PDAs & Software

Evidence-Based Nursing

Evidence-Based Nursing

• Evidence-Based Nursing - From the British Medical Journal; may require paid subscription; access to several full-text online articles available free

• Centre for Evidence Based Nursing (CEBN) - University of York, UK

• The Joanna Briggs Institute for Evidence Based Nursing - An international research collaboration based at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and Adelaide University in Australia

• Evidence-based Filters for Ovid CINAHL Searches - From the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature.; filters out articles that are based on valid and reliable scientific evidence (.pdf file - see link to the left for directions on how to access the link to the Adobe reader)

• Evidence Based Nursing - Excellent site from the University of Minnesota with basic information and resources on EBN.

• Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center (GNIRC) - From the University of Iowa College of Nursing

• German Center for Evidence Based Nursing - From Martin Luther University, Wittenberg, Germany

• Oncology Nursing Society - EBN page

Evidence-Based Medicine

• Centre for Evidence Based Medicine - UK - Repository for what is happening in EBM in the UK

• Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine - Canada - Tools for health professionals in Canada

• Centre for Evidence in Ethnicity, Health and Diversity (CEEHD)  - From the UK, identifies, assesses and disseminates research evidence in the multidisciplinary field of ethnicity and health.

• Clinical Epidemiology for Effective Clinical Practice - An excellent online tutorial with all the skills you need to critically appraise and evaluate clinical research;  from IntensiveCare.com

• Clinical Epidemiology & Evidence-Based Medicine Glossary - From the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine

• Cochrane Library - Bibliographic database on EBM

• Evidence Based Clinical Practice Tutorial - From Miner Library, University of Rochester Medical Center

• Evidence Based Medicine: Finding the Best Clinical Literature - From the University of Illinois at Chicago

• Evidence Based Medicine Toolkit - From the University of Alberta, multiple articles on EBM and the EBM process.

• Evidence-Based Medicine Resource Center - Articles and links, from the American College of Physicians, NY chapter

• Glossary of EBM Terms

• Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine - from the Duke University Medical Center Library and the Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• JAMA Users' Guides to the Medical Literature

• National Guidance Clearinghouse (NGC)- Multiple clinical guidelines produced by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research [AHCPR])

• NHS (UK) Research and Development Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine

• Student's Guide to the Medical Literature  - From the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; PDA downloadable version available

• SUNY Health Sciences Evidence Based Medicine Course

• TRIP database - Over 10,000 links to evidence-based practice guidelines

• Users' Guides to Evidence-based Practice - From the Canadian Centres for Health Evidence

• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force - Includes link to the 2nd edition of the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services