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The Cochrane Library is a collection of evidence-based medicine databases which are updated regularly. Users can browse or search for evidence for and against the effectiveness and appropriateness of treatment (medications, surgery, etc…), keep up-to-date with the medical literature, and make well-informed healthcare decisions. Users can also save their search strategy for future use by setting up a user name and password within the resource.
The Cochrane Library contains reliable information to include systematic reviews, technology assessments, economic evaluations, and clinical trials. The following databases make up the collection:
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) - contains information that identifies interventions for specific diseases or other problems in health care, and determines whether or not these interventions work.
- Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) - contains abstracts of systematic reviews that have been quality-assessed. Each abstract includes a summary of the review together with a critical commentary about the overall quality.
- Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) - includes details of published articles taken from bibliographic databases (notably MEDLINE and EMBASE), and other published and unpublished sources.
- Cochrane Methodology Register (CMR) - bibliography of publications which report on methods used in the conduct of controlled trials. It includes journal articles, books and conference proceedings; these articles are taken from the MEDLINE database and from hand searches.
- Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA) - contains completed and ongoing health technology assessments from around the world. The aim of the database is to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of health care.
- NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHSEED) - provides information about both costs and effects to making evidence-based decisions about competing healthcare interventions.
- About The Cochrane Collaboration - contains material on the groups that make up The Cochrane Collaboration with contacts and information on the aims and scope of the Cochrane Review Groups, Methods Groups, Fields, and Networks, along with details of your nearest Cochrane Center.
To access this resource, click on the links above or from the Library Web site, enter Cochrane in the Library eResources Title Search box. This search box can be found on every interior page on the right-hand side of your screen or as one of the tabs on the main page.
To learn more about The Cochrane Library, click on the link in the left hand navigation bar entitled Training & Tutorials, and select the letter C for Cochrane.
Content editor, Donna Gibson
Last revised:
May 14, 2007 1:05 PM EST
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