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Directory of Clinical Information Websites The Department of Family Medicine at Laval University, France, offers critical assessments of evidence-based health sites. [French and English] http://132.203.128.28/medecine/

Epidemiology & Evidence-based Medicine Sources for Veterinarians The College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University, USA, provides a reference list for students and practitioners. http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/courses-jmgay/EpiLinks.htm

Evidence Based Health A mailing list for healthcare practitioners, with searchable archives accessible to non-subscribers. http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/EVIDENCE-BASED-HEALTH.html

Evidence Based Medicine Lists a series of downloadable bulletins explaining the basic concepts and applications. Produced for healthcare managers and policymakers by the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. http://www.evidence-based-medicine.co.uk/what_is_series.html

Evidence Based News The Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Southern California, USA presents tutorials, case studies and teaching resources for health professionals. http://www.usc.edu/hsc/ebnet/

Evidence-based Decision Making Resources for health care policy makers, with article summaries, a critical appraisal journal club, and recommendations for creating guidelines. Presented by the University of Sydney, Australia. http://www.evidencebased.net/

Health Evidence Bulletins - Wales A collaboration between public health organisations, healthcare providers and libraries, publishing results of randomised controlled trials and observational studies into health and disease. http://hebw.cf.ac.uk/

National Quality Measures Clearinghouse A database of measure sets for practitioners, health delivery systems, and health care providers, with standardized abstracts and ordering details. From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in the USA. http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/

SEEK: Sheffield Evidence for Effectiveness and Knowledge Gateway to electronic resources, databases, and clinical guidelines for policy makers, clinicians and researchers. Provided by the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. http://www.shef.ac.uk/seek/

Supercourse: Epidemiology, the Internet and Global Health Lecture notes concerning evidence-based principles can be found in this and searchable collection for healthcare students. http://www.pitt.edu/AFShome/s/u/super1/public/html/

When Less Is More: A Practical Approach to Searching for Evidence-based Answers Article provides librarians with a guide to evaluating and selecting medical literature for clinical research. From the Journal of the Medical Library Association. [PDF] (July 1, 2002) http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=116402&blobtype=pdf