Cochrane Library Users Group
Opportunity to send feedback about The Cochrane Library; results of surveys of users of The Cochrane Library; information about the group
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/clug.htm

The ScHARR Guide
A comprehensive introduction to Evidence Based Practice on the Internet.
http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/R-Z/scharr/ir/netting.html

"Effectiveness and Efficiency"
A new edition of Archie Cochrane's book:
http://www.roysocmed.ac.uk/pub/bkcochra.htm

Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
Oxford, UK
http://www.minervation.com/cebm//

Health Information Research Unit
Evidence-Based Health Informatics
McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
http://hiru.hirunet.mcmaster.ca/

NLM Clinical Trials Database
A consumer-friendly database by the National Institutes of Health, USA. It provides easy access to information about the location of clinical trials, their design and purpose, criteria for participation and additional disease and treatment information.
http://clinicaltrials.gov/

Healthfinder
A rich source of health information established by the US Government.
http://www.healthfinder.gov/default.htm

PubMed - National Library of Medicine
US based - Free access to Medline
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

Medscape
Wide range of health and medical information. Free Medline access after on-line registration.
http://www.medscape.com

The Lancet
International journal of medical science and practice.
http://www.thelancet.com/

British Medical Journal
Read the BMJ on-line. Register for free email alerts of BMJ articles which match your interests.
http://www.bmj.com/bmj/

Clinical Evidence
Clinical Evidence, produced by the BMJ, is a compendium of the best available evidence for effective health care. Free on-line access to the full text of the first issue.
http://www.evidence.org

"Getting Better with Evidence"
An evaluation of 17 UK projects that aim to put evidence into practice: generalised lessons on what works and what doesn't when trying to change clinicians' behaviour.
http://www.doh.gov.uk/ntrd/getbtr.htm

Prodigy
UK initiative to develop a computerised clinical decision support system for general practice.
http://www.prodigy.nhs.uk

National Electronic Library for Health - Primary Care (UK)
http://www.nelh-pc.nhs.uk

Cambridge Public Health
http://fester.his.path.cam.ac.uk/phealth/phweb.html

National Health Service (UK) - Health Technology Assessment
The HTA program actively seeks out the questions which meet the NHS's research needs, commissions research to meet those needs, and communicates the findings to the NHS and its users.
http://www.hta.nhsweb.nhs.uk

Health Communication Network (Australia)
HCN are suppliers of Cochrane Library subscriptions, both Internet and CDROM. An extensive directory of health-related WWW sites and access to databases of medical literature (Medline, etc).
http://www.hcn.net.au

Society for Clinical Trials
http://www.sctweb.org

'Controlled Trials from History'
This is a joint project of the UK Cochrane Centre and the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
http://www.rcpe.ac.uk/controlled_trials/index.html

John Snow - a historical giant in epidemiology
This site is devoted to the life and times of Dr. John Snow (1813-1858), with particular focus on his struggles with cholera.
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow.html

The Campbell Collaboration
"Preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of social and educational policies and practices"
http://www.campbellcollaboration.org

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