Suggested Databases: These suggested databases are only available to Drexel University students, faculty, etc. For more information regarding priviledges at the Drexel University Libraries, clickhere.
ACP Journal Club The editors of ACP Journal Club screen the top clinical journals for studies that are both methodologically sound and clinically relevant. They write an enhanced abstract of the chosen articles and provide a commentary on the value of the article for clinical practice. See also ACP Online, below.
Cochrane Methodology Register Database Guide is a database of studies relevant to the methods of systematic reviews of healthcare and social interventions. The database includes journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, conference abstracts and reports of ongoing methodological research. The register aims to include all published reports of empirical methodological studies that could be relevant for inclusion in a Cochrane methodology review, along with comparative and descriptive studies relevant to the conduct of systematic reviews of healthcare interventions.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews includes the full text of the regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare prepared by The Cochrane Collaboration. Each issue of COCH contains new and updated reviews and protocols.
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE) is a Full Text database containing critical assessments of systematic reviews from a variety of medical journals. DARE is produced by the expert reviewers and information staff of the National Health Services' Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (NHS CRD) at the University of York, England, and consists of structured abstracts of systematic reviews from all over the world. DARE records cover topics such as diagnosis, prevention, rehabilitation, screening, and treatment. See also NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, below.
Health Technology Assessment is produced by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD), the Health Technology Assessment database brings together details on ongoing health technology assessments (studies of the medical, social, ethical, and economic implications of healthcare interventions). The abstracts in the database are descriptive rather than analytical and do not provide critical appraisals of the reports, as the reports have not been evaluated by reviewers from the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination.
MEDLINE (1996 - present) Includes Index Medicus, International Nursing Index, & Index to Dental Literature. Covers over 3500 journals in medicine, clinical science and allied health. Includes Health Sciences Libraries journal holdings information and links to full-text articles available through Journals@OVID.
NHS Economic Evaluation DatabaseThe NHS Economic Evaluation Database contains thousands of abstracts representing quality assessed economic evaluations. The database aims to assist decision-makers by systematically identifying and describing economic evaluations, appraising their quality and highlighting their relative strengths and weaknesses.
The goal of this website is to help develop, disseminate, and evaluate resources that can be used to practice and teach EBM for a variety of clinical disciplines. This site also serves as a support for the book entitled, "Evidence-based Medicine: How to practice and teach EBM" by David L. Sackett and colleagues.
Homepage for one of the leading worldwide centers for evidence-based medicine, contains articles about the philosophy and practice of EBM as well as some useful analytical tools.
An online textbook that covers the purposes of EBM, research methods, how to search relevant databases, how to use search results in answering patient-related questions, and how to evaluate clinical studies.
The Centres for Health Evidence's user guides are largely based on the Users Guides to Evidence-based Medicine developed by the Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group and published in JAMA.
AHRQ provides access to scientific evidence, recommendations on clinical preventive services, and information on how to implement recommended preventive services in clinical practice.
Searchable database of past ACP Journal Club articles. Only ACP Members can view full text reviews. Drexel University personnel have full access through Ovid's EBM Reviews feature.
Searchable database of POEMS (Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters) from the Journal of Family Practice. POEMS are summaries similar to ACPJC articles in methodology and format, targeted at family practitioners, but most summaries are very useful for internists. Requires a subscription.
A bi-monthly letter designed for physicians and pharmacist providing up to date, evidence based, practical information on drugs for problematic medical conditions. Therapeutics Letter is a publication of the Therapeutics Initiative project based at the University of British Columbia.
Contains the TRIP Database, a directory of medical links to high-quality sources of medical information on the web. Links to hundreds of other medical databases on the Web through a search engine, including those sites listed above. Search tips are listed on the search page, and click on "For more extensive search tips click here" at the bottom of the page for more advanced techniques.
A searchable collection of links to medical web sites from Emory University Health Sciences Center Library. Includes an alphabetic list of web pages and articles related to Evidence-Based Medicine.
