Recent developments in searching for evidence (January 31, 2006). Category: Information searching

Dean Giustini publishes a web log, the UBC Google Scholar Blog, that covers recent developments and improvements in searching for evidence.

• weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/googlescholar/

While the title seems to limit the range of searching to the Google Scholar search engine (scholar.google.com/), the topics are actually quite varied and interesting. One entry in particular,

• Top 20 (or so) Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) Sources on the Open Web [PDF]. Giustini D, University of British Columbia. Accessed on 2006-01-31. [My comments] An excellent list of places on the web where you can find EBM resources. The list includes UpToDate, PubMed, Cochrane, Clincial Evidence - BMJ, ACP Journal Club, eMedicine, National Guideline Clearinghouse, Canadian Medical Association Clinical Practice Guideline Database, Bandolier, NeLH-HS Guidelines Finder, Evidence-based medicine (BMJ), Merck Manual of Diagnosis & Therapy, ACP Medicine, BestBETS, UK Centre for REviews and Dissemination, InfoPOEMS, University of Laval - KUUC, National Quality Measures Clearinghouse, Medscape, and DynaMed. weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/googlescholar/EBMJan20_06.pdf

looks like an excellent resource.

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