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Home > Research > Evidence-Based Dentistry > Evidence-Based Dentistry Resources

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Grey Literature

Grey literature refers to documents produced by all levels of government and by academics, business and industry, in print and electronic formats that are protected by intellectual property rights but not controlled by commercial publishers. For more information on what grey literature covers, please read the handout here. 

PubMed vs Medline

This graphic discusses the similarities and differences between PubMed and Medline interfaces. For more details, please read the handout here. 

Guidelines and Benchmarking

This handout provides an overview of all the resources that cover clinical practice guidelines and benchmarking. For more information, please read the handout here.

Types of Study Designs

Study designs are critical for depicting the lowest and highest qualities of evidence as determined by the evidence pyramid. This handout details each study design available to researchers, levels allotted to each design, and where they are the most applicable depending on the clinical questions and type of research. For more information, please read the handout here. 

Core Resources in Health Sciences and Dentistry

This handout details all the databases available to researchers in the health sciences and dentistry subject area. For more information, please read the handout here. 

Types of Reviews

This handout provides an overview of the different types of reviews available to researchers and what review type may be best applicable for a research project. For more information, please read the handout here. 

Measuring Research Impact

An Impact Factor is a measurement of the relative importance of a journal, individual publication, or researcher to literature and research. This infographic details the various impact factors available to researchers and their importance. For more information, please read the handout here. 

Health Services Research 

This handout focuses on the multidisciplinary aspects of health services research, its focus areas and the best resources available to access this information. For more details, please refer to the handout here. 

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