This page provides some of the basics related to Evidence Based Practice model and the resources used to discover the literature. It is not comprehensive. There are specific guides and resources that will offer greater detail.
- How to apply evidence to practicethe Pharmaceutical Journal
A step-by-step example of how to use research data to make an evidence-based clinical decision.
November 2, 2021 by Shazia Bashir
EBP Resources
Licensed Databases
Literature and Drug Databases may require using specific filters or limiters to identify evidence based information.
- ClinicalKey (Elsevier) This link opens in a new windowClinical overviews, e-books, drug classification overviews and patient education and guidelines.
- Cochrane Library This link opens in a new windowA full text database of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more.
- MEDLINE (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowMedline is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's flagship database of articles in medicine, with coverage of the most authoritative peer-reviewed biomedical and health sciences research journals. Links to full text.
- Micromedex This link opens in a new windowEvidence based information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine to support informed research. These products are intended solely for demonstration purposes, for the purpose of training students in the use of the Databases, and for clinical or emergency response services if the user is not compensated in any way for providing such services. The resources are to be used under the supervision of Northeastern’s teaching staff. These resources cannot be used for productive use within a hospital facility.
- Natural Medicines This link opens in a new windowHigh quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies.
- PubMed (NU customized) This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive source of journal literature in the life sciences and biomedicine from the National Library of Medicine. Includes selected full text from PubMed Central, and NCBI Bookshelf. PubMed is a free web resource, however this version contains links to Northeastern-subscribed journals that require a login.
Web-based
- TRIPTurning Research Into Practice.Trip is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care.
- PubMed Clinical QueriesUse the "Clinical Queries" link to search for a specific clinical study category or to locate systematic reviews. Provides predefined filters for searching PubMed.