Finding the Best Evidence
Contents
- Instructions
- Objectives
- Steps needed to practice evidence-based medicine
- EBM Quality by Levels
- Searching primary literature
- Asking answerable questions
- Steps in the Search Process Outlined
- List the Important Concepts
- Create Search Strategy -- 1. List Important Alternate Terms for Each Concept
- Create Search Strategy -- 2. Remove Unnecessary Words and Surround Multi-Word Phrases with Qutoes
- Create Search Strategy -- 3. * Word Trunks With Multiple Useful Endings
- Create Search Strategy -- 4. Join Alternate Terms With OR
- Create Search Strategy -- 5. Enclose Alternate Terms in ()
- Create Search Strategy -- 6. Join Terms for Disparate Concepts With AND
- Searching Cochrane Library
- Cochrane Library -- Cochrane Reviews
- Cochrane Library -- Other Reviews
- Use Online Journal Finder to locate Full-text
- 2nd Cochrane Library Search
- Searching PubMed for Systematic Reviews
- Accessing Full-text From Within PubMed
- Searching PubMed for Recent RCTs
- Searching Critically-Appraised Topic Resources
- Searching Critically-Appraised Topic Resources-UpToDate
- Searching Critically-Appraised Topic Resources-Practice Guidelines
- Review & McGoogan Services
- Search Service & Mobile Resources
Display Help