Which are the key sources of evidence based information that the specialist collection searches?
Sources for guidelines include: • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) – www.nice.org.uk • The Department of Health – www.dh.gov.uk • Clinical Knowledge Summaries – cks.library.nhs.uk • Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network – www.sign.ac.uk • British Society of Gastroenterology – www.bsg.org.uk • The American College of Gastroenterology Practice Parameters Committee – www.acg.gi.org The specialist collection continually searches a wide range of sources for evidence based healthcare information relating to the topics covered in the Specialist Collection. These include: • The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews – www.thecochranelibrary.com • The Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects – www.crd.york.ac.uk • The NHS Economic Evaluation Database – www.crd.york.ac.uk and many others. How often are searches for information performed? The specialist collection is continuously updated as new information becomes available. The project team, together with th
