The CPS online is essentially a set of modules that provide essential drug information and practical information on hundreds of medical conditions. Look up summaries of medical conditions, Health Canada Advisories, drug interactions (using Lexi- Interact) and more!
The Cochrane Library includes a database of systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials and Cochrane Clinical Answers (CCA). See the Cochrane Clinical Answers Tab (at the top in the purple bar) for short readable, clinically focused summaries of research from Cochrane Reviews. They are designed to inform point-of-care decision-making.
Evidence-based answers to everyday practice questions; key practice points that have been synthesized from the literature by experts. Includes four knowledge pathways: Population Health/Lifecycle, Health Condition/Disease, Food/Nutrients and Professional Practice. Developed by Dietitians of Canada.
The Canadian Nursing Association has supported the creation of some sections focused on reducing specific unnecessary interventions and treatments, including overuse of opioids and antibiotics.
PubMed is best for your quick clinical searches. Use this interface to search the MEDLINE database quickly. Use the filters on the left to limit your results.
* Includes some full text articles
* French content
* German content
* Spanish content
Tip: Knowledge of PubMed's MESH headings can vastly improve search results. Please ask for help at the Reference Desk.
Open-source medical search engine designed to provide evidence for clinical decision-making. In Trip you will find: summaries, clinical practice guidelines, article citations, images, videos, patient information leaflets, and more! Think of Trip as Google for health information. Use the color coded filter on the left to filter results according to type.
Search CINAHL for articles in nursing and allied health (audiology, nutrition & dietetics, occupational, physical & respiratory therapy, speech-language pathology, consumer health). It is a great spot to find nursing specific literature.
* Direct export to RefWorks
* Full text articles
* Click 'Get It at StFX' icon to check for full text
* Citation tracking
* Spanish content
Search Medline (aka almost the same content as PubMed which stands for PUblic MEDline) on the Ovid interface (this link!) for your comprehensive, structured literature searches