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EBP Databases & Resources

Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine
Created by the Duke University Medical Center Library and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library..
Evidence-Based Medicine Course (SUNY)
Developed as part of SUNY's Health Sciences Evidence-Based Medicine Course.
Evidence-Based Nursing
Tutorial, specifically geared to nurses, developed by Penn State.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews This link opens in a new window Contains full text articles, including protocols focusing on the effects of healthcare. Data is evidence-based medicine (EBM) and is often combined statistically (with meta-analysis) to increase the power of the findings of numerous studies, each too small to produce reliable results individually.
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Medline Systematic Reviews (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Enter your search terms to identify Systematic Reviews to this pre-limited search strategy.
PubMed Clinical Queries This link opens in a new window PubMed Clinical Queries provides a search "hedge" to find the evidence! Check the results under "Clinical Study Category"

Natural Medicines This link opens in a new window High quality, evidence-based information on dietary supplements (including herbs, vitamins, and minerals), functional foods, diets, complementary practices, exercises, and medical conditions.
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Nursing Reference CenterPLUS This link opens in a new window Nursing Reference Center PLUS is the top tier of this exceptional evidence-based information resource, designed specifically for nurses. NRC+ enables nurses to answers to questions quickly, strengthen their clinical--and non-clinical--skills, consult an extensive video collection, earn CE credit, and locate subject-specific full-text journal articles and skill summaries.
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UpToDate (LGH and PA Colleges campuses only) This link opens in a new window UpToDate is a clinical decision support system. It uses current evidence and expert opinion to answer clinical questions at the point of care. This saves clinicians time, improves outcomes and lowers health care costs. Due to licensing restrictions, this tool is only available to users at an LGH or PA College campus location.
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