Library guides: Evidence-Based Practice: Unfiltered Resources

Unfiltered resources

Unfiltered or primary sources provide evidence concerning a topic under investigation. Primary resources are generally articles that appear in peer-reviewed journals and are found primarily by searching databases.

What kinds of studies are relevant?

Clinical Trials
Randomized Control Trials
Multicentre Studies
Epidemiology Studies
Prospective Studies
Retrospective Studies
Cohort Studies
Case Control Studies

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Search Tip: to limit a search to unfiltered sources, try adding a search line limited to the Title field > study OR trial

Non-library databases

speechBITE
A database that provides open access to a catalogue of Best Interventions and Treatment Efficacy across the scope of Speech Pathology practice. This is an evidence based practice initiative between The University of Sydney and Speech Pathology Australia.

PubMed
Do your search and then click on Additional filters. Evidence based material can be retrieved by ticking relevant boxes under Article Type (different phases of clinical trials, meta-analyses etc) or under Subject tick 'Systematic reviews'.
PICO search:
If you are interested only in clinical trials, you can also click on Clinical Queries under the 'Find' heading on the homepage.
Web of Science - all databases
International multidisciplinary index to the literature of the social, behavioral, and related sciences. Some of the research areas included that are relevant to health science researchers are: family studies, geriatrics & gerontology, health care sciences & services, linguistics, legal medicine, nursing, psychiatry, psychology, public environmental & occupational health, rehabilitation, biomedical social issues, substance abuse, and women's studies.
Scopus
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources. Includes the EMBASE data. Updated daily.