HPD Library Pathfinders : Evidence-Based Medicine
PURPOSE: This guide is designed to aid the beginning student of medicine, nursing, or allied-health in finding online and print resources in the HPD Library. It is not meant to be comprehensive. To find these and other resources, always start at the HPD Library homepage. www.nova.edu/hpdlibrary.
PRINT MATERIALS
Books on EBM are classified according to medical specialty. Some books on the theory and practice of EBM can be found in the WB 102 section of the library. For works on EBM in specific specialties look in Novacat, NSU’s online catalog of all electronic, print, and other materials. Circulating books are shelved on the north-west side of the library (can be checked out for four weeks), reference books in front on low shelves (library use only), and reserve books behind the circulation desk (can be used for three hours in the library). Study rooms can be occupied for three hours, both in the library and Assembly II Building.
TUTORIALS on EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE
AAC Evidence-Based Clinical Practice: a Model for Success.
Step-by-Step description of how to implement EBM methodology.
Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine. An excellent tutorial for
beginners developed by Connie Schardt at Duke University Medical
Center Library and Jill Mayer at UNC Chapel Hill Health Science Library.
What is EBM? Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. University Health Network.
Under the auspices of the University of Toronto.
Clear and concise answers to key questions about EBM.
What is Evidence-Based Medicine and Why Should It Be Practiced?
Centre for Health Evidence. Victor Montori and Gordon Guyatt’s thorough treatment
of the subject with charts, examples, and detailed instructions.
RESEARCH DATABASES
Most of the databases listed here can be accessed through the Quick Links
listing on the HPD Library homepage. Please look through all of the sections. www.nova.edu/hpdlibrary
Links for those not in the Nova collection have been provided.
BMJ Publishing Group. Contains a number of links to EBM sites, including
Best Treatments and Safer Health Care. The database “focuses on
patient-oriented outcomes.”
CINAHL. Includes a large number of evidence-based “Care Sheets.”
Clinical Evidence. Clinical literature on 200 + topics provided with best
evidence available.
Cochrane Library. Made up of Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
(CDSR); Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE);
Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (CCTR).
PEDro. Evidence-based physiotherapy. Invaluable site for clinical
guidelines on all facets of rehabilitation.
PUBMED/MEDLINE. To access EBM materials use the limiters
“Systematic Reviews” and “Medical Genetics Searches”.
TRIP Database. "The aims of the Trip Database have remained the same since 1997 - to allow health professionals to easily find the highest-quality material available on the web - to support evidence based practice."
ONLINE FULL TEXT JOURNALS
To locate all of the available full-text journals connected with EBM go to the following link:
Evidence-Based Online Journals and go through the authentication process.
MISC. ONLINE RESOURCES
Health Utilities Index. Health status measurement system.
UpToDate. Online medical textbook /database on key clinical issues. It now includes a grading system that evaluates medical literature according to evidence-based research practices.
USEFUL ONLINE RESOURCES
For other valuable online resources go to:
Best Bets – Best Evidence Topics. “Contains clinical answers to clinical questions on the basis of best evidence from
searched literature.”
Centerwatch Clinical Trials Listing Service. A list of clinical trials on all medical conditions. International in scope.
http://cebm.jr2.ox.ac.uk/ ">Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. At Oxford in the U.K. Promotes Evidence-Based health care and provides links to EBM resources.
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD). University of York, U.K. Reviews and disseminates the results
of interventions in and research on health and social care to decision makers in the British National Health Service.
Core Library for Evidence Based Practice. “A virtual library that links to full text documents on all aspects of EBM.”
http://www.shef.aclul/~scharr/ir/core.html
Medscape. Practical Evidence-Based Internet Resources. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/459685_print
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTES and AGENCIES
ClinicalTrials.gov. “Regularly updated information about privately and federally supported clinical research on human volunteers.” A service of the U.S. Institutes of Health.
National Guideline Clearinghouse. “Comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical guidelines. Produced by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) together with the AMA.”
NCI Cancer Trials. National Cancer Institute’s reports on cancer clinical trials.
OTHER PATHFINDERS with ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED LINKS
Columbia University Health Sciences Library. Exhaustive list of EBM resources on and offline.
Duke University Medical Center Library Online. Well organized resources for learning and using EBM.
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. The University of Iowa Libraries. Practical guide to EBM resources.
WelchWeb: Evidence Based Medicine. Excellent guide to EBM resources online.
TUTORIALS for NSU DATABASES
HPD produced tutorials:
Tutorials developed by the Alvin Sherman Library:
EBSCOhost tutorials and knowledge base
Ovid Technologies, Inc. tutorials.
October, 2007
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