UGME Liaison Librarian
W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library
Email: ugmelib@dal.ca
Robin (working from home, Summer 2021):
(902) 494-8961
Book an online appointment with Robin
Tupper Kellogg Library, 1D16 (by appointment starting Sept 2021)
Librarian, Dalhousie Medicine NB
UNBSJ/DMNB Campus
Email: j.phinney@dal.ca
Phone: (506) 648-5693
JAMAevidence Includes access to Users' Guides to the Medical Literature, education guides and learning tools. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) integrates the best available evidence with clinical experience that allows clinicians to recommend, and their patients to make, informed choices consistent with their values. JAMAevidence helps identify the best available evidence by providing guides to the systematic consideration of the validity, importance, and applicability of claims about the assessment of health problems and the outcomes of health care.
Access JAMAevidence through Dalhousie Libraries' subscription here.
Image source: University of Manitoba LibGuides - College of Nursing: Evidence-Based Resources.
Based on: DiCenso, A., Bayley, L., & Haynes, R. B. (2009). Accessing pre-appraised evidence: Fine-tuning the 5S model into a 6S model. Evidence Based Nursing, 12. 99-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebn.12.4.99-b
Sources for Single Studies:
Syntheses include systematic reviews, meta-analyses, scoping reviews, and more. Sources to search include:
For more information, check out our subject guide on systematic reviews.
Summaries integrate the best available evidence to provide a full range of evidence addressing all management options for a given health problem, not just one aspect of the problem (as found in single-study resources).
Sources to search include:
Systems are very detailed, often patient-specific, and link the patient’s conditions to current best practices.
They currently are not very common outside of specialty clinics and/or highly automated departments.
Sources for critical appraisal tools:
For more tools, check out our subject guide on systematic reviews.
Did you know we have a large collection of video tutorials to help you in your research? Here are some specific videos to get you started:
Welcome to the Kellogg Library
Evidence Based Practice Module 1: Asking an Answerable Clinical Question
Evidence Based Practice Module 2: Developing a Viable Search Strategy
Want more? Check out the complete list of videos at Dalhousie Libraries.
These books are intended for looking up quick facts. All are available online.
These books provide quick information in a question-and-answer format for practice and review.