For your scoping review, you will need to search at least 3 databases to get a thorough and comprehensive search. Searching multiple databases is important, as different databases have different biases, coverages, and specialties and you need to search multiple databases to accurately reflect the state of the literature.
Still OneSearch should not be used as a database for the scoping review, but can be used to evaluate the feasibility of research topics and test out search strategies.
The two databases that all scoping reviews should use are PubMed and Scopus.
PubMed, which you are likely already familiar with, is the largest biomedical database in the world, and should be the starting point for literature searching for any health sciences topics.
Scopus is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary database with broad coverage in the health sciences and an international scope. In contrast to PubMed, which focuses on US-based medical publications, Scopus greatly broadens your search. It is able to get an interdisciplinary angle on topics (the social sciences and life sciences frequently overlap with medical topics), has a broader coverage of the allied health literature than PubMed, and gets to publications outside the United States.
From the list below, you should choose at least one database that fits your research topic/area. The list below includes the most common databases used at ATSU. If you are having trouble choosing a database, reach out to your liaison librarian.