Gathering background information, or "presearch" is a crucial part of information gathering. Reference books are a great source of background information. Suggested resources for background information include:
Books:
Scholarly Article Best Bets:
Searches one, several, or all of the Gale databases simultaneously.
Remember, to link out to the full text of articles in databases such as PubMed and CINAHL, you'll need to use the Ferris FullText link. If you need a reminder on using the Ferris FullText link, please see the Full Text Linking page of this guide.
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4) Scroll down and under Special Interest select Dental Care
Systematic Reviews/Meta-Analyses provide a high level of evidence, with the study authors performing a comprehensive literature review to answer a clinical question, utilizing inclusion and exclusion criteria to base results only on well-done studies, and ultimately make practice recommendations based on the evidence that has been found. With a meta-analysis, all included studies are pooled into a single statistical analysis.
High-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.