International Public Resources / Literature
HINARI: The Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) provides free or very low cost online access to the major journals in biomedical and related social sciences to local, not-for-profit institutions in developing countries. (http://www.who.int/hinari/en/)
DOAJ: The aim of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content. (http://www.doaj.org/doaj)
Other informational EBM sources which include clinical recommendations, guidelines and protocols based on randomized studies:
- Interregional Society of EBM Specialists;
- US National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC);
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC);
- American Academy of Pediatrics Policy (AAP Policy) Clinical Practice Guidelines;
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP);
- Canadian Medical Association InfoBase (CMA InfoBase: Clinical Practice Quidelines (CPGs);
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE);
- eGuidelines;
- National Library of Guidelines Specialist Library (NLH);
- Evidence-Based Medicine Resource Centre;
- New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG);
- International Guideline Library;
- The Cochrane Collaboration;
- The Cochrane Library;
- Medscape from WebMD.
