Background Sources for the Health Sciences
This guide highlights background sources useful for researchers in the schools of Nursing, Pharmacy, and the Rangos School of Health Sciences.
Chemistry and Biochemistry
The purpose of this guide is to direct students studying chemistry to research materials available through the library in addition to other free material available online.
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Clinical practice guidelines (also called CPGs, guidelines, and practice guidelines) are statements that include recommendations intended to optimize patient care.
Covidence
Covidence is a systematic review tool that aids with review management and collaboration.
Critical Appraisal Tools
This guide describes tools to critically evaluate evidenced based reviews and study designs.
EBP Pyramid
Evidence Based Practice (EBP) or Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) uses the best current research evidence to support clinical decisions in patient health care.
Embase Basics
Learn how to effectively search Embase, an online database providing coverage of one of the largest selections of biomedical literature available.
EndNote
EndNote's citation management software is a useful tool for organizing references and creating bibliographies. It is available for free to all Duquesne University users.
Grey Literature
A guide for navigating additional unpublished works in comprehensive evidence syntheses (systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and integrative reviews).
Health Disparities
The purpose of this guide is to assist students and faculty in conducting research on the topic of health disparities and health equity issues.
Integrative Review
A guide introducing the process of conducting an integrative review.
Medicinal Chemistry
This guide is designed to support students and faculty in Duquesne University’s Medicinal Chemistry programs. It brings together selected relevant Gumberg Library resources and additional websites.
Opioid Crisis
"Every day, more than 90 Americans die after overdosing on opioids." -National Institute on Drug Abuse
Pharmacology
This guide is designed to support students and faculty in Duquesne University’s Pharmacology graduate programs. It brings together selected relevant Gumberg Library resources and additional websites.
Scoping Review
A guide introducing the process of conducting a scoping review
Systematic Reviews
A guide directing researchers on the systematic review process. Layout based on Doing a Systematic Review: A Student's Guide, 2nd Edition, by Angela Boland, M. Gemma Cherry, and Rumona Dickson.
UpToDate
UpToDate® is a physician-authored clinical decision support resource used to make point-of-care decisions. More than 5,100 physician authors, editors and peer reviewers have synthesized the most recent medical information into evidence-based recommendations to improve patient care and quality.
