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Unfiltered resources are large databases of articles that are prescreened for quality. When answers are not found in Filtered Resources, you will need to search these databases and apply search strategies and techniques to filter through the many references to identify the best information. —Sources: Dicenso et al., 2009; Grandage et al., 2002.

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RESOURCE	HELPFUL LIBRARIAN TIPS FOR SEARCHING
CINAHL Complete For more information, consult CINAHL Complete Database Guide	Perform your search using a combination of subject headings and keywords. Click "Show More" under "Limit To' in left side bar. Go to the "Clinical Queries" box and select a strategy: "Therapy", "Prognosis", "Review", "Qualitative", and "Causation (Etiology)". For more information, see "CINAHL Clinical Queries".
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	Perform your search using a combination of subject headings and keywords.
Embase For more information, consult Ovid Database Guide	Perform your search using a combination of subject headings and keywords. Click on the "Additional Limits" button. Go to the "Clinical Queries" box. There are seven categories provided, and you can choose to emphasize "Sensitivity" (i.e., retrieves most relevant articles but also off target articles), "Specificity" (i.e., retrieves fewer relevant articles but also fewer off target articles), or "Best Balance" (i.e., the combination of terms that optimizes the trade-off between sensitivity and specificity). Click the "Limit a Search" button.
Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health	Perform your search using keywords in the search box or click on the specific link of interest.
Family Physicians Inquiries Network (FPIN) Clinical Inquiries	Provide short, concise, evidence-based answers to clinical questions common in family medicine. The answers include a summary of the evidence and commentary that puts the answers into perspective.
OTseeker [Basic Search Help]	Perform your search using keywords in the search box and click the "Basic Search" button.
Ovid MEDLINE For more information, consult Ovid Database Guide	To retrieve filtered results, search options include: Perform your search using a combination of subject headings and keywords. Click on the "Additional Limits" button. Using "Clinical Queries" limits results to clinically sound studies for all categories except costs. There are nine categories provided, and you can choose to emphasize "Sensitivity" (i.e., retrieves most relevant articles but also off target articles), "Specificity" (i.e., retrieves fewer relevant articles but also fewer off target articles), or "Best Balance" (i.e., the combination of terms that optimizes the trade-off between sensitivity and specificity). Click the "Limit a Search" button. -- OR -- Perform your search using a combination of subject headings and keywords. Click on the "Additional Limits" button. In the "Publication Types" drop down, hold down the control (Ctrl) key and select "Meta-Analysis" and "Systematic Reviews". Click the "Limit a Search" button.
PEDro: Physiotherapy Evidence Database [Search Help]	Perform your search using keywords in the search box and click search.
PsycINFO For more information, consult Ovid Database Guide	To retrieve filtered results, search options include: Perform your search using a combination of subject headings and keywords. Click on the "Additional Limits" button. Go to the "Clinical Queries" box. There are three categories provided, and you can choose to emphasize "Sensitivity" (i.e., retrieves most relevant articles but also off target articles), "Specificity" (i.e., retrieves fewer relevant articles but also fewer off target articles), or "Best Balance" (i.e., the combination of terms that optimizes the trade-off between sensitivity and specificity). Click the "Limit a Search" button. -- OR -- Perform your search using a combination of subject headings and keywords. Click on the "Additional Limits" button. In the "Methodology" drop down, hold down the control (Ctrl) key and select "Meta-Analysis" and "Systematic Reviews". Click the "Limit a Search" button.
PubMed For more information, consult PubMed Database Guide	Perform your search using a combination of subject headings and keywords. Click on the "Publication Type" filter and select "Meta-Analysis" and "Systematic Reviews".
PubMed Clinical Queries [Tutorial]	Perform your search using keywords. The "Clinical Queries" page filters searches by three clinical research areas: "Clinical Study Categories", "Systematic Reviews", and "Medical Genetics". Use the "Clinical Study Categories" dropdown menu to filter the search results by type of clinical question and to select between a more sensitive (i.e., broad) or more specific (i.e., narrow) search.
Scopus For more information, consult Scopus Database Guide	Perform your search using a combination of subject headings and keywords.
SUMSearch 2	Perform your search using a combination of keywords or Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). Select from available limits and click "Submit Query".
TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice) [Tutorials]	Perform your search using keywords in the "Search" or "PICO" mode.
Web of Science	Perform your search using a combination of subject headings and keywords.