ULibraries Research Guides: Evidence Based Practice: Acquire

Acquire evidence via literature searching

Find and collect evidence to answer the question.

Construct search strategy from clinical question terms to acquire literature from research databases.

Pyramid of Evidence

Levels of Evidence (CEBM)
The Levels of Evidence help you to target your search at the type of evidence that is most likely to provide a reliable answer. The pyramid is visualization of the quality of evidence and the amount of evidence available.

Filtered Information

Systematic Reviews and

Meta-Analyses

PubMed (filtered for "Systematic Review" or "Meta Analysis")

Trip
Find clinical evidence fast. Register for free access. Premium Pro account is fee-based.

Critically Appraised Topics

ACP Journal Club is now a monthly feature of Annals of Internal Medicine. ACP Journal Club summarizes the best new evidence for internal medicine from over 120 clinical journals.

Cochrane Clinical Answers

EPC Evidence Reports (AHRQ)

Guidelines (Critically appraised topics)

ECRI Guidelines Trust™

Unfiltered Information

Studies or Articles

PubMed for Handhelds

Background Information / Expert Opinion

ClinicalKey

eBooks

Meta-Search Tools

Trip
Find evidence fast.Trip is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care. Free or fee version. How to use Trip
ACCESSSS
A meta search engine which helps provide current best evidence for clinical decisions from McMaster University. External links may not be licensed for University of Utah users. Free, but registration required.