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Evidence Based Practice

Evidence Based Practice: 

Books:

Handbook of evidence-based veterinary medicine (print and ebook)

How to read a paper: the basics of evidence-based medicine (print and ebook)

Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice, Volume 37: Issue 3, Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary Clinics of North America Equine Practice, Volume 23: Issue 2, Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine

Websites:

University of Queensland pages for medicine students:

Evidence-based practice

Journal articles:

Doig GS. Evidence-based veterinary medicine: what it is, what it isn't and how to do it. Aust Vet J 2003;81:412-415.

Holmes MA. Philosophical foundations of evidence-based medicine for veterinary clinicians. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2009;235:1035-1039.

Kastelic JP. Critical evaluation of scientific articles and other sources of information: An introduction to evidence-based veterinary medicine. Theriogenology 2006;66:534-542.

Murphy SA. Searching for veterinary evidence: strategies and resources for locating clinical research. Vet Clin N Am Small Anim Pract 2007;37:433-445.
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Schmidt PL. Evidence-based veterinary medicine: evolution, revolution, or repackaging of veterinary practice? Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract 2007;37:409-417.
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Vandeweerd JM, Kirschvink N, Clegg P et al. Is evidence-based medicine so evident in veterinary research and practice? History, obstacles and perspectives. Vet J 2011. In press.

Image Collections

Image Collections: 

Anatomically correct - online cat dissection

Images4u - veterinary anatomy (only allows one image for free each day, register for $19 for 6 months or $39 for 2 years)

University of Minnesota. College of Veterinary Medicine - carnivore anatomy

DVM Insight image library - radiology case studies

Veterinary ImageScope slides only on Gatton Library computers - click link for more details

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles: 

PubMed

ScienceDirect

Scopus

Web of Science

Web of Knowledge - includes Web of Science, BIOSIS Previews, CAB Abstracts, MEDLINE and Zoological Record

Other databases for veterinary science

Peer-reviewed journals

To check whether a journal is 'peer reviewed', go to Ulrichs Periodicals Directory and do a search on the journal name. If the journal is peer reviewed, there will be a black and white referee's jersey next to the journal title. If you click on the title, there will be a field 'Refereed: Yes'.

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources: 

Links to popular veterinary ebooks:

General

Equine

Large animal

Small animal

Publisher's package:

VetMed Resource - is a compilation of CABI veterinary articles, book chapters and datasheets and news. It aims to provide a 'one-stop shop' to vet clinics.

The vet laptop:
At the Gatton Library, there is a laptop containing the following software:

  • * Clinical pathology for the veterinary team
  • * Equine internal medicine (image gallery for chapters 10 and 12)
  • * Glass horse - equine colic
  • * Glass horse - equine distal limb
  • * Interactive physiology (accompanies 'Human physiology: an integrated approach')
  • * Passing a nasogastric tube in the horse
  • * Teat condition portfolio
  • * SBLi player

ZenWorks resources:
At the Gatton Library, all the workstations have a ZenWorks window containing the following software:

  • * Art of bovine auscultation
  • * Art of equine auscultation
  • * CLIVE project
  • * Glass horse - equine colic
  • * InfoPest - AgVet & MSDS
  • * MIMS-IVS
  • * Toxicology for Australian veterinarians
  • * Veterinary ImageScope slides
  • * Virtual microscope

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