Evidence-Based Databases
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Medline (PubMed)
PubMed is an Internet interface for MEDLINE. Using the 'filters' feature in PubMed, you can restrict retrieval to articles that are most likely to answer your clinical question.
- Clinical Trial
- Clinical Trial, Phase I
- Clinical Trial, Phase II
- Clinical Trial, Phase III
- Clinical Trial, Phase IV
- Consensus Development Conference
- Consensus Development Conference, NIH
- Guideline
- Meta-Analysis
- Practice Guidelines
- Randomized Controlled Trial
Cinahl
The Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health (CINAHL) provides authoritative coverage of the literature related to nursing and allied health. Evidence-based care sheets can also be found within the database. Cinahl is available through Ebsco.
Publication types for limiting searches to Evidence-Based retrieval in Cinahl:
- Clinical Trial
- Nursing Interventions
- Practice Guidelines
- Research
- Research Instrument
- Standards
- Systematic Review
Evidence-Based Links
American Family Physician
Top POEMs (Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters)
Evidence-Based Medicine Toolbox
This toolbox provides worksheets, pocket cards, and EBM calculators.
Evidence-Based Nursing
Evidence-Based Nursing is a quarterly journal designed to alert practicing nurses to important and clinically relevant advances in treatment, diagnosis, aetiology, and prognosis.
Evidence-Based Guidelines
American Pain Society
Association for Women's Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nursing (AWHONN)