Search Filters/Hedges
Search filters (aka search hedges) are pre-drafted lists of terms to help create a focused search strategy. They’re here to help you save time and energy. Simply copy and paste these terms into your search strategy.
Below is an example of a search filter for Latinx and Hispanic communities in different databases:
- PubMed: ("Hispanic or Latino"[Mesh] OR Hispanic*[tiab] OR hispano*[tiab] OR hispana*[tiab] OR Latino*[tiab] OR Latina*[tiab] OR Latine*[tiab] OR Latinu*[tiab] OR Latinx[tiab] OR "Spanish American*"[tiab] OR "Mexican American*"[tiab] OR Chicana*[tiab] OR Chicano*[tiab] OR Chicanx[tiab] OR "Puerto Rico"[Mesh] OR "Puerto Rico"[tiab] OR "Puerto Rican*"[tiab] OR Boricua*[tiab] OR "Cuban American*"[tiab]) OR (("Spanish speak*"[tiab] OR Argentina[Mesh] OR Argentina[tiab] OR Argentine*[tiab] OR Argentinian*[tiab] OR Bolivia[Mesh] OR Bolivia[tiab] OR Bolivian*[tiab] OR Brazil[Mesh] OR Brazil[tiab] OR Brazilian*[tiab] OR Chile[Mesh] OR Chile[tiab] OR Chilean*[tiab] OR Colombia[Mesh] OR Colombia[tiab] OR Colombian*[tiab] OR "Costa Rica"[Mesh] OR "Costa Rica"[tiab] OR "Costa Rican*"[tiab] OR Cuba[Mesh] OR Cuba[tiab] OR Cuban*[tiab] OR "Hispaniola"[tiab] OR "Dominican Republic"[Mesh] OR Dominican*[tiab] OR Ecuador[Mesh] OR Ecuador[tiab] OR Ecuadorian*[tiab] OR Ecuadorean*[tiab] OR "El Salvador"[Mesh] OR "El Salvador"[tiab] OR Salvadorean*[tiab] OR Salvadoran*[tiab] OR Salvadorian*[tiab] OR Guatemala[Mesh] OR Guatemala[tiab] OR Guatemalan*[tiab] OR Honduras[Mesh] OR Honduras[tiab] OR Honduran*[tiab] OR Mexico[Mesh] OR Mexico[tiab] OR Mexican*[tiab] OR Nicaragua[Mesh] OR Nicaragua[tiab] OR Nicaraguan*[tiab] OR Panama[Mesh] OR Panama[tiab] OR Panamanian*[tiab] OR Paraguay[Mesh] OR Paraguay[tiab] OR Paraguayan*[tiab] OR "Peru"[Mesh] OR Peru[tiab] OR Peruvian*[tiab] OR "Uruguay"[Mesh] OR Uruguay[tiab] OR Uruguayan*[tiab] OR "Venezuela"[Mesh] OR Venezuela[tiab] OR Venezuelan*[tiab] OR "Central America"[Mesh:NoExp] OR "Central America*"[tiab] OR "Caribbean Region"[Mesh:NoExp] OR Caribbean*[tiab] OR "South America"[Mesh:NoExp] OR "South America*"[tiab] OR "Latin America"[Mesh] OR "Latin America*"[tiab]) AND ("United States"[Mesh] OR "United State*"[tiab] OR "USA"[tiab] OR "North America"[Mesh:NoExp] OR Appalachia*[tiab] OR "great lakes"[tiab] OR "mid atlantic state*"[tiab] OR "mid atlantic region*"[tiab] OR "middle atlantic state*"[tiab] OR "middle atlantic region*"[tiab] OR "midwestern us"[tiab] OR "midwestern state*"[tiab] OR "midwest state*"[tiab] OR "midwest us"[tiab] OR "great plains"[tiab] OR "heartland"[tiab] OR "new england"[tiab] OR "northeastern us"[tiab] OR "northeastern state*"[tiab] OR "northeast state*"[tiab] OR "northeast us"[tiab] OR "pacific northwest"[tiab] OR (northwest*[tiab] AND “us"[tiab]) OR "northwestern state*"[tiab] OR "northwest state*"[tiab] OR "pacific state*"[tiab] OR "southeast state*"[tiab] OR "southeastern state*"[tiab] OR "southeast us"[tiab] OR "southeastern us"[tiab] OR "southern state*"[tiab] OR "southern us"[tiab] OR "southwest state*"[tiab] OR "southwestern state*"[tiab] OR "southwest us"[tiab] OR "southwestern us"[tiab] OR "deep south"[tiab] OR "black belt"[tiab] OR "rust belt"[tiab] OR "District of Columbia"[tiab] OR "Washington DC"[tiab] OR Alabama[tiab] OR Alaska[tiab] OR Arizona[tiab] OR Arkansas[tiab] OR California[tiab] OR Colorado[tiab] OR Connecticut[tiab] OR Delaware[tiab] OR Florida[tiab] OR Georgia[tiab] OR Hawaii[tiab] OR "Hawai i"[tiab] OR Idaho[tiab] OR Illinois[tiab] OR Indiana[tiab] OR Iowa[tiab] OR Kansas[tiab] OR Kentucky[tiab] OR Louisiana[tiab] OR Maine[tiab] OR Maryland[tiab] OR Massachusetts[tiab] OR Michigan[tiab] OR Minnesota[tiab] OR Mississippi[tiab] OR Missouri[tiab] OR Montana[tiab] OR Nebraska[tiab] OR Nevada[tiab] OR "New Hampshire"[tiab] OR "New Jersey"[tiab] OR "New Mexico"[tiab] OR "New York"[tiab] OR "North Carolina"[tiab] OR "North Dakota"[tiab] OR Ohio[tiab] OR Oklahoma[tiab] OR Oregon[tiab] OR Pennsylvania[tiab] OR "Rhode Island"[tiab] OR "South Carolina"[tiab] OR "South Dakota"[tiab] OR Tennessee[tiab] OR Texas[tiab] OR Utah[tiab] OR Vermont[tiab] OR Virginia[tiab] OR Washington[tiab] OR "West Virginia"[tiab] OR Wisconsin[tiab] OR Wyoming[tiab] OR "Western Hemisphere"[tiab] OR "Americas"[Mesh:NoExp] OR America*[tiab]))
- CINAHL: ((MH "Hispanic Americans"+) OR (TI Hispanic* OR AB Hispanic*) OR (TI hispano* OR AB hispano*) OR (TI hispana* OR AB hispana*) OR (TI Latino* OR AB Latino*) OR (TI Latina* OR AB Latina*) OR (TI Latine* OR AB Latine*) OR (TI Latinu* OR AB Latinu*) OR (TI Latinx OR AB Latinx) OR (TI "Spanish American*" OR AB "Spanish American*") OR (TI "Mexican American*" OR AB "Mexican American*") OR (TI Chicana* OR AB Chicana*) OR (TI Chicano* OR AB Chicano*) OR (TI Chicanx OR AB Chicanx) OR (MH "Puerto Rico"+) OR (TI "Puerto Rico" OR AB "Puerto Rico") OR (TI "Puerto Rican*" OR AB "Puerto Rican*") OR (TI Boricua* OR AB Boricua*) OR (TI "Cuban American*" OR AB "Cuban American*")) OR (((TI "Spanish speak*" OR AB "Spanish speak*") OR (MH Argentina) OR (TI Argentina OR AB Argentina) OR (TI Argentine* OR AB Argentine*) OR (TI Argentinian* OR AB Argentinian*) OR (MH Bolivia) OR (TI Bolivia OR AB Bolivia) OR (TI Bolivian* OR AB Bolivian*) OR (MH Brazil) OR (TI Brazil OR AB Brazil) OR (TI Brazilian* OR AB Brazilian*) OR (MH Chile) OR (TI Chile OR AB Chile) OR (TI Chilean* OR AB Chilean*) OR (MH Colombia) OR (TI Colombia OR AB Colombia) OR (TI Colombian* OR AB Colombian*) OR (MH "Costa Rica") OR (TI "Costa Rica" OR AB "Costa Rica") OR (TI "Costa Rican*" OR AB "Costa Rican*") OR (MH Cuba) OR (TI Cuba OR AB Cuba) OR (TI Cuban* OR AB Cuban*) OR (TI Hispaniola OR AB Hispaniola) OR (MH "Dominican Republic") OR (TI Dominican* OR AB Dominican*) OR (MH Ecuador) OR (TI Ecuador OR AB Ecuador) OR (TI Ecuadorian* OR AB Ecuadorian*) OR (TI Ecuadorean* OR AB Ecuadorean*) OR (MH "El Salvador") OR (TI "El Salvador" OR AB "El Salvador") OR (TI Salvadorean* OR AB Salvadorean*) OR (TI Salvadoran* OR AB Salvadoran*) OR (TI Salvadorian* OR AB Salvadorian*) OR (MH Guatemala) OR (TI Guatemala OR AB Guatemala) OR (TI Guatemalan* OR AB Guatemalan*) OR (MH Honduras) OR (TI Honduras OR AB Honduras) OR (TI Honduran* OR AB Honduran*) OR (MH Mexico) OR (TI Mexico OR AB Mexico) OR (TI Mexican* OR AB Mexican*) OR (MH Nicaragua) OR (TI Nicaragua OR AB Nicaragua) OR (TI Nicaraguan* OR AB Nicaraguan*) OR (MH Panama) OR (TI Panama OR AB Panama) OR (TI Panamanian* OR AB Panamanian*) OR (MH Paraguay) OR (TI Paraguay OR AB Paraguay) OR (TI Paraguayan* OR AB Paraguayan*) OR (MH Peru) OR (TI Peru OR AB Peru) OR (TI Peruvian* OR AB Peruvian*) OR (MH Uruguay) OR (TI Uruguay OR AB Uruguay) OR (TI Uruguayan* OR AB Uruguayan*) OR (MH Venezuela) OR (TI Venezuela OR AB Venezuela) OR (TI Venezuelan* OR AB Venezuelan*) OR (TI "Central America*" OR AB "Central America*") OR (MH "Central America") OR (TI Caribbean* OR AB Caribbean*) OR (MH "South America") OR (TI "South America*" OR AB "South America*") OR (MH “Latin America”) OR (TI “Latin America*” OR AB “Latin America*”)) AND ((MH "united states"+) OR (TI "united state*" OR AB "united state*") OR (TI USA OR AB USA) OR (MH "north america") OR (TI Appalachia* OR AB Appalachia*) OR (TI "great lakes" OR AB "great lakes") OR (TI "mid atlantic state*" OR AB "mid atlantic state*") OR (TI "mid atlantic region*" OR AB "mid atlantic region*") OR (TI "middle atlantic state*" OR AB "middle atlantic state*") OR (TI "middle atlantic region*" OR AB "middle atlantic region*") OR (TI "midwestern us" OR AB "midwestern us") OR (TI "midwestern state*" OR AB "midwestern state*") OR (TI "midwest state*" OR AB "midwest state*") OR (TI "midwest us" OR AB "midwest us") OR (TI "great plains" OR AB "great plains") OR (TI heartland OR AB heartland) OR (TI "new england" OR AB "new england") OR (TI "northeastern us" OR AB "northeastern us") OR (TI "northeastern state*" OR AB "northeastern state*") OR (TI "northeast state*" OR AB "northeast state*") OR (TI "northeast us" OR AB "northeast us") OR (TI "pacific northwest" OR AB "pacific northwest") OR (TI "northwestern us" OR AB "northwestern us") OR (TI northwest* AND TI "us") OR (AB northwest* AND AB "us") OR (TI "northwestern state*" OR AB "northwestern state*") OR (TI "northwest state*" OR AB "northwest state*") OR (TI "pacific state*" OR AB "pacific state*") OR (TI "southeast state*" OR AB "southeast state*") OR (TI "southeastern state*" OR AB "southeastern state*") OR (TI "southeast us" OR AB "southeast us") OR (TI "southeastern us" OR AB "southeastern us") OR (TI "southern state*" OR AB "southern state*") OR (TI "southern us" OR AB "southern us") OR (TI "southwest state*" OR AB "southwest state*") OR (TI "southwestern state*" OR AB "southwestern state*") OR (TI "southwest us" OR AB "southwest us") OR (TI "southwestern us" OR AB "southwestern us") OR (TI "deep south" OR AB "deep south") OR (TI "black belt" OR AB "black belt") OR (TI "rust belt" OR AB "rust belt") OR (TI "district of Columbia" OR AB "district of Columbia") OR (TI "Washington dc" OR AB "Washington dc") OR (TI Alabama OR AB Alabama) OR (TI Alaska OR AB Alaska) OR (TI Arizona OR AB Arizona) OR (TI Arkansas OR AB Arkansas) OR (TI California OR AB California) OR (TI Colorado OR AB Colorado) OR (TI Connecticut OR AB Connecticut) OR (TI Delaware OR AB Delaware) OR (TI Florida OR AB Florida) OR (TI Georgia OR AB Georgia) OR (TI Hawaii OR AB Hawaii) OR (TI "Hawai i" OR AB "Hawai i") OR (TI Idaho OR AB Idaho) OR (TI Illinois OR AB Illinois) OR (TI Indiana OR AB Indiana) OR (TI Iowa OR AB Iowa) OR (TI Kansas OR AB Kansas) OR (TI Kentucky OR AB Kentucky) OR (TI Louisiana OR AB Louisiana) OR (TI Maine OR AB Maine) OR (TI Maryland OR AB Maryland) OR (TI Massachusetts OR AB Massachusetts) OR (TI Michigan OR AB Michigan) OR (TI Minnesota OR AB Minnesota) OR (TI Mississippi OR AB Mississippi) OR (TI Missouri OR AB Missouri) OR (TI Montana OR AB Montana) OR (TI Nebraska OR AB Nebraska) OR (TI Nevada OR AB Nevada) OR (TI "New Hampshire" OR AB "New Hampshire") OR (TI "New Jersey" OR AB "New Jersey") OR (TI "New Mexico" OR AB "New Mexico") OR (TI "New York" OR AB "New York") OR (TI "North Carolina" OR AB "North Carolina") OR (TI "North Dakota" OR AB "North Dakota") OR (TI Ohio OR AB Ohio) OR (TI Oklahoma OR AB Oklahoma) OR (TI Oregon OR AB Oregon) OR (TI Pennsylvania OR AB Pennsylvania) OR (TI "Rhode Island" OR AB "Rhode Island") OR (TI "South Carolina" OR AB "South Carolina") OR (TI "South Dakota" OR AB "South Dakota") OR (TI Tennessee OR AB Tennessee) OR (TI Texas OR AB Texas) OR (TI Utah OR AB Utah) OR (TI Vermont OR AB Vermont) OR (TI Virginia OR AB Virginia) OR (TI Washington OR AB Washington) OR (TI "West Virginia" OR AB "West Virginia") OR (TI Wisconsin OR AB Wisconsin) OR (TI Wyoming OR AB Wyoming) OR (TI America* OR AB America*) OR (MH America) OR (TI “Western Hemisphere” OR AB “Western Hemisphere”)))
- PsycInfo: (TI,AB,SU(Hispanic* OR Hispano* OR Hispana* OR Latino* OR Latina* OR Latine* OR Latinu* OR Latinx OR "Spanish American*" OR "Mexican American*" OR Chicana* OR Chicano* OR Chicanx OR "Puerto Rico" OR "Puerto Rican*" OR Boricua* OR "Cuban American*")) AND ((TI,AB,SU("Spanish speak*" OR Argentina OR Argentine* OR Argentinian* OR Bolivia OR Bolivian* OR Brazil OR Brazilian* OR Chile OR Chilean* OR Colombia OR Colombian* OR "Costa Rica" OR "Costa Rican*" OR Cuba OR Cuban* OR Hispaniola OR Dominican* OR Ecuador OR Ecuadorian* OR Ecuadorean* OR "El Salvador" OR Salvadorean* OR Salvadoran* OR Salvadorian* OR Guatemala OR Guatemalan* OR Honduras OR Honduran* OR Mexico OR Mexican* OR Nicaragua OR Nicaraguan* OR Panama OR Panamanian* OR Paraguay OR Paraguayan* OR Peru OR Peruvian* OR Uruguay OR Uruguayan* OR Venezuela OR Venezuelan* OR "Central America*" OR Caribbean* OR "South America*" OR "Latin America*")) OR (TI,AB,SU("United State*" OR "USA" OR Appalachia* OR "great lakes" OR "mid Atlantic state*" OR "mid Atlantic region*" OR "middle Atlantic state*" OR "middle Atlantic region*" OR "midwestern us" OR "midwestern state*" OR "Midwest state*" OR "Midwest us" OR "great plains" OR "heartland" OR "New England" OR "northeastern us" OR "northeastern state*" OR "northeast state*" OR "northeast us" OR "pacific northwest" OR “northwest* us" OR "northwestern state*" OR "northwest state*" OR "pacific state*" OR "southeast state*" OR "southeastern state*" OR "southeast us" OR "southeastern us" OR "southern state*" OR "southern us" OR "southwest state*" OR "southwestern state*" OR "southwest us" OR "southwestern us" OR "deep south" OR "black belt" OR "rust belt" OR "District of Columbia" OR "Washington DC" OR Alabama OR Alaska OR Arizona OR Arkansas OR California OR Colorado OR Connecticut OR Delaware OR Florida OR Georgia OR Hawaii OR "Hawai i" OR Idaho OR Illinois OR Indiana OR Iowa OR Kansas OR Kentucky OR Louisiana OR Maine OR Maryland OR Massachusetts OR Michigan OR Minnesota OR Mississippi OR Missouri OR Montana OR Nebraska OR Nevada OR "New Hampshire" OR "New Jersey" OR "New Mexico" OR "New York" OR "North Carolina" OR "North Dakota" OR Ohio OR Oklahoma OR Oregon OR Pennsylvania OR "Rhode Island" OR "South Carolina" OR "South Dakota" OR Tennessee OR Texas OR Utah OR Vermont OR Virginia OR Washington OR "West Virginia" OR Wisconsin OR Wyoming OR "Western Hemisphere" OR America*)))
- Google Scholar: Hispanic|Hispano|Hispana|Latino|Latina|Latinx|Spanish|Mexican|Chicano|Chicana|Chicanx|"Puerto Rico"|"Puerto Rican"|Boricua|Cuban|"United States"|USA|America|American
Search filter created by: Medical Library Association Latinx Caucus. Latinx/Hispanic US Population Search Hedges. July 20, 2021. MLA. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/6949.
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