Copies are kept in the BMA Library for loan. The Cochrane Library was launched in 1995. The Cochrane Library CDRom is kept at the Enquiry Desk for use at the public terminals. The Cochrane Library has unique information. Medline has not provided adequate facilities to search for EBM papers until relatively recently.
Searchers can now use randomised controlled trials and evidence-based medicine subject headings.
The BMA public terminals have two filters which can be used to limit results to either randomised controlled trials or systematic reviews. Remote users of the Free Medline Service can also use these filters. It produces the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.