NICS Guide to the Cochrane Library

Australasian Cochrane Centre
www.cochrane.org.au
Co-ordinates Cochrane activities in Australasia, and provides training and support to those doing Cochrane reviews.

Cochrane Collaboration
www.cochrane.org
Information about the Cochrane Collaboration, including details of Cochrane Groups and Centres, and resources to support people conducting reviews.

Cochrane Collaboration Primary Health Care Field
www.upstate.edu/fmed/cochrane/
Promotes the interests of primary care clinicians within the Cochrane Collaboration and maintains a list of Cochrane reviews relevant to primary care.

Cochrane Consumer Network
www.cochrane.org/consumers
The Cochrane Collaboration’s consumer site. Provides information on the role of health consumers, patients and the general public in the work of the Cochrane Collaboration. Contains a short introduction to the Cochrane Collaboration, systematic reviews and the Cochrane Library.

HealthInsite
www.healthinsite.gov.au
The Commonwealth government’s internet gateway to quality information for Australians.

Informed Health Online
www.informedhealthonline.org
Provides information and resources to enable people to keep up to date with reliable, evidence-based information. The site contains plain language summaries of Cochrane reviews, regular 'hot topics', a digest of latest reviews, an email alert service, links to evidence-based websites plus additional resources aimed at helping people understand health research.

National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS)
www.nicsl.com.au
Works in partnership with consumers, health professionals and organisations, researchers and governments in Australia to close the gaps between evidence and clinical practice.

Netting the Evidence
www.nettingtheevidence.org.uk
Provides links to a vast range of evidence-based practice resources.

NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd
Provides access to several databases to support evidence-based practice (e.g. DARE) and resources for those conducting systematic reviews.

Update Software
www.update-software.com
Publisher of the WHO Reproductive Health Library and the Spanish version of the Cochrane Library. Specialises in assembling, preparing and disseminating information needed to make informed health care decisions.

Wiley InterScience
www.interscience.wiley.com
Publisher of the Cochrane Library. Provides web-based access to publications from Wiley and features over 1000 journals, major reference works and online books.