The secondary literature synthesises the primary research into review articles, evidence summaries, clinical guidelines etc, making it easier for busy clinicians to quickly find the answers they need, based on the available evidence.
Systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare which includes the following databases: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Cochrane Clinical Answers (CCAs), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Please note: to access off campus, select 'Sign in', 'Institutional login' and then choose 'University of Bristol'.
NB: This database can be browsed on campus without signing into the Overton site. Off campus, users need to register on the Overton registration page with their @bristol.ac.uk email address. Overton allows users to discover policy documents in 180 countries and explore their links to each other and to the academic research that has informed them. Overton indexes work from governments, universities, IGOs, NGOs, research funders, publishers and think tanks to understand their role in the policymaking landscape. Users can track the evolution of ideas all the way from academic and think tank research to government reports and legislation.
Our Grey Literature quick reference guide has details of many sources of grey literature. It is available with our database guides to health and biomedical databases.
Please look at our support pages for Systematic Reviews within the Health Sciences to see a step by step guide.
Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions by 
Evidence-Based Medicine by 
Fundamentals of Evidence Based Medicine by