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The latest kid on the block is SUMSEARCH
at http://SUMSearch.uthscsa.edu
which is a free tool to allow to search the biomedical literature -
the results are sorted for you so you choose from general info ( like the
merck manual) , systematic reviews or original research. Other useful
sites include:
Bandolier
Medline
PubMed
TRIP
Database
collates ebm resources
Evidence-Based
Medicine
Journal
Club on the Web
InfoRetriever
for Windows 95-98-NT
Internet
Grateful Med V2.6.3
Cochrane Reviews - Abstracts
Journal
of Family Practice POEMs Index
NHS
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination |
An
Introduction to Information Mastery
Centre
for Evidence-Based Medicine
Centres for
Health Evidence
Cochrane
Library Training Program and Materials
EBM
Bibliography - Italian Group
EBM
Glossary
McMaster
University - Health Information Research Unit
Netting
the Evidence A ScHARR Introduction
NICE
- National Institute for Clinical Excellence
The
EBM Toolbox
User
Guides to the Medical Literature (JAMA)
User's
Guides to Evidence-Based Practice |
Critically appraised topics |
Clinical guidelines |
CAT
Bank: cebm - Oxford
CAT
Index - Univ. of North Carolina
CAT
Listing - Univ. of Rochester
Critical
Appraisal Index - Canadian Family Physician
NICE
- National Institute for Clinical Excellence - Appraisals
Pediatric
CATs - University of Washington
Pediatric
EBM - Univ. of Michigan
Search
the CATbank and NNTs
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AAFP
Clinical Policy Review Form
ACC/AHA
Guidelines for the Management of Acute MI
Agency for
Health Care Policy and Research
AHCPR
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Measuring
Health Care Quality - Diabetes
Measuring
Health Care Quality - Health Risk Behaviors Among Adults
Measuring
Health Care Quality - Low Back Pain
Measuring
Health Care Quality - Major Depression
National
Guideline Clearinghouse
National
Institutes of Health
NLM -
Health Services/Technology Assessment Text
USPSTF
- Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2nd Ed
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Tools |
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BirthPlan.com
Body
Mass Index Calculator
Clinical
Significance Calculator
NNT
calculators and EBM tools
Pediatric
Medical Calculators
The
EBM Toolbox
The
Medical Algorithms Project |
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More
information and described links for searching
the literature: |
The Internet
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General
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RES&WCE
(Retrieving Evidence in South and West for Clinical
Effectiveness) A training package on searching for evidence,
for use by librarians.
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A
Guide to Sources of Evidence
A guide to some of the publications, databases, web
resources and organisations that may be useful in helping
you to locate evidence-based health care information.
Compiled by librarians in the Health Libraries and
Information Network (HeLIN) in the Anglia & Oxford
Region and the CASP team.
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The
Cochrane Library
An electronic publication designed to supply high quality
evidence to inform people providing and receiving care, and
those responsible for research, teaching, funding and
administration at all levels. Training
Materials - Downloads for training in the use of the
Cochrane Library including self teaching guides, handouts
and teaching packs.
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The
Cochrane Manual
Available on line or as a downloadable Word file.
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Strategies
for Searching Health Literature.
From Canadian Centres For Health Evidence.
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OMNI
Organising Medical Networked Information. A gateway to high
quality biomedical Internet resources.
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ADEPT
( Applying Diagnosis, (a)Etiology, Prognosis &
Therapy methodological filters to retrieving the evidence )
ScHARR's online course in EBM Literature Searching.
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Literature
Searching
Exercises and guides from ScHARR.
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Information
Retrieval Skills for Medicine
From Leicester University. The aim of this tutorial is to
equip you with an understanding of the nature of biomedical
literature and the skills required to retrieve information.
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Guide
to Searching MEDLINE-HealthSTAR on the World Wide Web
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Searching
HealthSTAR
An introduction to HealthSTAR from Indiana University
School of Medicine.
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HealthSTAR
IGM Search
The HealthSTAR bibliographic database provides access to the
published literature of Health Services Technology,
Administration, and Research, produced cooperatively by the
National Library of Medicine and the American Hospital
Association. The database contains citations, with abstracts
where available, to journal articles, monographs, technical
reports, meeting abstracts and papers, book chapters,
government documents and newspaper articles from 1975 to the
present.
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