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Find Resources: EBM Databases
Formulating the Search
Asking the Right Questions: an excellent tutorial from the University of North Carolina
By Subscription Only
Included within USP's Ovid and available on and off campus.
ACP Journal Club
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE)
Cochrane Central Registry of Clinical Trials
Free Sources on the Internet
BMJ Articles by Greenhalgh
Use the "Clinical Queries" feature on the left-hand menu to select either studies with good methodology OR systematic reviews.
Compiled by a government agency; guidelines included must meet certain criteria.
Produced by the University of Texas Health Sciences center at San Antonio. Better
than its clunky interface indicates. It provides guided searching to Medline
as well as metasearching on the Internet to websites with reliable information.
Jointly done by the University of Sydney Physiotherapy Department and the Australian
Physiotherapy Association and partially funded by the Australian Motor Accidents
Authority. It attempts to include all systematic reviews and randomized controlled
trials that are of use to practice in physical therapy. A model for other health
professions.
Abstracts can be searched without a subscription.
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE)
Critical analyses of systematic reviews.
Other Collections of Evidence
Therapeutic recommendations based on evidence. Prepared by BMJ. Not available at USP.
7000 topics available. Not available at USP. Very high institutional rates.
