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Social Work: Evidence-Based Practice 

This guide is designed to give you tips for finding evidence-based sources for your research.
Last update: Nov 13th, 2009 URL: http://libguides.bc.edu/swebp  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Systematic Reviews

"Systematic reviews of research evidence provide practitioners with reviews of nearly all of the research studies that have been conducted about a particular question such as the efficacy of an intervention (Grinnel & Unrau, p. 522, 2008)."

Grinnel, R.M., &  Unrau, Y.A. (2008) Social work research and evaluation: Foundations of evidence-based practice. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

The Campbell Collaboration

The Cochrane Library

  • The Cochrane Library  
    The Cochrane Library has systematic reviews that assess health care services and interventions. While this is mostly a database on healthcare, there are quite a few systematic reviews on treatment for mental health disorders.
 
 

PsycInfo

PsycInfo is an excellent source for articles that deal with mental health issues and evidence-based practice. It has a limit feature that allows you to search only for systematic reviews. To find the systematic review limit option, click on the methodology feature that is highlighted below:

 

Medline

Medline has journal abstracts to both medical and psychiatric literature. It includes a significant number of journal articles on mental health issues.

By clicking on Edit Limits (as shown below), you will come to a screen where you can limit your search to meta-analyses.

 

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social work, psychology

 
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