Western Libraries provides various resources for accessing clinical evidence including journals, databases, books, and clinical tools. Users can access these collections off-campus by logging in with their university credentials. The presentation reviews how to search the library catalog to find full-text articles and resources. It also demonstrates formulating clinical questions using the PICO framework and searching high-quality sources like the Cochrane Library and PubMed to find the best evidence to answer questions.

1. Information Rx: Western Libraries’ Prescription for Accessing Clinical Evidence SWOMEN/Family Medicine Teaching Retreat Robin Featherstone, BA, MLIS Clinical Medicine Librarian University of Western Ontario [email_address]

5. Western Libraries: What we’ve got Journals and databases Books Clinical Tools Learning modules Calculators Drug Identification Tools Images

7. http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/clinicaloutreach/ Use this page to find selected medical resources Electronic Books Point of Care & EBM Tools Databases Image and video collections And more...

9. Catalogue Searching You can even search for electronic full-text journals. Select “Journal Title” Then enter the name of the journal And select “Go” Tip: For best results, use the Advanced Search

10. Parts of a Catalogue Record Full title of the journal Links to electronic articles Coverage dates Call # & location of print volumes

12. Using the button Select the “Go” button to link to full text

16. Answering questions using Western’s collections

19. Clinical/Foreground Questions

25. Evidence Pyramid Less time Less work Less evidence More time More work More evidence http://www.mh.org.au/royal_melbourne_hospital/www/353/files/pyramidopt.jpg

28. Evidence Pyramid Cochrane Library EMBASE PubMed SCOPUS

30. QUESTIONS?