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Evidence Based Medicine

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Bandolier
Bandolier is a print and online journal about health care, using evidence-based medicine techniques to provide advice about particular treatments or diseases for health care professionals and consumers.  The content is "tertiatry" publishing, distilling the information from secondary reviews of primary trials and making it comprehensible.
 
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ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials in the U.S. and around the world.

Cochrane Library    
The Cochrane Library is a pioneering resource which was initiated by the Cochrane Collaboration. The collaboration was formed to prepare, maintain and disseminate reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions, as well as assessing evidence related to prevention strategies and treatment. The Cochrane Library consists of a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medicine databases.The Cochrane Library consits of 7 databases.  The databases are:  The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reveiws (CDSR), The Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectivenss (DARE), The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), The Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews (CDMR), The Cochrane Review Methodology Register (CMR), The Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA), and the NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED). 
  
The NGC is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents.  The NGC is an accessible mechanism for obtaining objective, detailed information on clinical practice guidelines and to further their dissemination, implementation and use.
 
This site contains Critically Appraised Topics focusing on occupational therapy interventions. 
 
OT Seeker    
OT Seeker is a database of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy.
 
PEDro 
The Physiotherapy Evidence Database offers bibliographic details and abstracts of randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in Physiotherapy.
 
The Kessler Research Center is a non-profit medical research organization of the Kessler Foundation with approximately 70 dedicated research staff.  The Kessler Research Center is a premier medical research organization conducting rehabilitation research that will improve health and promote wellness for persons with physical disabilities, musculoskeletal and neurological conditions.
 
A free medical meta-search engine sponsored by the University of Texas Science Center at San Antonio.  It was designed for medical students to perform evidence-based research.  It only searches databases with recognized qualified medical information.

Trip Database    
The Turning Research Into Practice database was created to better assist health professionals in easily locating the highest-quality material available on the Web - to help support evidence based practice.  Trip is a single locator tool for 43 evidence based databases including:  The Cochrane Library, Bandolier, POEMS, Occupational Therapy CATs, the Centre for Reviews & Dissemination databases(CRD), and more.  The categories of content include:  evidence-based synopses, clinical answers, systematic reviews, guidelines, and eTextbooks.

Abstracts and Fulltext Resources

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All original research articles published by BioMed Central are freely and permanently accessible online. All articles in the 196 journals are peer reviewed.
 
DOAJ
The Directory of Open Access Journals is a service that provides access to quality controlled (peer reviewed) Open Access Journals. Searches can be conducted by journal titles or article titles.
 
ERIC 
The Education Information Resource Center database has extensive resources in the field of education, including government publications and fulltext articles.
 
FindArticles.com
A search engine for periodical articles from over 900 publications, including some fulltext medical and health titles. Select Medical Research from the homepage and search articles by medical categories.
 
FreeMedicalJournals.com
FMJ offers 430 research journals. Titles can be browsed alphabetically or by subject specialty.
 
Owned by Stanford University. Highwire Press offers 2 million free full text articles in science and medicine. Journals are listed alphabetically but offer a date range of availability.
 
PubMed provides free access to MEDLINE, the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) database of citations and abstracts in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care systems, and preclinical sciences. PubMed is easy to use; simply enter your search topics and click Go.
 
The NLM worked with the Wellcome Trust and the U.K. Joint Information Systems Committee to digitize the complete backfiles of important and historically significant medical journals. The fulltext content is made available through PubMed Central.

Medical Metasearch Engines

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Stanford University's medical metasearch engine.  This tool brings together several types of resources including general search engines, medical indices, news sites, medical education, and medical imaging and multimedia sites.  The user can select up to 4 databases to search at one time.  An extensive offering of medical images can be found by selecting WebPath and/or PathAtlas.
 
A medical metasearch engine that searches up to 32 non-commercials, established medical resources including PubMed and MedlinePlus.  Medpro is an excellent search feature for medical professionals.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

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Bartleby.com
Bartleby.com, Inc. maintains the American Heritage Dictionary, Roget’s Thesaurus, Gray’s Anatomy, etc.
One of the most comprehensive online medical dictionaries.
 
Memory boosters for medical students.  Great for memorizing medical facts.

Medline Plus Medical Dictionary
A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health
  
Medline Plus Medical Encyclopedia
A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health
 
Stedman's Medical Dictionary
One of the most reliable, must-have resources available for healthcare professionals.

Publisher Websites

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Elsevier
Provides access to books and journals arranged by specialty. The journals usually offer sample issues online. This website also links to sample chapters of multiple recently published books in the health sciences, downloadable for free in PDF-format.
 
Thieme
On-line journals published by Thieme Publishers. Register to a free 90 day trial subscription to five medical journals, some German, some English
 
Springer
Provides access to sample issues of Springer Publishers journals.

Digital Libraries

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Internet Public Library
A public service organization and learning/teaching environment founded at the University of Michigan School of Information.
A digital library of authoritative medical information and education for all students of medicine.  Recommended sites include free online textbooks and journals.
 
Public Library of Science
PLoS provides fulltext, peer reviewed, and scientific or medical research articles in various subject areas. PLoS has created several journals to group similar content together. PLoS also provides links to articles not provided in PLoS.

eBooks

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FreeBooks4Doctors.com
Provides free online access to over 600 medical textbooks.
The National Center for Biotechnology Information offers electronic books that can be accessed through specific chapters. You can also search by subjects instead of scrolling through entire books for information. The books also link out to referenced articles.

Professional Organizations

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American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
The largest, most respected sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world.
AOTA is a national professional organization that represents and promtoes the profession of Occupational Therapy.

American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
APTA is a national professional organization that represents and promotes the profession of Physical Therapy.

Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT)
FSBPT is a resource to the member boards in their efforts to ensure the protection of the consumer of physical therapy services throughout the United States.
 
A non-profit credentialing agency that provides certification for the occuaptional therapy profession.
  
National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC)
60,000 disability-related records in five searchable and browseable database: literature, organizations, timely information, and the latest research. 

Other Websites

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National Center for Health Statistics
NCHS is the primary Federal organization responsible for the collection, analyses, and dissemination of health statistics.
 
A connection to occupational therapy resources for occupational therapists.  This Website offers forum discussions, news, articles, job searching tips and a therapist directory.

PhysicalTherapist.com
A collaborative informational Website designed for the physical therapy community.  The site is a medium for the exchange of ideas for the betterment of the profession and ultimately patient care.
 
Physical Therapy Website designed by therapists for therapists.
 
A one stop shop of PT information and services.