Evidence Based Learning Links
- Databases
- Subject gateways
- Journals and publications
- Guidelines
- Organisations
- Statistics
- Search filters
Databases
- National Library for Health (NLH)
- Aimed primarily at NHS staff the NeLH provides links to virtual branch libraries and professional portals. Provides free access to numerous health databases including the Cochrane Library for all NHS staff in England and Wales.
- National electronic Library for Health - Emergency Care
- One of 17 specialist libraries providing resources on specific topics. The Emergency Care Library aims to provide high quality information for professionals in the field on all aspects of emergency healthcare.
- St George's, University of London - Primary Care Electronic Library (PCEL)
- The Primary Care Electronic Library has indexed and classified over one thousand internet sites relevant to primary care. Each site has been quality assessed by the community health sciences team.
- TRIP (Turning Research into Practice)
- A single search interface searching over 100 datasets relevant to EBM from around the world, including peer-reviewed journals, guidelines and medical images.
Medline
- PubMed
- Free access to Medline provided by the National Library of Medicine.
- Medline Dialog Datastar via the NeLH
- Free access to MEDLINE and other healthcare databases (CINAHL, EMBASE, PsychInfo, AMED, BNI, DH-Data and King's Fund) for all NHS staff in England and Wales. Registration is required.
Subject Gateways
- NMAP (Nursing, Midwifery and the Allied health Professions)
- Part of the BIOME gateway, NMAP provides access to over 1200 evaluated Nursing, Midwifery and the Allied health Professions Internet resources.
- OMNI (Organising Medical Networked Information)
- Part of the BIOME gateway, OMNI provides access to over 5900 evaluated quality UK and international health and medical resources on the Internet.
Guidlines
Journals and Publications
- ACP journal
- Published bi-monthly by the American College of Physicians the ACP journal reviews over 100 journals. Aims to keep practitioners up-to-date with medical research. Research-based articles are selected according to methodologic rigor and clinical relevance and summarized by clinical experts.
- Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Archives is published monthly and focuses on 'all aspects of child health and disease from the perinatal period (in the Fetal and Neonatal edition) through to adolescence'.
- BMJ Bookshop Online
- Online medical bookshop of the British Medical Association (BMA).
- EMJ
- Published monthly the Emergency Medicine Journal (formerly the Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine) focuses on developments and advances within the field of emergency medicine, representing all specialities involved in emergency care.
Organisations
- Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, Oxford
- Provides access to Critically Appraised Topics (CATs).
- Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester Royal Infirmary
- BestBETs were first developed in the Emergency Department of Manchester Royal Infirmary.
Statistics
- BMJ How to read a paper series
- Written by Dr Trisha Greenhalgh the online version of her book covers important topics including searching the literature, statistics for non-statisticians and how to read papers on therapy, diagnosis, reviews, guidelines, economic analysis and qualitative research.
- Statistics glossary
- Hosted by the Lancaster University the glossary provides concise definitions of statistical terminology
Search Filters
- CASPfew filters
- CASPfew includes a list of both tested and untested methodological search filters for use in Medline, Cinahl, Embase and PsychInfo (OVID and SilverPlatter versions available). Filters can be downloaded from this site.
Further information on methodological search filters and BestBET subject filters can be found on the BETs search strategies page.