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Columbus State UniversityDepartment of Nursing

Columbus, Georgia 31907

NURS 4177 Nursing ResearchFall 2005

Online Literature Resources

Online full-text journals available through CSU Library1. Go to CSU Library Homepage2. Click on non-Galileo databases3. Scroll down to Ovid Medical Journals and click on it4. Click on the second item in the list Your Journals @ OVID(NOT the first itemthey

are not full text even thought the title says they are)

5. You may then search or browse journals.

ORGANIZATION WEBSITE URL COMMENT

Agency forHealthcare Research

and Quality

http://www.ahrq.gov

Government agency whose mission includes bothtranslating research findings into better patient carand providing policymakers and other health careleaders with information needed to make criticalhealth care decisions. Site offers EBP informationas well as information about the agencys Evidencebased Practice Center (EPC) program.

Canadian Centre forHealth Evidence

http://www.cche.net

Begun in March 1999 under the auspices of the

Canadian Office of Health, the non-profit centrepromotes evidence-based health care by presentinknowledge-based resources to health professionals

in ways that facilitate their optimum use.

Clinical Evidence http://www.clinicalevidence.com

Published by the BMJ Publishing Group, thisregularly updated online text aims to covercommon or important clinical conditions seen inprimary and hospital care, including the benefitsand harms of preventative and therapeuticinterventions, with emphasis on outcomes that

matter to patients.

CochraneCollaboration http://www.cochrane.org

This international non-profit and independentorganization strives to make up-to-date, accurateinformation about the effects of healthcare readilyavailable worldwide, publishing and distributingsystematic reviews of healthcare interventions and

promot{ing} the search for evidence in the form ofclinical trials and other studies of interventions.

CPM ResourceCenter

http://cpmrc.com

The Clinical Practice Model (CPM) Resource Centerdevelops EBP guidelines and information incooperation with its consortium members and alsoffers consulting engagements with the goal ofco-creating healthy, integrated work cultures thatpositively influence the health and health care ofthis humanity.

Evidence-BasedNursing

http://ebn.bmjjournals.com

Published by BMJ Publishing Group and the RoyalCollege of Nursing Publishing Company, this

quarterly journal scans 140 general medical,specialist and nursing journals to identify clinically

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important research for nurses, publishing the mos

relevant articles as structured abstracts.

Joanna BriggsInstitute for

Evidence-BasedNursing andMidwifery

http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au

With members within Australia and beyond, thisinstitute seeks to foster a collaborative approach tthe evaluation of evidence derived from a diverse

range of sources, including experience, expertiseand all forms of rigorous research, as well as thetranslation, transfer and utilization of the best

available evidence into health care practice.

National GuidelineClearinghouse

http://www.guideline.gov

Produced by the AHRQ in partnership with theAmerican Medical Association and AmericanAssociation of Health Plans, the National Guideline

Clearinghouse offers a comprehensive database ofevidence-based clinical practice guidelines andrelated documents whose intended audience is

nurses, physicians, and other health care providers

National Institute forClinical Evidence

(NICE)

http://www.nice.org.uk

Established within Great Britains National HealthService (NHS) in 1999, NICE works to providepatients, health professionals and the public withauthoritative, robust and reliable guidance on

current best practice, covering both technologiesand clinical management of specific conditions.

National Library of

Medicine

http://www.nlm.nih.govMaintained by the National Institutes of Health, thissite offers search functions to facilitate gathering

EBP information.

Netting the Evidence http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/netting

Great Britain-based website offers tools and links fo

understanding, appraising, and implementing EBP,with the goal of facilitat{ing} evidence-basedhealthcare by providing support and access to

helpful organizations and useful learning resources

NHS Centre forEvidence-Based

Medicine

http://www.cebm.net

Established in Oxford, England to promoteevidence-based health care and provide support anresources to anyone who wants to make use of

them.

Sarah Cole HirshInstitution for BestNursing Practices

Based on Evidence

http://fpb.cwru.edu/HirshInstitute

Run by the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursingat Case Western Reserve University, this instituteoffers evidence reviews, conferences, and consultinservices with the goal of build{ing} a repository of

best nursing practices based on research findings.

University HealthNetwork Centre

For Evidence-BasedMedicine

http://www.cebm,utoronto.ca

Funded by the Mount Sinai Hospital University

Health Network, Department of Medicine in TorontoCanada, this site strives to develop, disseminate,and evaluate resources that can be used in practic

and in undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuineducation for health care professionals from a

variety of clinical disciplines.

SourceEvidence-Based nursing practice: Instilling rigor into clinical practice. (2005). Washington, D.C.: The Advisory Board,

Nursing Executive Center.Beyea, S.(2000). Finding internet resources to support evidence-based practice,AORN Journal, September.Beyea, S. (2000). More Internet Resources for Learning About Evidence-Based Practice. AORN Journal, October.Ciliska D., DiCenso, A. (2001). Resources to enhance evidence-based nursing practice. AACN Clinical Issues,

November.Youngblut, J., Brooten, D. (2001). Evidence-based nursing practice: Why is it important?AACN Clinical Issues,

November.