Evidence-based
Fact Sheet
Cochrane
Library Fact Sheet
What is the difference in all those Cochrane Databases?
What is The Cochrane Library?
The Cochrane Library
consists of seven databases which are listed below. All seven are available via
subscription: on CD-Rom or via the World
Wide Web (WWW). Three of the databases
(CDSR, DARE and CENTRAL) are also available through Ovid Technologies
Evidence-based Medicine Reviews database.
DARE, NHS EED and the HTA Database are freely available through the
WWW. The contents of the databases are:
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The
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) features the
full text of regularly updated systematic reviews, maintained by the various
Cochrane Collaborative Review Groups.
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The
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness
(DARE) contains structured abstracts of systematic reviews, and is maintained
by the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at the
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The
Cochran Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTAL)
is a bibliographic database (i.e. citation and abstract only) of controlled
trials identified by the U.S. Cochrane Center and Cochrane Collaborative Review
Groups.
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The
Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews (CDMR) contains the full text of systematic reviews of methodological
studies undertaken by members of the Cochrane Collaboration.
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The
Cochrane Review Methodology Register (CMR) is a
bibliographic database of articles and books on methods used in controlled
trials and in preparing reviews.
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The Health Technology Assessment
Database (HTA) contains published and in progress health technology
assessment reports. It is maintained by
the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at the
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NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS
EED) contains structured abstracts of economic evaluations of health care
interventions. It is maintained by the
NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at the
Cochrane Access via their Web Page and/or CD-Rom
This distributor for
the Cochrane Library in
Accessing Cochrane via Ovid
Ovid Technologies, as
part of their database, Evidence-based Medicine Reviews, has mounted the The
Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews (CLSR), DARE and CENTRAL. Like the Wiley product, these databases are
updated quarterly. One major advantage
of Ovid’s EBM-R is that you can access it via a Medline search. Searches in Medline that relate to a
particular Cochrane Systematic Review or DARE record will display a link to a Topic Review. This link will provide you with the full text
of a Cochrane Systematic Review or full structured DARE abstract. Ovid, however, does not market their
databases to individual subscribers, only to libraries and other large
institutions.
Accessing DARE, HTA and NHS EED via the World Wide Web
All three databases maintained by the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination can be accessed via the Centre’s website at: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/crddatabases.htm
What is the Difference in the Databases?
There is no real
difference between the contents of the The Cochrane Library of Systematic
Reviews on either Wiley or
Ovid, although Wiley does
currently offer Cochrane Systematic Reviews in PDF format and some additional
resources for Cochrane authors. The main difference in the two sources is their
access to databases. Wiley offers access
to four (CRMD, CMR, HTA and NHS EED) databases which Ovid does not. Ovid,
however, provides access to Medline, as well as to contents of ACP Journal Club
in full text.
For more information
on searching The Cochrane Library of
Systematic Reviews, please see the fact sheet How Do I Search OVID?
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