LibGuides: Evidence-based Dentistry: Finding Good Evidence Quickly

FINDING GOOD EVIDENCE QUICKLY--Secondary Sources

Specialized clinical search engines designed to allow users to quickly and easily find evidence-based source material (articles, systematic reviews, guidelines, and structured abstracts) to support their practice and/or care.

HIERARCHY OF SEARCHING:

Filtered Search Engine
Secondary Research
Guidelines
Clinical Queries

TRIP Database This link opens in a new window
Trip is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care.
Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window

ADA Clinical Practice Guidelines and Dental Evidence

U.S. National Guideline Clearinghouse This link opens in a new window
PubMed Clinical Queries (linked to SOD Library holdings) This link opens in a new window
Shortcut to Clinical Queries tool in PubMed
CATs: Critically Appraised Topics This link opens in a new window
UTHSCSA Dental School Oral Health's searchable CAT library. A CAT is a “Critically Appraised Topic” related to a clinical dental problem. UTHSCSA dental students and faculty work together to find and report the strongest, most recent, and most relevant evidence pertaining to dental diagnosis and treatment. This online library rapidly provides users with up-to-date evidence-based answers to focused clinical questions. The CATs are updated as new research is published.

Primary Sources

Search strategies for bibliographic healthcare databases:
thesaurus searching and text word searching. Use
methodological filters to target the right type of study.*

*Centre for Evidence-based Medicine 2014

PubMed (linked to SOD Library holdings) This link opens in a new window
This PubMed link is tied to the School of Dentistry's subscriptions. Look for the orange UT SOD Find It button.

Google Scholar