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( Applying Diagnosis, (a)Etiology, Prognosis & Therapy methodological filters to retrieving the evidence ) ScHARR's online course in EBM Literature Searching.
CCT is a searchable metaregister of controlled trials. Contains records from the Canadian HIV Trials Network(CTN), Medical Editors Trials Amnesty(META), the MRC, NRR, Schering HealthCare Limited, and UK Co-ordinating Committee for Cancer Reseach. The service is free but requires registration.
From Leicester University. Tutorials that equip you with an understanding of the nature of biomedical literature and the skills required to retrieve information.
The Lincolnshire Research Observatory (LRO) is a partnership of local and regional organisations, with the aim of sharing and improving access to quality information on Lincolnshire. The LRO Website acts as the front end of the LRO partnership, providing electronic and interactive access to data and information on key socio-economic issues. Users can gather and present data using a variety of techniques, and can benefit from a selection of reports, analysis and further information provided by a range of local and regional agencies.
Exercises and guides from ScHARR.
This includes a lot of information including the latest Jarman and Townsend scores and other guidance and documentation.
The portfolio is a register of ongoing clinical research projects across the UK.
The CRD is based at the University of York. Reviews cover effectiveness of care for conditions, effectiveness of health technologies and evidence on economic effectiveness. Contains three searchable databases, DARE, NHSEED (NHS Economic Evaluation Database of healthcare interventions), and HTA (Health Technology Assessment). It also lists publications and projects by INHTA and other HTA organisations.
Formerly known as OMNI, Intute Health and Life Sciences is based at the University of Nottingham. It contains quality reviewed internet resources.
The Pharma Lexicon website gives free access to the world's largest online database of medical, nursing, pharmaceutical, and biotech abbreviations - over 70,000.
A source of clinical knowledge about the common conditions generally managed in primary and first contact care, which has been designed to be used by healthcare professionals together with patients.
This is a social science gateway on the internet produced by the Universities of Birmingham and Bristol and can be searched according to subject for websites of interest, e.g. psychology, statistics, education etc.
An collection of electronic databases designed to supply high quality evidence such as clinical trials and systematic reviews, to inform people providing and receiving care, and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels.
Available on line or (soon) as a downloadable Word file.
The TRIP Database searches over 75 sites of high-quality medical information, and gives direct, hyperlinked access to the largest collection of 'evidence-based' material on the web as well as articles from premier on-line journals such as the BMJ, JAMA, NEJM etc.
From Canadian Centres For Health Evidence.
Available in pdf and Word format.
Guides from Duke University.
This guide from Duke University is designed to show you step-by-step the basic components of a MEDLINE database search using the Ovid Web Gateway.
A tutorial from the Thomas Jefferson University.
from the University of Alberta.
The Online Netskills Interactive Course. Courses of instruction on using the Internet. Free, but registration is required.
Materials from ScHARR including exercises and guides to finding evidence on the internet
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