ACP PIER (Phyicians Information and Education Resource) (Dal & AHKP)
Authoritative, evidence-based guidance for clinical care from the American College of Physicians. Includes AHFS drug information essentials
Best Practice (Dal only) - formerly BMJ PointofCare
Best Practice is the international edition of the product called BMJ PointofCare. It is a new clinical resource that is
designed specifically to deliver highly relevant diagnosis and treatment guidance at the immediate point of care.
Clinical Evidence (Dal only)
Assesses the evidence on therapeutic interventions (drugs, procedures,and devices) on a wide range of questions of interest to clinicians, patients,and hospitals. Read more about Clinical Evidence.
Cochrane Library (Dal only)
Full text systematic reviews and a large "controlled trials register". Regularly updated.
- Abstracts or Cochrane Library Systematic Reviews(Free)
DynaMed (Dal only)
DynaMed is a medical information database with nearly 3,000 clinical topic summaries.
Designed for use at the point-of-care, providing best available evidence and updated daily.
eMedicine (Free registration)
eMedicine is an authoritative point of care medical reference available to physicians and other healthcare professionals. The evidence-based content, updated regularly and provides the latest practice guidelines in 59 medical specialties. Read more about eMedicine.
Evidence Updates from BMJ (free)
Evidence Updates, a free clinical information service from the BMJ Publishing Group and McMaster University, provides evidence-based alerts, summaries of key articles and a database of links to current best evidence from research. To register for bmjupdates+, please visit: http://www.bmjupdates.com and click on 'Register here'.
Nursing Reference Center (Dal only)
Offers nurses, nurse administrators and nursing students the best and most recent clinical evidence and reference information. There are tabs for "Diseases and Conditions", "Skills & Procedures", "Drug Information", "Patient Education", "Practice Resources" and "Continuing Education".
First Consult (Dal only) NEW!
First Consult is a Web-based clinical decision support resource that offers
evidence-based medical information on treatments, diagnoses and procedures.
PubMed (Medline)
Use the "Clinical Queries" option on the left side bar to filter your subject search for the best evidence. See PubMed's Table for Clinical Queries using Research Methodology Filters .
Embase (Dal only)
See the EBM filters under "Advanced Search", and click on "More limits".
University of York Centre for Reviews and Disseminiation
- DARE (Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness)
- Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Database
- NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED)
Campbell Library
Systematic reviews of social, behavioral and educational interventions.
Cancer.Gov
For cancer questions, this website from the National Cancer Institute offers recent and authoritative syntheses of the latest evidence for both health professionals and patients.
EPPI Centre
The Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre conducts systematic reviews of research evidence across a range of topics. Major areas include: Education, Health Promotion, Employment, Social care, and Crime and Justice. Click on their "Evidence Library".
Essential Evidence PLUS (formerly called InfoPOEMs) (Subscription required)
(Patient-oriented evidence that matters) (PDA version available)
EviDents Evidence-Based Dentistry Search Engine
(EviDents is a collaboration between EviDents.com, SumSearch, The Forsyth Institute, and the Center for Evidence-Based Dentistry.)
health-evidence.ca
A searchable registry of systematic reviews relevant to public health and health promotion. The intent of the registry is to promote evidence-based public health decision-making.
Oxford Pain Internet Site
Systematic reviews with pain as an outcome.
OT Seeker
A database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy.
PEDro: The Physiotherapy Evidence Database
Access to bibliographic details and abstracts of randomised controlled trials in physiotherapy.
Rehab Trials
SUMSearch
Search several key databases simultaneously, such as PubMed (Medline), Database of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE), Merck Manual, NIH Guidelines Clearinghouse, etc. to retrieve the best evidence on a given topic.
TRIP Database
Searches Evidence-Based Records; Clinical Guidelines; Clinical Questions & Answers eTextbook Articles; Medical Images; Patient Information Leaflets & over 13 million Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Therapeutics Initiative
Established in 1994 by the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics in cooperation with the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia to provide physicians and pharmacists with up to date, evidence based, practical information on rational drug therapy.
What Works Clearinghouse
The WWC collects, screens, and identifies studies of effectiveness of educational interventions (programs, products, practices, and policies). U.S. Dept. of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. |