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Appendix
Possible sources of further information, useful Internet sites and contact addresses
The details below provide references to a number of sources of information, particularly those accessible through the Internet. It must be remembered that there are rapid changes in the material available online and Internet addresses are liable to change. Several of these sources provide extensive links to other sites.
Organisations specialising in evidence-based practice, systematic reviews, etc
Aggressive Research Intelligence Facility (ARIF)
http://www.arif.bham.ac.uk
BMJ Evidence Centre
http://group.bmj.com/products/evidence-centre
CASP (Critical Appraisal Skills Program)
http://www.casp-uk.net/
Centre for Evidence-based Child Health
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ich/research-ich/mrc-cech/training/evidence-based-child-health
Centre for Evidence-based Medicine, established in Oxford.
http://www.cebm.net
Centre for Evidence-based Mental Health
http://www.cebmh.com
Centre for Health Evidence, University of Alberta.
http://www.cche.net/
Evidence Network – an initiative of the ESRC UK Centre for Evidence-Based Policy and Practice
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/interdisciplinary/evidence
JAMA Evidence
http://www.jamaevidence.com/
McMaster University Health Information Research Unit
http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/hiru/
NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme
http://www.hta.ac.uk/
NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination University of York.
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/
National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)
http://www.nice.org.uk/
Intute: Health and Life Sciences – closed in July 2011 but website still open for next 3 years although will not be updated.
http://www.intute.ac.uk/medicine/
National Institute for Health and Research
http://www.nihr.ac.uk/Pages/default.aspx
NHS Evidence – web-based portal managed by NICE and linked with the National Electronic Library for Health (NeLH). Includes access to My Evidence.
https://www.evidence.nhs.uk/
UK Cochrane Centre
Summertown Pavilion, Middle Way, Oxford OX2 7LG
Tel. 01865 516300
[email protected] home page – http://ukcc.cochrane.org/
The Cochrane Collaboration
http://www.cochrane.org/
Internet access to the Cochrane library and databases:
http://www.thecochranelibrary.com/view/0/index.html
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/o/cochrane/cochrane_clcentral_articles_fs.html
EPOC – Effective Practice and Organisation of