Databases and Search Engines
for finding evidence-based articles or websites
CINAHL Link works only at MHP and other authorized workstations
This database of nursing and allied health literature is available by subscription only. MGHP staff and associates who need to use the database from remote workstations may obtain a login ID from the librarian.
Learn to use CINAHL:
CINAHL Basic Searching (Flash Tutorial)
CINAHL Plus Advanced Searching (Flash Tutorial)
Evidence Based Practice Custom Search A Google Custom Search Engine designed for Mercy Health Partners
Search selected free websites and MGHP subscription journals with a simple Google search box.
MD Consult By subscription; available at Trinity Health workstations.
A collection of medical textbooks and journals from Elsevier Publishing.
Learn to use MD Consult:
MD Consult Overview (Flash Tutorial, may require signing in)
Netting the Evidence A Google Custom Search Engine by Andrew Booth
Another take on searching a select group of Internet sites, "dedicated to the methodology of evidence based practice."
Nursing Consult By subscription; available at Trinity Health workstations.
A collection of nursing textbooks and journals from Elsevier Publishing.
Learn to use Nursing Consult
Nursing Consult Overview (Flash tutorial, may require signing in)
Evidence Based Nursing in Mosby's Nursing consult (Flash tutorial, may require signing in)
PubMed
Free from the National Library of Medicine. To limit a PubMed search to the best evidence-producing studies, click on "clinical queries" on the left side of the screen. This specialized search for clinicians has built-in search "filters" in four study categories: therapy, diagnosis, etiology, and prognosis. Or, select the "Limits" tab to customize a search by type of article, such as Systematic Review or Meta-analysis.
Learn to use PubMed: PubMed & MyNCBI Flash Tutorials
TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)
Free resource simultaneously searches evidence-based sources of systematic reviews, practice guidelines, and critically-appraised topics and articles. Also searches MEDLINE's Clinical Queries, medical image databases, e-textbooks, and patient information leaflets. Links to both free and subscription-only resources. (British)
Links to Internet Search Engines
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