About the library
This dynamic bibliography is linked to a Zotero group library that is administered by a volunteer group of researchers and interested individuals from the international outdoor, adventure, and nature based therapies community. Occasionally you might find an article listed that has little relevance to the Outdoor Health sector. This is due to contributors often having large and intersecting fields of study and interest. While we have started to remove irrelevant materials, it is a work in progress. If you notice an item that is irrelevant, please email [email protected] to let us know.
Searching within the library
The library is searchable via the filter tab which can be expanded by clicking on it. Within the filter section you can limit the displayed references in several ways.
Title
Typically research papers will use key topic words within their title. Unless you know the exact title you will often get the best result by using just a few words in the title field.
Author
Using the last name of one or more authors is recommended as sometimes the data within the citation will only have the first name initial.
Date Range
This should be fairly self explanatory. Just put the year of publication in each date field, not month or day.
Tags
Tags include author and publisher included key words. They also include other topic based metadata, some of which are automatically generated when references are loaded into Zotero. We are experimenting with the use of tags to support searching under a range of categories. We have listed the basic tag categories here to give you an idea about what could be used. You will find that there are many more tags in available.
Modality Categories
Forest Bathing / Shinrin-yoku
Green Prescriptions / Social Prescribing
Adventure Therapy / Wilderness Therapy
Community Gardening / Care Farming
Equine Assisted Therapy / Animal-Assisted Interventions
Education through Nature / Nature-based Learning
Physical Health Promotion
Environmental Restoration / Conservation Activities
Mental Health Interventions
Indigenous Healing Practices / Cultural Approaches
Policy, Advocacy, and Systems Change
Occupational Therapy-Specific Applications
Nature-based Mindfulness and Meditation
Play Therapy / Child-focused Nature Interventions
Ecotherapy / Eco-psychology Practices
Indoor Nature-based Interventions
Population Categories
Infants and Toddlers
Children
Adolescents / Youth
Adults
Older Adults
Families / Parenting Groups
Individuals with Mental Health Conditions
Individuals with Physical Health Conditions
Neurodivergent Populations
Individuals Experiencing Social Disadvantage / Isolation
Indigenous Populations
Professionals / Healthcare Workers
Veterans / Military Personnel
People with Disabilities
Community Groups / General Population
Populations at Risk of or Engaged with the Justice System
Workplaces / Employees
