Introduction
Health Sciences Research involves new ideas and questions in health, diseases, healthcare, and medications. Below is a figure to show you where your question might fit in the realm of Health Sciences Research:
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Evidence Based Practices Overview
- ACCESS Smart SearchDesigned to find the best evidence-based answers to clinical questions by simultaneously searching the leading evidence-driven medical publications. Results are organized by the pyramid of study design.
- Joanna Briggs' Institute's Checklist for Qualitative ResearchThis document by the Joanna Briggs Institute for Critical Appraisal provides a checklist that you can use to critically evaluate qualitative studies.
- Search Tips for Medical LiteratureThis downloadable word document provides a list of questions that librarians use when critically evaluating research in the health sciences.
Bias in Studies
According to the Supporting Clinical Are: An Institute in Evidence-Based Practice for Medical Librarians, bias is defined as "A systematic tendency to produce an outcome that differs from the underlying truth."
- Catalog of BiasThere are several different biases that can occur when researchers conduct studies. This web site has attempted to catalog each one, explaining what it is and how you, a reader, can identify them in studies.