Sources for Evidence Based Medicine
These databases have checkboxes for Evidenced-Based Practice, Meta-Synthesis, Randomized Controlled Trials, and Peer-Reviewed Articles. Use these checkboxes one at a time.
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CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new windowOn Advanced Search, scroll down to make selections for EBM (includes meta-analyses), or RCT.
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MEDLINE with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Cochrane Database of Systematic ReviewsYou can search the CDSR like it's a journal. Click on this page and then enter your PICO terms on the second search line. Note: You will need to use Interlibrary Loan to get the full text.
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JBI Database of Systematic ReviewsYou can search the JBI like it's a journal. Click on this page and then enter your PICO terms on the second search line. Note: You will need to use Interlibrary Loan to get the full text.
You also need information to help you cite correctly:
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Citing Your Sources in APALink to the Nursing Guide's APA page.
Pyramid of Evidence
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I need to find the full text of an item.
Don't give up when you see the button; it will help you either find the full text of the article online or use Interlibrary Loan in order to request a PDF delivered to your email inbox.
If you have the citation you can use our Citation Linker tool to perform the same look up as the yellow button.
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