The Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high–quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision–making.

ACP's PIER (Physicians' Information and Education Resource)
A searchable and browsable collection of disease modules compiled by the American College of Physicians. Topics are selected based on prevalence in clinical settings. Evidence for all diseases is evaluated, and credibility of the evidence is displayed with a rating.

MEDLINE

Full text is available for some journals, but not all.

PubMed The National Library of Medicine's database indexing biomedical literature.

MEDLINE via OVID A commercial vendor's implementation of the National Library of Medicine's database indexing biomedical literature.

Stored searches

PubMed EBM Search Filters A set of predefined search strategies that help limit PubMed retrieval to materials most likely to meet criteria for EBM.

OVID EBM Search Hedges

Adapted from a March 2004 Medical Library Association teleconference
OVID EBM "diagnosis" search filter	Clicking the links will automatically execute the stored search in OVID. You can then search your subject, and combine your results with the stored search using the COMBINE icon.
OVID EBM "therapy" search filter

Live PubMed Searches on Frequently Researched Diseases

This table was created to support the LSUHSC-S Internal Medicine Residency Program. The citations are from the National Library of Medicine's PubMed database. The search criteria used included Clinical Queries filters for select MeSH headings that are limited further by English language, human studies, recent time span, and journals that are available through the library.
Acute Renal Failure	Therapy	Diagnosis	Etiology	Prognosis	Systematic Reviews
Asthma	Therapy	Diagnosis	Etiology	Prognosis	Systematic Reviews
Diabetes, Type 2	Therapy	Diagnosis	Etiology	Prognosis	Systematic Reviews
Hypertension	Therapy	Diagnosis	Etiology	Prognosis	Systematic Reviews
UTI	Therapy	Diagnosis	Etiology	Prognosis	Systematic Reviews

The York Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
A collection of abstracts of systematic reviews.

SUMSearch
A meta-search engine that gathers evidence-based clinical information from MEDLINE, DARE and the National Guidelines Clearinghouse.

TRIP Database
A search engine that gathers evidence-based clinical information from MEDLINE, DARE, the National Guideline Clearinghouse and many other evidence-based websites.

Clinical Guidelines (Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement)
Guidelines for preventive services and disease management developed by ICSI, an independent nonprofit collaboration of health care organizations.

National Guidelines Clearinghouse
Comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

US Preventive Services Task force (USPSTF) Recommendations
Recommendations for clinical preventive services based on systematic reviews by the US Preventive Services Task Force.