Reference and Research Resources: Searching

What's the difference?

Clinical/Evidence Based Medicine

• ​EBM Reviews: Cochrane Database, ACP Journal Club, DARE - Simultaneously search EBM Reviews databases.
• National Guideline Clearinghouse - Summaries of current clinical practice guidelines. Also available at www.guideline.gov

Drug Information

• Lexidrug
• ClinicalKey
• DynaMed
• Drug Information Portal
• Natural Medicines

Research Articles (Use links from the Library for full-text)

• MEDLINE
• PubMed

Use Limits to find Evidence-Based Medicine

• Limit search by year for current research.
• Limit to human for patient care.
• Limit by age group and male or female for specific patient (if appropriate)
• Limit by publication type for systematic research:

-Controlled Clinical Trial
-Meta Analysis
-Multicenter Study
-Practice Guideline
-Randomized Control Trial