Library: Doctoral & Masters Nursing Programs: Evidence Based Practice

Core Resources

Cochrane Reviews (Evidence)
Best developed, most comprehensive reviews - Nursing is one of the 12 fields covered. Summaries and lengthy abstracts can be accessed free. Request full reviews via Inter-Library Loan.
JBI Database of Systematic Reviews & Implementation Reports
2012 - present, Refereed journal of reviews following JBI methodology..

Trip (Turning Research into Practice)
Search engine for all of the higher quality types of evidence (as shown in Pyramid).
Bookshelf
Specializes in books and documents in life science and healthcare.There is also systematic review content.

JBI Library of Systematic Reviews
Older (2003-2012) Refereed journal of reviews following JBI methodology.

AHRQ EPC Evidence-Based Reports
By the Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPC) Program of the Agency for Health Research Quality (AHRQ).
Alliance for the Implementation of Clinical Practice Guidelines
A comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents. Includes the National Guideline Clearinghouse Archive.
PICO searching in PubMed
A very user-friendly way to do PICO searches in PubMed.
Cochrane CENTRAL Register of Controlled Trials
Comprehensive database of reports of randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials.