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KIN 290 - Intro to Evidence Based Practice

Overviews and Reference Information

Credo Reference Online  - | Credo provides full-text online access to hundreds of reference books in all major subjects, from almost every major discipline. Also includes dictionaries for major European languages and biographical reference resources.  *Offers additional links to search the same topic directly in a variety of research databases.

Websites with useful topic overviews

Medline Plus - Search a topic in English or Spanish and retrieve the most authoritative consumer health information gathered from trusted sources. It's "one stop" shopping since your search retrieves/links to the best consumer health information from all the major health associations, i.e. American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association. Just like PubMed, MedlinePlus is developed by the National Institutes of Health and the Medical Library Association.

AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. As 1 of 12 agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services, AHRQ supports research that helps people make more informed decisions and improves the quality of health care services.

NIH - National Institutes of Health: The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the nation’s medical research agency—making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.