LibGuides: Evidence Based Practice: Databases to Search

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ACCESSSS - For Federated Searching of Evidence Based Resources

A federated search engine searches across all levels of evidence simultaneously. ACCESSSS was developed by McMaster University. The results of your search for evidenced based literature are linked to available MCW Libraries resources. To use ACCESSSS, create an account on the web site. Identify Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries as your “PubMed Outside Tool” and “resource portal” preference. Then login in to search ACCESSSS.

Journals with an EBP Focus

Evidence-Based Nursing
Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing
Published by The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, takes a global approach in its presentation of research, policy and practice, education and management.

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Filtered Information

▲ Systematic Reviews & Guidelines

Cochrane Library A collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about Cochrane groups.
Ovid MEDLINE Search journal citations and abstracts for biomedical literature. Includes links to MCW Libraries' journal subscriptions.
PubMed LinkOut Compriseds more than 38 million citations for biomedicatl literature from Medline, life sciences journals, and online books. Includes links to MCW Libraries' journal subscriptions.
See our PubMed LibGuide for helpful information.
PubMed Clinical Queries The PubMed Clinical Queries Page is designed to filter one search by three clinical research areas: Clinical Study Categories, Systematic Reviews, and Medical Genetics.

▲ Critically-Appraised Topics

Evaluate and synthesize multiple research studies.

UpToDate Clinical information resource designed to provide health care professionals concise, practical answers needed at the point of care.
Mobile App Installation Instructions
1. Go to UpToDate and click Log In in the top left corner on your tablet, or Log In / Register in the top right corner on your computer.
2. Once you have your account created, download the UpToDate app on your mobile device. Links to the app can be found here.
3. Install the app and sign in using the username and password you created.
*If you already have an UpToDate account, you do NOT need to create another. Users may want to update their e-mail or username by logging in and changing them (e.g., jdoe@mcw.edu) in the Contact Information or User Name and Password section.
Essential Evidence Plus Clinical decision support system includes 13,000+ topics, guidelines, tools, and images covering common conditions, diseases, and procedures clinicians encounter daily. Every recommendation includes strength-of-evidence rating. Access POEMs (Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters) Research Summaries and set up email alerts by registering for a MySTAT!Ref account.
Mobile App Installation Instructions
1. On a computer or tablet, create an account in STAT!Ref. View directions (PDF) for creating an account.
2. Once you have a username and password, you can download the STAT!Ref Mobile app on your mobile device from the App Store, Google Play, or Amazon.
3. Launch the STAT!Ref app from your device and sign in using the username and password you created.
4. Link to further instructions: http://www.statref.com/products/srMobile.html

▲ Critically-Appraised Articles

Evaluate and synthesize individual research studies.

ACP Journal Club Summarizes the best new evidence for internal medicine from 120+ clinical journals. Published as a monthly feature in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Unfiltered Information

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Literature databases for RCTs, cohort studies, case-controlled studies, case series, etc.)

Ovid MEDLINE Search journal citations and abstracts for biomedical literature. Includes links to MCW Libraries' journal subscriptions.
PubMed LinkOut Compriseds more than 38 million citations for biomedicatl literature from Medline, life sciences journals, and online books. Includes links to MCW Libraries' journal subscriptions.
See our PubMed LibGuide for helpful information.
CINAHL The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature database provides full-text access to top nursing journals, evidence-based care sheets, quick lessons and more.
PubMed Clinical Queries The PubMed Clinical Queries Page is designed to filter one search by three clinical research areas: Clinical Study Categories, Systematic Reviews, and Medical Genetics.
Scopus Citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Covers the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities from 5,000+ international publishers.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Provided by BadgerLink, this database provides 350+ scholarly full-text journals focusing on medical disciplines and also features abstracts and indexing for over 830+ journals.
PsycINFO Contains citations to journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations in the field of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, pharmacology, physiology, and social sciences. Journal coverage spans 1806-present.
BadgerLink Links to EBSCO databases of magazines, journals, newspapers, and other reference resources are provided as a service of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
Academic Search Premier Multi-disciplinary database covering information in nearly every area of academic study. Contains full text versions of thousands of publications, including academic titles, popular magazines, newspapers, and video.
Business Source Premier Find full-text scholarly business journals, covering all disciplines in business and economics, including full-text peer-reviewed business publications on accounting, economics, econometrics, finance, marketing, and supply chain management.
Web of Science Subscription includes Science Citation Index Expanded (1998-present). Indexes 8,500+ of the world's leading scientific and technical journals across 150 disciplines. Provides cited reference searching and “Times Cited” data.
ScienceDirect Find citations to articles and book chapters in the fields of physical sciences, engineering, life sciences, health sciences, social sciences and humanities. Full text available for licensed content.
NCBI Genome Databases Access numerous sequence databases including Nucleotide, Protein, Genome, Structure, and SNP. The remaining databases are Taxonomy, Gene, UniGene, HomoloGene, Conserved Domains, and Probe. Links to the Human Genome, Map Viewer, and BLAST are on the toolbar.
View a video on NCBI's Molecular Databases, produced by the MCW Libraries.

Background Information & Expert Opinion

▲ Background Information/ Textbooks

Evidence in these resources may vary from expert opinion to high levels of evidence.

AccessEmergency Medicine Provides quick diagnosis and treatment ranging from neurologic and orthopedic emergencies, to poisoning and trauma. View books, procedures, videos, image library, drug database, board review resources and more.
AccessMedicine Access more than medical books, thousands of images and illustrations, videos, interactive self-assessment, cases, drug information, and time-saving diagnostic and point-of-care tools.
Mobile App Installation Instructions
1. Sign up for a MyAccess account in AccessMedicine.
  Please note - To maintain your free app, you will need to log in to your MyAccess account once every 90 days from a computer connected to the MCW, CHW, or Froedtert network, or through OpenAthens.
2. Download the AccessMedicine app on to your mobile device.
3. Launch the AccessMedicine app from your device and sign in using the username and password you created.
AccessPediatrics Content covers pediatric practice, from neonatology through adolescent medicine. View books, procedures, videos, image library, drug database, board review resources and more.
AccessSurgery Comprehensive resource for surgery education that provides textbooks, videos, animations, a differential diagnosis tool, interactive board review, and more.
Books@Ovid Includes electronic versions of important and trusted reference textbooks from a variety of medical and health science disciplines.
ClinicalKey Featuring topic pages, books, journals, medical and procedural videos, millions of images, content from First Consult, and much more. Account registration required for access to book PDFs, Presentation Maker, and other features.
Mobile App Installation Instructions:
1. Create an account in ClinicalKey. You must create your account on a computer or tablet connected to the MCW network either on campus or off campus while logged into OpenAthens. Click Register in the top, right corner of the screen and fill out the form.
  1. Use your affiliated institutional email address (MCW, Froedtert, or CHW) to create your account.
  2. Activate your account through a confirmation email.
  3. Apply for Self-Managed Remote Access to view all subscribed content when off campus. See the ClinicalKey Information/FAQs guide for instructions.
2. Once you have a username and password, you can download the ClinicalKey Mobile App on your mobile device from the App Store or Google Play.
3. Launch the ClinicalKey app from your device and sign in using the username and password you created.
Please note - To maintain your free app, you will need to log in to the ClinicalKey website with your account every 180 days.
Colloquium Digital Library of Life Sciences Portico now hosts the content from 13 ebook series in the Colloquium Digital Library of the Life Sciences, published by Morgan & Claypool. These titles presented introductory overviews of important research areas in the biomedical and life sciences, authored by leading experts in each field.
Ebook Central Growing multidisciplinary e-book collection from leading academic publishers. Click on the Sign In or Bookshelf tabs and use your off-campus access login credentials to access your Ebook Central bookshelf account and special features.
See ProQuest Ebook Central LibGuide for more information.
LWW Health Library Access basic science, physical examination, epidemiology, ethics and review titles plus images, multimedia, cases, and interactive question banks. Some of the supplementary content (e.g., audio heart sounds) is Flash-based, and not compatible with Apple mobile devices.
Red Book Provides clinically useful information on the manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of 200+ childhood infectious diseases.
Thieme Clinical Collection Includes titles from medical specialties such as internal medicine, neurosurgery, orthopedics, otolaryngology, and radiology. MCW Libraries provides access to the 2010 collection.
STAT!Ref Contains the full-text of primary care, nursing, and health science writing texts. Also includes Stedman's Medical Dictionary, Evidence Alerts, EBMcalc, Current Procedure Codes with RVUs, ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, and ICD Code Conversion Tools.
Mobile App Installation Instructions
1. On a computer or tablet, create an account in STAT!Ref. View directions (PDF) for creating an account.
2. Once you have a username and password, you can download the STAT!Ref Mobile app on your mobile device from the App Store, Google Play, or Amazon.
3. Launch the STAT!Ref app from your device and sign in using the username and password you created.
4. Link to further instructions: http://www.statref.com/products/srMobile.html

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