Research links (Internet)
INTERNET RESOURCE PAGE
This page is designed to help members access the wealth of clinical and research information available electronically. The links included are only the tip of the iceberg and so if you have found a useful resource, whilst surfing the net, please contact the research officers and we will endeavour to include a link from this page.
Unavoidably, links sometimes change and so if a link has failed please let the research officers know and we will correct it.
MACP Research officer
Email: research@macpweb.org
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The Musculoskeletal Specialist Library
LITERATURE SEARCHING:PubMed
PubMed is a service provided free by the National Library of Medicine in the USA.
The web site has helpful tutorials on searching techniques and tips and can provide search returns in a format suitable for direct import into reference managing software.
Pub Crawler
Another service provided by the National Library of Medicine is a facility called Pub Crawler. This is not what you might think, but is none the less a very useful service. By registering with the service and entering the search terms that you are interested in retrieving, you receive a daily update of the literature, meeting your search criteria, by email.
USEFUL UNIVERSITY BASED RESOURCE SITES
These sites have a wide range of useful resources for clinicians, educationalists and researchers.
Brunel University |
University of Sydney - (PEDro) |
CLINICAL GUIDELINES: | |
RELEVANT SOCIETIES:
The International Headache Society | The International Association for the Study of Pain |
The UK's BackCare Charity site |
STATISTICS: | RESEARCH FUNDING |
An excellent and comprehensive site on statistics |
CRITICAL APPRAISAL | CONFERENCE LINKS |
The UK's public health resource unit pages on critical appraisal and evidence based practice. |
ON-GOING RESEARCH STUDIES:
The links included are only the tip of the iceberg and so if you have found a useful resource whilst surfing the net please contact the research officers and we will endeavour to include a link from this page.
Unavoidably, links sometimes change and so if a link has failed again please let the research officers know and we will correct it.
MACP Research officer
research@macpweb.org