The Cochrane Library is a collection of six healthcare databases that contain different types of evidence including Cochrane Reviews (systematic reviews), clinical trials, methodology studies, health technology assessments, and economic evaluations to inform healthcare decision making. It allows users to browse or search across databases, read editorials and special collections, listen to podcasts, and access the Cochrane Journal Club.

1. The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases
that contain different types of independent evidence
to inform healthcare decision making.
• Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Cochrane Reviews)
• Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
• Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (clinical trials)
• Cochrane Methodology Register (method studies)
• Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA)
• NHS Economic Evaluation Database (economic evaluations)

2. Accessing The Cochrane Library
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3. The Cochrane Library Homepage
• Browse or search
across all databases
• Read this month‟s
editorial
• View the “Special
Collections”
• Listen to new
podcasts each month
• Access the Cochrane
Journal Club

4. Basic
Navigation
• Basic keyword search
terms in the box at the
upper left. Use the drop
down menu to choose
which part of the document
you want to search.
• Supports BOOLEAN
searching (AND, OR, NOT)
• Use quotations for exact
phrases “mood disorders”
• An * will truncate a word,
i.e. psycho* for psychology,
psychological, etc.

5. Advanced
Search
• Enter search terms (same
criteria as the basic search
for BOOLEAN, quotations,
truncation, etc.)
• Add additional search
criteria by clicking on the +
• Search limits can be set by
product type, status, dates,
and word variations
• From the Advanced Search
page you can also save
search strategies, look up
MeSH terms, or browse.

6. Search
Results
• Choose results from
different databases
• Sorted by relevance as
default. Change to sort by
alphabetical or date.
• Search „All‟ or „Current
Issue‟
• Export to citation manager
• Save to your personal
account
• Clicking on the article title
opens the article summary
with another set of tools for
emailing, sharing, saving,
finding similar results

7. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
• The CDSR includes all Cochrane Reviews (and protocols)
prepared by Cochrane Review Groups in The Cochrane
Collaboration.
• Each Cochrane Review is a peer-reviewed systematic review
that has been prepared and supervised by a Cochrane Review
Group (editorial team) in The Cochrane Collaboration according
to the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of
Interventions or Cochrane Handbook for Diagnostic Test
Accuracy Reviews.
• These can be selected through Topic, New Reviews, Updated
Reviews, the A-Z alphabetical sort, and Review Group lists.

8. CDSR
Search by:
• Topic
• New Reviews
• Updated
Reviews
• A-Z
• Review Group
lists

9. How to use The Cochrane Library

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