Tips to keep in mind when searching Medline.

This is an online resource contains Critically Appraised Topics (CAT). from a variety of CAT libraries such as the Emergency Department, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK (BestBETs), Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, Oxford (CATBank), Evidence-Based Journal Club Review, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PedsCCM), Department of Pediatric, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor (UMHS), and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - UNC-CH.  Search CAT Crawler.

Topics are arranged by general topics such as renal, pulmonary, dermatiology, etc.

BETs (Best Evidence Topics) were developed in the Emergency Department of Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK, to provide rapid evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, using a systematic approach to reviewing the literature. BETs take into account the shortcomings of much current evidence, allowing physicians to make the best of what there is.

Provides access to evidence-based publications in an easy-to-use format with access to full-text articles, medical images, patient leaflets, guidelines, e-textbooks, and more.  You are allowed 3 free searches before you are asked to subscribed to TRIP.

Developed by the University of Texas Health Science Center, this search engine simultaneously searches multiple web sites and collates the results on one page. The majority of the links provided by SUMSearch come from three Internet sites - the National Library of Medicine (NLM), DARE, and the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC).

Full-text evidence-based medicine databases

Cochrane Library - The Cochrane Library consists of a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medicine databases. Look at:

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - Reflects the current practice in medicine to base clinical decisions on accumulated evidence from the primary medical literature. Includes the full text of the regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare prepared by The Cochrane Collaboration.

Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CCTR) - CCTR is a bibliographic database of definitive controlled trials. These controlled trials have been identified by the distinguished contributors to the Cochrane Collaboration.

Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE) - A full text database containing critical assessments of systematic reviews from a variety of medical journals.

ACP Journal Club - Contains full-text evidence-based article reviews from two journals, ACP Journal Club and Evidence-Based Medicine, with enhanced abstracts and expert commentaries to both methodologically sound and clinically relevant articles from top journals.

UpToDate - A practical clinical reference providing instant access to thousands of original topic reviews written by a recognized faculty of experts who each address a specific clinical issue and provide detailed recommendations. (ONLY accessible from UPHS and School of Medicine locations, NO remote access)