Databases
PUBMED/MEDLINE
PubMed (pubmed.gov) is a free resource developed and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine® (NLM). PubMed provides free access to MEDLINE, NLM's database of citations and abstracts in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care systems, and preclinical sciences. PubMed comprises more then 21 million references to articles published in approximately 5,600 biomedical journals currently indexed for MEDLINE as well as titles indexed over time which have ceased or changed titles. PubMed contains links to full-text articles found in PubMed Central or at publisher web sites, and other related resources.
OVID
Ovid is a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health and pharmacy. OvidSP platform brings to the Croatian users Medline, journals of the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and Cochrane Library.
SCOPUS
Scopus is the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. It includes over 19,500 journal titles from various scientific fields.
EBSCO
EBSCOhost platform provides access to the content in all subject areas including medicine (Medline, Health Source) and nursing (CINAHL). Academic Search Complete is the most comprehensive, multidisciplinary full-text research database.
WEB OF SCIENCE
Thomson Reuters Web of Science is a research platform that gives you access to objective content and powerful tools to search, track, measure and collaborate in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. On the platform, the Croatian users can access Web of Science Core Collection (1955-), Current Contents Connect (1998-), Journal Citation Reports (2008-), and Medline.
EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE
Evidence-Based Medicine is the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values. [Sackett DL, Straus SE, Richardson WS, et al. Evidence-based medicine: how to practice and teach EBM. 2d ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2000.]
There are many reliable evidence-based sources of systematic reviews, practice guidelines, and critically-appraised topics and articles. Our users can access some of these on OvidSP platform:
- EBM Reviews - ACP Journal Club
- EBM Reviews - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
- EBM Reviews - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- EBM Reviews - Cochrane Methodology Register
- EBM Reviews - Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
- EBM Reviews - Health Technology Assessment
- EBM Reviews - NHS Economic Evaluation Database
- EBM Reviews Full Text - Cochrane DSR, ACP Journal Club, and DARE
- All EBM Reviews - Cochrane DSR, ACP Journal Club, DARE, CCTR, CMR, HTA, and NHSEED
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