LibGuides: Evidence-Based Social Work: Places to Find Evidence

Systematic Reviews/Meta-Analyses

CINAHL Complete
- Why search here?
  CINAHL Complete is the world's most comprehensive nursing & allied health research database, offering complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses' Association.
- What's included?
  This resource includes full text for hundreds of journals and books/monographs as well as indexing for more than 5,000 journals and the full text of more than 130 Evidence-Based Care Sheets.
Cochrane Library with Systematic Reviews
- Why search here?
  The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about groups in The Cochrane Collaboration.
- What's included?
  The CDSR includes all Cochrane Reviews (and protocols) prepared by Cochrane Review Groups in The Cochrane Collaboration.
APA PsycINFO
- Why search here?
  PsycINFO is a comprehensive international database of psychology covering over 1,900 leading psychological, psychiatric, and related publications.
- What's included?
  PsycINFO covers the academic, research and practice literature in psychology from over 45 countries in more than 30 languages.
PubMed
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- Why search here?
  PubMed comprises more than 21 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals and online books.
- What's included?
  Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher websites. Also included are links to full-text articles available through the Simmons Library. Look for the Find Full-Text button on the upper right side of the screen to see if Simmons has it.
Scopus Index
- Why search here?
  Keep track of what's happening in the research world. Across all research fields—science, mathematics, engineering, technology, health and medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities—Scopus is an index that delivers a broad overview of global, interdisciplinary scientific information that researchers like you need.
- What's included?
  Scopus has twice as many titles and over 30% more publishers listed than any other A&I database, with interdisciplinary content that covers the research spectrum: timely updates from thousands of peer-reviewed journals; preliminary findings from millions of conference papers; and the thorough analysis in thousands of books.

TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice) Database Plus
Simultaneously searches evidence-based sources of systematic reviews, practice guidelines, and critically-appraised topics and articles -- including most of those listed above and many more. Also searches MEDLINE’s Clinical Queries, medical image databases, e-textbooks, and patient information leaflets.

Online Resources

AMH (Addiction and Mental Health Services) Approved Evidence-Based Practices
From the Oregon Dept. of Human Services. Information on evidence-based services and processes approved as evidence-based. http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/Pages/ebp-practices.aspx
The Campbell Collaboration
An evidence-based database for systematic reviews in the social and behavioral sciences, along with education and criminal justice. http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/lib/?go=browse
Laura & John Arnold Foundation (previously Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy)
LJAF develops and supports initiatives that encourage governments and nonprofit organizations to help build the evidence base for social interventions and to consider reliable evidence as one of the primary factors in their decisions. The goal is to ensure that limited resources are spent wisely on programs that produce meaningful, lasting improvements in people’s lives.
EPC Reports
Using systematic review methods, EPCs review all relevant scientific literature on a wide spectrum of clinical topics to produce various types of evidence reports intended to inform health care decisions by patients, providers, policymakers, and other stakeholders.
EPPI Centre
Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Coordinating (EPPI) Centre is part of the Social Science Research Unit at the Institute of Education, University of London. Offers resources related to health, education, and welfare. http://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms
Evidence-Based Practice (Social Work Policy Institute)
From the Research section of NASW. http://www.socialworkpolicy.org/research/evidence-based-practice-2.html
Evidence Search Health and Social Care
This site is sponsored and maintained by the National Health Service (UK). http://www.evidence.nhs.uk/
Guide to Evidence-Based Practices on the Web
Produced by SAMHSA. This portal leads to evidence-based practice sites, guidelines and materials related to mental health and drug abuse. http://www.samhsa.gov/ebp-web-guide
OJJDP Model Programs Guide (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention)
The Model Programs Guide MPG database of evidence-based programs covers the entire continuum of youth services from prevention through sanctions to reentry. http://www.ojjdp.gov/mpg/
SAMHSA's Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center
This new Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center aims to provide communities, clinicians, policy-makers and others in the field with the information and tools they need to incorporate evidence-based practices into their communities or clinical settings.