Databases

• Bandolier [Free]
  From Oxford University. The web site includes archives of the Bandolier Journal, a Knowledge Library, and other EBM resources. The electronic version of the Bandolier Journal appears several months after the print version.

  The Cochrane Library [USC]

  The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Cochrane systematic reviews represent the highest level of evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions. In addition to Cochrane reviews, the Cochrane Library provides other sources of reliable information, from other systematic review abstracts, technology assessments, economic evaluations and individual clinical trials.

  EBM Reviews [SOM]

  EBM Reviews is available through Ovid. EBM Reviews consists of the Cochrane Library and the ACP Journal Club.

  Essential Evidence Plus [SOM]
  

  Available for the web, Pocket PC, and Palm OS devices, Essential Evidence Plus features InfoPOEMS, Cochrane abstracts, practice guidelines, and decision support calculators. More Info

  PubMed Clinical Queries [Free]

  Clinical Queries offers MEDLINE search filters for therapy, diagnosis, etiology, and prognosis studies. There is also a filter for locating systematic reviews.

  SUM Search [Free]

  From the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio - Simultaneously searches MEDLINE, DARE, the National Guideline Clearinghouse, the Merck Manual, and other resources.

  Trip Database [Free]

  A meta-search engine of many EBM resources, including the Cochrane Library, e-journals, practice guidelines, e-textbooks, and PubMed.

Guidelines

• National Guideline Clearinghouse [Free]
  From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  ACP-ASIM Clinical Practice Guidelines [Free]

  Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) [Free]

  The Guidelines International Network is an international not-for-profit association of organizations and individuals involved in the development and use of clinical practice guidelines.

Clinical Trials

• Clinical Trials.gov [Free]
  National Institutes of Health database of clinical research studies.

Tutorials

• Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine [Free]
  A self-paced tutorial developed by the Duke University Medical Center Library and the Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

  Evidence Based Medicine Course [Free]

  A self-paced tutorial from SUNY Downstate Medical Center.

Critical Appraisal

• Evidence Based Medicine Tool Kit [Free]
  A Collection of critical appraisal tools from the Evidence Based Medicine Working Group.

  Users' Guides to Evidence-Based Practice [Free]

  The complete JAMA series maintained by the Centre for Health Evidence.

Specialty Web Sites

• OT Seeker (Occupational Therapy Systematic Evaluation of Evidence) [Free]
  Created by Occupational Therapists in Australia. This database contains citations and abstracts for randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews. Randomized controlled trials are rated for quality.

  PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database) [Free]

  From the Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy in Sydney, Australia. This database contains citations and abstracts for randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews. Randomized controlled trials are rated for quality.

Glossaries

• Glossary of EBM Terms [Free]
  From the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital.

  Glossary of Terms [Free]

  From the New York Academy of Medicine.

Master List of Web Resources

• Netting the Evidence [Free]
  By Andrew Booth of the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) of the University of Sheffield.