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The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases in medicine and other healthcare specialties provided by the Cochrane Collaboration and other organisations. At its core is the collection of Cochrane Reviews, a database of systematic reviews and meta-analyses which summarise and interpret the results of high-quality medical research. The Cochrane Library aims to make the results of well-conducted controlled trials readily available and is a key resource in evidence-based medicine.
The Cochrane Library is a subscription-based database, originally published by Update Software and now part of the Wiley Interscience system. In many countries, including the United Kingdom, Ireland, the countries of Scandinavia, New Zealand, Australia, India, South Africa and Poland it has been made available free to all residents by "national provision". There are also arrangements for free access in much of Latin America and in "low-income countries". Two-page abstracts of all Cochrane Reviews are freely available, as are short plain-language summaries of selected articles.
Featured databases are:
- The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Cochrane Reviews)
- The Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
- The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)
- The Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews (Methodology Reviews)
- The Cochrane Methodology Register (Methodology Register)
- Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA)
- NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED)
The Cochrane Reviews, CENTRAL, Methodology Reviews and Methodology Register are produced by the Cochrane Collaboration. DARE, HTA and NHS EED are compiled and maintained by the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination.
External links
- The Cochrane Library on Wiley Interscience
- Abstracts and summaries of Cochrane Reviews, free access
- Most popular 50 Cochrane reviews
- Publication history of The Cochrane Library
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- This page was last modified on 7 October 2008, at 17:28.
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