Cochrane Collaboration - International not-for-profit organisation preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of health care. General information, access to the Cochrane Library, guidelines, manuals and software.
Netting The Evidence - An overview of Evidence Based Practice on the internet, with useful learning resources, such as an evidence-based virtual library, software and journals; from ScHARR, University of Sheffield.
AHRQ: Evidence Reports - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in the United States presents summaries and assessments for healthcare providers and clinicians. Documents may be viewed or downloaded at no cost.
BETs: Best Evidence Topics - A searchable database of evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, with details of courses and teaching material. Developed in the Emergency Department of Manchester Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom.
bmjupdates+ - Searchable best evidence database plus tailored email alert service, from the British Medical Journal and McMaster University. Free subscription required.
Clinical Evidence - Summarises current knowledge about the prevention and treatment of disease, based on appraisal of systematic reviews and randomized clinical trials. Free on-line access for physicians in the United Kingdom or in developing countries.
DynaMed - Medical information database of clinical topic summaries, including a grading the quality of evidence cited, designed primarily for point-of-care use; updated daily.
EBOC: Evidence-Based On-Call - Collection of summaries and critical appraisals regarding common on-call medical conditions, with definitions and a list of the specialties covered.
Evidence Based Calculator - Free downloadable calculator computing sensitivity and selectivity, control event rates, numbers-needed-to-treat, and other evidence-based factors.
InfoPOEMs - Delivers daily Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters (DailyPOEMs) by email and produces the InfoRetriever database system of evidence-based information next to a print newsletter "Evidence-Based Practice".
Practical Evidence-Based Internet Resources - The American Academy of Family Physicians presents a summary and assessment of five web-based research tools. Available as PDF download.
SUMSearch - Medical search engine returning evidence-based research in categories for practice guidelines, and for systematic reviews, both from PUBMED and from DARE, including Cochrane abstracts.
Trip Database - Medical search engine with emphasis on evidence based medicine (EBM) and clinical guidelines and queries, including content from Cochrane and Bandolier.
Evidence-Based Medicine: Useful Tools for Decision Making - An article from the Medical Journal of Australia explains the basic processes and concepts, with descriptions of common computer-assisted research tools. (January 1, 2001)
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