LibGuides: Evidence Based Practice: Guidelines

Databases

Best practices are available from many sources, including journals and other resources indexed in CINAHL and MEDLINE. Many databases contain limiters (Publication Type, etc.) to find practice guidelines.

CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
Also known as Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL), the database provides citations to articles, new books and pamphlets, audiovisual materials, dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of professional practice and educational software. Material from librarianship, biomedicine, management, health sciences, education and consumer health journals are also included.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
An immense database produced by the National Library of Medicine. International coverage of more than 3,500 journals covering all areas of biomedical research. Coverage is 1965 to the present.

Practice Guidelines

AHRQ Evidence Based Practice
Links to Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Evidence Reports: Click "Clinical PracticeGuidelines" in the menu on the left.
NIH Consensus Statements
National Institutes of Health (NIH) formerly created consensus statements. This work by the NIH is no longer funded and what is available on this site is archival in nature, no longer up to date.
HSTAT (Health Services Technology Assessment Text)
NLM Information Technology Branch of the Lister Hill Center
Nursing Best Practice Guidelines
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO)