Research Guides: Physician Assistants: Databases

Point-of-Care

Point-of-Care Databases

The following databases provides healthcare professionals brief informative point-of-care information based on evidence based medicine.

Drug Information

Best Places to Start

Where to Begin Your Research:

Journals

Levels of Evidence Pyramid

Levels of Evidence Pyramid created by Andy Puro, September 2014

Practice Guidelines

Review the definition and examples of practice guidelines.

PubMed
Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine provides access to practice guidelines. Use the filters and select "practice guidelines" to refine your search.
MEDLINE
Produced by the National Medical Library provides access to practice guidelines. Use the "Limits" tools and select practice guidelines to refine your search

Systematic Review Databases

To learn more about what a systematic review is, please visit Himmelfarb's Study Design 101 Tutorial.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Campbell Collaboration Library of Systematic Reviews
Systematic reviews in the areas of education, criminal justice and social welfare.
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE)
MEDLINE (Refine to Systematic Reviews)
MEDLINE allows you to search systematic reviews and meta-analysis. Run a search and click "Limits" to refine your search to systematic reviews.
PubMED (Refine to Systematic Reviews)
PubMed allows you to refine your search to only systematic reviews or meta-analysis. Run your search and select "Limits" to refine your results to only systematic reviews.

Tip: Himmelfarb Library created quick links. Run your search and select "Systematic Reviews".