Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, Medline is widely acknowledged as the premier source of bibliographic and abstract coverage of biomedical literature, restricted versions of Medline are available on the internet for free, but this subscription includes the full database. These databases allow direct access to the full text of core nursing journals. Every word of the text is searchable and hypertext features allow users to move immediately to a selected section from an outline of the complete article. The Cochrane Collaboration is an international network of individuals committed to preparing, maintaining and disseminating systematic reviews of the effectrs of health care. Protocols - protocols for reviews currently being prepared.
Protocols are the background, objectives and methods of reviews in preparation.
Best Evidence 1991 to Present Best evidence is a current and authoritative source of information about important changes in medical knowledge that clinicians can quickly understand and apply to their practice. It consists of ACP Journal Club , a publication of the American College of Physicians, and Evidence Based Medicine , a joint publication with the British Medical Journal Group. The Editors screen the top clinical journals to identify studies that are both methodologically sound and clinically relevant, and then construct an enhanced abstract and a commentary on the value of the article for clinical practice. Other databases will provide information relevant to this subject area and are worth exploring. Click on the links for detailed descriptions.