This guide provides access to resources which can be used by those in Health Services Research to find articles and other information on health and health care topics.
Provides full-text access to Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Cochrane Reviews); Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE or Other Reviews); Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL or Clinical Trials); Cochrane Methodology Register (Methods Studies); Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA or Technology Assessments); and NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED or Economic Evaluations). Information helpful for health care decision making. Searchable by title, author, abstract, keyword, DOI, etc. Browsable by Topic, New Reviews, Updated Reviews, A-Z, and Review Group. Databases updated monthly or quarterly.
Cochrane Database of Systemtic Reviews (CDSR) contains both systematic reviews articles and protocols for the health sciences.
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) contains bibliographic reports for randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials.
Cochrane Clinical Answers (CCAs) provides questions, short answers, and outcome data based from Cochrane Reviews for clinical decision making.
ClinicalTrials.gov is a Web-based resource that provides patients, their family members, health care professionals, researchers, and the public with easy access to information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies on a wide range of diseases and conditions.
The ISRCTN registry is a primary clinical trial registry recognised by WHO and ICMJE that accepts all clinical research studies (whether proposed, ongoing or completed), providing content validation and curation and the unique identification number necessary for publication. All study records in the database are freely accessible and searchable.
The Clinical Trials Search Portal provides access to a central database containing the trial registration data sets provided by the registries listed on the right. It also provides links to the full original records.