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Table 2 Organisation websites commonly used within systematic reviews

From: A rapid method to increase transparency and efficiency in web-based searches

Organisation Crawler functioning (yes/no) Notes URL Numbers of results extracted
Alterra (wageningen) Yes   www.wageningenur.nl/en/Expertise-Services/Research…/alterra.htm 200
BirdLife No Google custom search; extractable but no API, 20 results only per query www.birdlife.org/ 40
CAFOD Yes   www.cafod.org.uk/ 200
Canadian Forestry Service Yes   www.nrcan.gc.ca/forests 400
CGIAR Yes   www.cgiar.org/ 200
CIFOR Yes   www.cifor.org/ 200
Ecosystem Marketplace Yes   http://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/ 600
ELDIS No Extractable but no API, 20 results only per query www.eldis.org/ 40
Environment Agency Yes   https://www.gov.uk/search?q=&filter_organisations%5B%5D=environment-agency 400
Environment Canada Yes   https://www.google.se/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&cad=rja&uact=8&sqi=2&ved=0CDsQFjAJahUKEwj_8Kj1wZ7IAhUC3SwKHZ9GCV4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ec.gc.ca%2F%3Flang%3DEn&usg=AFQjCNH1nH5cS8da11EdKH_6SLxXfle_0w&sig2=CdAV1RtbuTMKJgmPH6Sl3Q&bvm=bv.103627116,d.bGg 200
Forestry Commission No Google custom search; extractable but no API, 20 results only per query www.forestry.gov.uk/ 40
GEF Yes   https://www.thegef.org/ 200
Greenpeace Yes   www.greenpeace.org/ 200
Greenpeace Publication Yes   www.greenpeace.org/international/en/publications/ 179
ICIMOD Yes   www.icimod.org/ 200
ICIMOD Publications Yes   www.icimod.org/publications 245
IIED Yes   www.iied.org/ 68
IIED Publications Yes   pubs.iied.org/ 200
IUCN Publications Yes   www.iucn.org/ 76
Natural England Yes   https://www.google.se/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB8QFjAAahUKEwi4iZ-Awp7IAhVHkCwKHS6WD4E&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Forganisations%2Fnatural-england&usg=AFQjCNFjk4k6mmZ29TcR2_j7VZ_GWh-7fg&sig2=v54ScjLDWQ1sWzpRhleoKg&bvm=bv.103627116,d.bGg 341
Natural Resources Canada No Extractable but no API, 10 results only per query www.nrcan.gc.ca/home 19
Natural Resources Canada Publications Yes   www.nrcan.gc.ca/publications/1138 400
Northern Ireland Environment Agency Publications Yes   www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/ 200
ODI Yes   www.odi.org/ 200
ODI Publications Yes   www.odi.org/publications 200
OECD No Google custom search; extractable but no API, 20 results only per query www.oecd.org/ 40
RAMSAR Yes   www.ramsar.org/ 400
RSPB Yes   www.rspb.org.uk/ 200
SEPA Yes   http://www.sepa.org.uk/library/content-search/?q=&LibGo=Search&page=1 137
TEAGASC No Google custom search; extractable but no API, 20 results only per query www.teagasc.ie/ 32
The Nature Conservancy No Extractable but no API, 20 results only per query www.nature.org/ 40
Tropenbos Yes   www.tropenbos.org/ 200
UNEP WCMC No Extractable but no API, 50 results only per query http://www.unep-wcmc.org/resources-and-data 73
US EPA Yes   http://nlquery.epa.gov/epasearch/epasearch?querytext=&typeofsearch=epa&doctype=all&originalquerytext=water+quality+trading&areaname=&faq=true&filter=sample4filt.hts&fld=&sessionid=F49B4A4D12A56F4638CAE8FB3DB62382&referer=&prevtype=epa&result_template=2col.ftl&stylesheet= 2561
USAID Yes   http://www.usaid.gov/gsearch/ 200
USFWS Yes   www.fws.gov/ 400
Wetlands International Yes   www.wetlands.org/ 200
Wildlife Conservation Society No Extractable but no API, 10 results only per query www.wcs.org/ 20
World Bank No Extractable but no API, 20 results only per query http://search.worldbank.org/all?qterm=&title=&filetype= 40
WWT Yes   www.wwt.org.uk/ 140
  1. Listed are reviews published by Environmental Evidence that were searched for literature to demonstrate the applicability of web crawling to academic searching