Library guides: Evidence-Based Practice: Key resources

Key databases

Cochrane Library (Wiley)
Search for Systematic Reviews, Registers of Controlled Trials, Abstracts of Review of Effectiveness, and Clinical Answers
Joanna Briggs Institute (Ovid)
JBI provides a collaborative approach to the evaluation of nursing and health research. Resources include fulltext systematic reviews, the Best Evidence database of practice sheets for nursing, and other fulltext publications. The resource - RAPid (Rapid Appraisal Protocol Internet Database) - has been developed specifically for students of medicine, nursing, midwifery.
CINAHL Ultimate with full text (EBSCO)
Focuses on Nursing and Allied Health.
The previous EBSCOhost platform will be decommissioned on the 11th February, 2025.
MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO)
Provides authoritative information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and pre-clinical sciences.
The previous EBSCOhost platform will be decommissioned on the 11th February, 2025

Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
The Centre promotes evidence-based health care and provide support and resources to anyone who wants to make use of them. Includes the EBM Toolbox, an assortment of materials which are very useful for practitioners of EBM, and EBM Teaching Materials, including PowerPoint presentations.