Useful Research Websites for Complimentary Health
Google Scholar Here you can find many articles that are no longer bound by copy-right laws. Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Google Scholar helps you identify the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research.
Useful DATABASES include:
EBOC (Evidence-Based On Call) www.eboncall.org This database contains evidence-based summaries of on-call medical conditions. Every recommendation links via a 'plus' icon to a short summary of the evidence, which in turn links to one-page summaries (called CATs or critically appraised topics) of every article used via a 'cat' icon.
eMedicine www.emedicine.com is a clinical knowledge base for physicians and other healthcare professionals. It contains articles on 7,000 diseases and disorders. The evidence-based content, updated regularly, provides the latest practice guidelines in 59 medical specialties. eMedicine's professional content undergoes 4 levels of physician peer review plus an additional review by a PharmD prior to publication.
PEDro Physiotherapy Evidence Database www.pedro.fhs.usyd.edu.au
PubMed Clinical Queries www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov provides for specialised searches by clinicians using in-built filters. Searches can be restricted to Systematic Reviews, or one of a number of Medical Genetics or Clinical Studies categories (eg etiology, diagnosis, prognosis, clinical prediction guides, etc.).
SUMSearch sumsearch.uthscsa.edu is a single gateway that allows simultaneous searching of Medline, DARE, the Merck Manual, and the National Guideline Clearinghouse. It combines meta-searching across these multiple sites with contingency searching where if too few or too many hits result, additional searches will be performed until a satisfactory result occurs.
TRIP Database (Turning Research into Practice) www.tripdatabase.com searches a variety of Internet sites, including other databases, EBM sites, e-texts, and peer-reviewed journals. Only high quality resources that allow unhindered access to articles and publications are included.
Kunz and Kunz Research Index 
Download for further information regarding the studies in this index please visit www.reflexology-research.com
Useful JOURNALS include:
Bandolier www.medicine.ox.ac.uk distils information from reviews and trials and presents the information in a more comprehensible format.
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Other Web resources include:
Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice
http://www.acestar.uthscsa.edu/
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
http://www.ahrq.gov/
Centre for Evidence Based Dentistry
http://www.cebd.org/
Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (Oxford)
http://www.cebm.net/index.asp
Evidence Based Medicine Toolkit
http://www.ebm.med.ualberta.ca/
Joanna Briggs Institute for Evidence Based Nursing & Midwifery
http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/about/home.php
Monash University. Centre for Clinical Effectiveness
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/healthservices/cce/index.html
Nesbit Guide to Evidence Based Resources
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/hslt/miner/digital_library/evidence_based_resources.cfm
Netting the Evidence
http://www.healthscience.net/resources/evidence-based-medicine/
University of Minnesota. Evidence Based Practice
http://www.biomed.lib.umn.edu/learn/ebp/
University of York. Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Practice guidelines can often be found via a search of the Medline, Cinahl, Clin-eguide, or MD Consult databases. In Medline you can apply the limit option Practice guideline to your search. Similarly in Cinahl, this same limit option can be used, or you could try other limit options such as Care plan or Clinical innovations or Critical path or Protocol. In Clin-eguide select the National Guidelines tab and browse or search across the resources available. In MD Consult, practice guidelines can be browsed or searched under the Guidelines tab.
There are numerous useful web sites providing practice guidelines. A few you can try include:
AHRQ. Clinical Practice Guidelines Online http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/cpgonline.htm
BestBETs http://www.bestbets.org/
CMA Clinical Practice Guidelines (Canada) http://mdm.ca/cpgsnew/cpgs/index.asp
eMJA Clinical Guidelines http://www.mja.com.au/public/guides/guides.html
Evidence Based Medicine Resource Center. Clinical Practice Guidelines http://www.ebmny.org/cpg.html
Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (use the site's search function) http://www.gfmer.ch/000_Homepage_En.htm
Joanna Briggs Best Practice Information Sheets http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/pubs/best_practice.php
National Guideline Clearinghouse http://www.guideline.gov/
National Library of Guidelines (U.K.) http://www.library.nhs.uk/guidelinesFinder
New Zealand Guidelines Group http://www.nzgg.org.nz/index.cfm
NHMRC Clinical Practice Guidelines http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/subjects/clinical.htm
Queensland Health Best Practice Guidelines http://www.health.qld.gov.au/publications/best_practice/
Clinical Trials
In addition to the databases listed above, there are any number of useful web sites that provide information on clinical trials.
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry www.anzctr.org.au
Centerwatch Clinical Trials Listing Service http://www.centerwatch.com/
ClinicalTrials.Gov http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/
National Cancer Institute. Clinical Trials http://www.cancer.gov/clinical_trials/
PLoS Clinical Trials http://clinicaltrials.plosjournals.org/
Alternative Therapies Web Sites
Biomedical, General/Special Topics Web Sites
Evidence-Based Practice Web Sites
Research & Case Study Guidelines Oct 2017.pdf