE

• PsycINFO

• EBM Reviews

• HealthSTAR

• PubMed

• PubMed Central

• CINAHL

• MEDLINE (Ebsco)

Social sciences:

• Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

• Social Science Data Archive

• SocIndex with FullText

• Sociological Abstracts

• Social Work Abstracts

Multi-disciplinary:

• Web of Science

• Education Research Complete

• ERIC

• Urban Studies Abstracts

• Scopus

• Canadian Research Index

• LegalTrac

• International Political Science Abstracts

• PAIS Index

• Leading Practices Database

• Business Source Complete

Academic-focused search engines:

• Google Scholar

Repositories/theses:

• ProQuest (theses and dissertations)

• OAISter (WorldCat)

Health sciences:

• Health Sciences Online (HSO)

• Turning Research into Practice (TRIP)

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

• Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)

• Canadian Public Health Association (CHPA)

• Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

• Public Health Ontario

• Health Quality Ontario Health Canada

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• World Health Organization (WHO)

• National Health Services (NHS)

• Alberta Health Services (AHS) Insite

• National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia

• European Commission

• U.S. Department of Health (Health.gov)

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Global Health Literacy Academy

Social sciences:

• International Federation of Social Science Organizations (IFSSO)

• Federation of Data Organizations for Social Science (IFDO)

• Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA)

• Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)

• International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research (IOSSBR)

• ABC Life Literacy Canada

Other:

• Canadian Public Legal Education (CPLE) organizations