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Evidence-Based Practice Databases

CINAHL Complete (Nursing & Allied Health) (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window CINAHL® Complete is the world's most comprehensive nursing & allied health research database, providing full text for more than 1,350 journals indexed in CINAHL®. Of those, 953 are not found with full text in any version of Academic Search™, Health Source® or Nursing & Allied Health Collection™. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL® index, with no embargo. With full-text coverage dating back to 1937, CINAHL® Complete is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature.

At the Search Menu page, scroll down to view Search Options and select Evidence-Based Practice to limit your search results. Also try using the CINAHL Subject Heading "Nursing Practice, Evidence-Based."

Cochrane Library (Wiley) This link opens in a new window An electronic publication designed to supply high quality evidence to inform people providing and receiving health care, and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels.

Click on the Cochrane Reviews link; select Search CDSR (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews), or Browse by topic, or Browse by Review Group.

MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window A comprehensive source of full text for medical journals, providing full text for more than 1,370 journals indexed in MEDLINE.

Search for evidence-based medicine or evidence-based practice. Also try using the MeSH subject heading "evidence-based practice."

Nursing & Allied Health Source Premium (Proquest) This link opens in a new window Covers nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, & consumer health.

Search for evidence-based medicine or evidence-based practice.

OvidSp (Wolters Kluwer) This link opens in a new window For Evidence-Based Care content, look for the Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database.

At the Select Resource(s) to search menu, select Joanna Briggs EBP Database.

SPORTDiscus with Full Text (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Covers sport, physical fitness, exercise, sports medicine, sports science, physical education, kinesiology, coaching, training, sport administration, officiating, sport law & legislation, college & university sport, disabled persons, facility design & management, intramural & school sport, doping, drugs, health, health education, biomechanics, movement science, injury prevention rehabilitation, physical therapy, rehabilitation, nutrition, exercise physiology, sport & exercise psychology, recreation, leisure studies, tourism, allied health, occupational health & therapy, public health and more.

Search for evidence-based medicine or evidence-based practice.

Epistemonikos (Open Access) This link opens in a new window Epistemonikos is an open access database of health evidence. It is a large source of systematic reviews relevant for health-decision making and a large source of other types of scientific evidence.

Tutorials & Guides

Cochrane Library Tutorials

Cochrane Library Basic Search Tutorial from Drexel University Library

What is a Systematic Review? A Video Guide from Cochrane

Search Using MeSH in Cochrane Library: A How-To Guide from FIU Libraries

OVID/Joanna Briggs Tutorials

Point-of-Care Resources

AccessMedicine (McGraw Hill) This link opens in a new window AccessMedicine provides medical students with a variety of resources needed to excel in basic science studies and clerkships; helps residents, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants with instant access to videos, self-assessment, and leading medical textbooks that facilitate decision-making at the point-of-care; and allows practicing physicians to brush up on their medical knowledge to ensure the best patient outcome.

Click on the Patient Ed link in the menu to access, Patient Education Handouts.

CINAHL Complete (Nursing & Allied Health) (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window CINAHL® Complete is the world's most comprehensive nursing & allied health research database, providing full text for more than 1,350 journals indexed in CINAHL®. Of those, 953 are not found with full text in any version of Academic Search™, Health Source® or Nursing & Allied Health Collection™. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL® index, with no embargo. With full-text coverage dating back to 1937, CINAHL® Complete is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature.

To find Evidence-Based Care Sheets, click on the link above the Search Menu.

UpToDate (Wolters Kluwer) This link opens in a new window
Please note: In order to use UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer, the database vendor, requires all MSJ users to create a personal account with login credentials that are separate from their regular MSJ Library login. You must read and follow these directions for account access:
1. To create your Wolters Kluwer UpToDate personal account, click on the database link above.
2. Make sure you are NOT on the MSJ campus network (which includes VPN) when you click on the URL above. You need to access the registration site on a device that is connected to an off-campus network, such as your internet service provider or wireless phone provider's network.
3. On the MSJ Library remote access login screen, type in your last name and MSJ Library ID number (the number labelled LIB on the front of your Mount ID card).
4. Click on either the “register” or “register now” buttons. (Please note: if you see a “subscribe” button instead of a “register” button in the upper right-hand corner, then that means you’re connected to the MSJ on-campus network. Please switch to an off-campus network and try again.)
5. On the registration screen, you’ll be asked to enter your name, email address, zip code, and then identify your specialty and role. You will also create a username and password. Please note: This is the username and password that you will use to login to UpToDate from now on.
6. Once you have set up your personal account, you should now be logged in and can begin using UpToDate. From this point forward, whenever you want to login to UpToDate, you can go directly to https://www.uptodate.com and login using the username and password that you created when you registered. At this point, you can also download the UpToDate app for iPhone or Android, and use it with your personal account username and password. UpToDate Help and Training Site offers more information.
See also the "UpToDate Anywhere Registration Guide."

For UpToDate account reactivation: UpToDate automatically deactivates UpToDate accounts after 6 months. Students will need to follow these instructions to reactivate their UpToDate account:
1. Use the database link above but make sure you are connected to an off-campus network, NOT the MSJ campus network. (For example: your laptop on any off-campus network, or your smartphone on your phone service provider’s network instead of the Mount wireless.)
2. On the MSJ Library login page. type in your last name and your Library ID number, which is on the front of your Mount student ID card.
3. If you have logged in successfully, you should now see the UpToDate login page. Login with your personal UpToDate login credentials.
4. If you have logged in successfully to UpToDate, then you should see some kind of message that says your access has now been renewed or reactivated.

About Evidence-Based Practice

Books available in the MSJ Library collection:

Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare by Bernadette Melnyk; Ellen Fineout-Overholt This is a print book available in the MSJ Library. Develop the skills and knowledge you need to make evidence-based practice an integral part of your clinical decision making and everyday nursing practice with Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare. Written in a friendly, conversational style, this Third Edition of the authors' gold standard textbook covers all the information you need to use evidence-based practice to improve patient outcomes. Real world examples and meaningful strategies in every chapter show you how to take a clinical issue from inquiry toa sustainable solution that drives a preferred standard of care. Enhance your understanding of the EBP process through Making EBP Real features at the end of each unit that present real world case stories and EBP Fast Facts that highlight important points from each chapter. Master the content of the course with critical appraisal checklists, evaluation tables, and synthesis tables. Further develop evidence-based practice knowledge and skills using handy web alerts that direct you to helpful Internet resources. Take your learning beyond the book with a wide range of online resources, including the American Journal of Nursing EBP Step-by-Step Series, which provides a real-world example of the EBP process, plus learning objectives, journal articles, and checklists, templates, and evaluation tables. This title is an American Journal of Nursing 2015 Book of The Year Contest Winner.
Call Number: Nursing Course Reserves, 610.73 M527 2015 c.2
ISBN: 9781451190946
Publication Date: 2015
Evidence-Based Practice in Action by Laura Cullen; Sigma Theta Tau International Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781940446936
Publication Date: 2018
Implementing Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses by Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk Ebook available through the MSJ Library.
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781935476702
Publication Date: 2011
Implementing the evidence-based practice (EBP) competencies in healthcare : a practical guide to improving quality, safety, and outcomes by Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Lynn Gallagher-Ford, Ellen Fineout-Overholt
ISBN: 9781940446448
Publication Date: 2016
Intervention research and evidence-based quality improvement : designing, conducting, analyzing, and funding by Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Dianne Morrison-Beedy
ISBN: 9780826155719
Publication Date: 2019

Freely available web guides from medical libraries:

EBM Resource Center: "Acquire the Evidence" From the New York Medical College, Health Sciences Library A free web guide to identifying and understanding evidence found in health literature; describes levels of evidence; explains types of health study designs.
Evidence-Based Practice Toolkit for Nursing From the Library, Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing. Offers a free web guide to evidenced-based practice; covers PICO, levels of evidence, evidence appraisal, and more.

Online journals or article series:

Evidence-Based Nursing From the MSJ ejournal collections. Off-campus access requires login. Publisher: BMJ Journals Systematically searches a wide range of international healthcare journals applying strict criteria for the validity of research and relevance to best nursing practice. Content is critically appraised and the most relevant articles are summarized into succinct expert commentaries, focusing on the papers' key findings and implications for nursing practice.
Evidence-Based Practice, Step by Step Published in the American Journal of Nursing (AJN). This links to the publisher's web site.

Below is a listing of the 12 award-winning articles dealing with implementing evidence-based practice published November 2009-Sept. 2011 in the American Journal of Nursing (available via OvidSp).

EBP 2.0: Implementing and Sustaining Change

First two articles in a new series about evidence-based practice (EBP) that builds on the American Journal of Nursing’s original series, published 2009 - 2011. The new series features case studies illustrating the strategies that can be used to implement EBP changes.

Tucker, S. J., & Gallagher-Ford, L. (2019). EBP 2.0: From Strategy to Implementation. AJN American Journal of Nursing, 119(4), 50–52. https://msj.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&CSC=Y&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN=00000446-201904000-00027&D=ovft&PDF=y

Tucker, S. J., Gallagher-Ford, L., Baker, M., & Vottero, B. A. (2019). Promoting Nurse Retention through Career Development Planning. AJN American Journal of Nursing, 119(6), 62–66.
https://msj.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&CSC=Y&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN=00000446-201906000-00030&D=ovft&PDF=y

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