Finding Evidence-Based Content in the Library
NOTE: Library databases can be accessed from the A-Z list of Databases in D2L.
CINAHL Complete
Check the Evidence-Based Practice box under Limit Your Results

ProQuest Central
Check the Evidence-Based Healthcare box under Document Type

Evidence-based practice incorporates a three-pronged approach to decision-making
- valid research evidence
- healthcare providers
- the patient
Identifying Evidence-Based Practice Resources in and outside the Library
- The top of the pyramid represents the most integrated evidence into systems.
- Each type serves a range of purposes in delivering evidence-based care and developing nursing scholarship.
Use the 6S Research Evidence Tool to find EBP Resources
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Evidence-based formats in the library and online
•Systems: informatics systems that provide patient-specific, evidence-based, computerized decision support at the point of care (articles that discuss systems that are being used or developed)
•Summaries: includes clinical pathways or textbook summaries that integrate evidence-based information about specific clinical problems and provide regular updating
•Synopses of Syntheses: includes best practice information sheets, evidence summaries, evidence-based recommendations for clinical care (care sheets, quick lessons) for specific populations(e.g. treatment of asthma in young adults)
•Syntheses: most commonly systematic reviews or scoping reviews on a specific clinical question (eg, effectiveness of an intervention to get patients to take their medications)
•Synopses of Studies: summaries of research studies in the form of clinical pathways content and clinical guidelines for clinical topics (e.g. atrial flutter, diabetes)
•Single Research Studies: original scholarly research on specific clinical disorders (eg, a randomized trial of a new vaccination for preventing HIV)
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