Sometimes in your courses, you will be asked to find evidence-based practice or clinical practice guidelines. Guidelines aim to help providers choose appropriate healthcare options for specific clinical circumstances. This guide provides instructions on how to find guidelines in the library and online.
One of the first ways to try and find these evidence-based or clinical guidelines is to use the Search Everything box on the library homepage and add a search term of guidelines to your search. Below is an example search:
statins AND heart disease AND guidelines
In addition to this, there are also ways you can find these guidelines in specific databases. Below are instructions for databases with guideline filters.
To find guidelines in this database, follow the steps below:
1. Click on the database link above. This will take you directly to the advanced search page.
2. Enter your keywords in the search field.
3. Scroll down to Limit Your Results.
4. Locate the Publication Type menu, select Practice Guidelines and hit search.
To find guidelines in this database, follow the steps below:
1. Click on the database link above.
2. Enter your keywords into the search field and hit search.
3. Click on the title of the result that best identifies your topic.
4. Select Guidelines and Resources in the left-hand navigation menu and you will be taken to a list of original guidelines for that topic.
To find guidelines in this database, follow the steps below:
1. Click on the database link above. This will take you directly to the advanced search page.
2. Enter your keywords in the search field.
3. Scroll down to Limit Your Results.
4. Locate the Publication Type menu, select Guideline, and hit search.
To find guidelines in this database, follow the steps below:
1. Click on the database link above.
2. Enter your keywords into the search field and hit search.
3. Scroll down and click Additional Filters to the left of the search results.
4. Select Article Type in the left-hand navigation menu.
5. Select Practice Guideline from the menu, and hit Show.
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