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Evidence Based Practice

This tutorial was developed by staff at Duke University Medical Center Library and the Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It is used with permission by Saint Louis University Medical Center Library.

The Literature Search

Acquiring the Evidence

 

ACQUIRE
the evidence		 3. Select the appropriate resource(s) and conduct a search

 

 

 

Constructing a well-built clinical question can lead directly to a well-built search strategy. Note that you may not use all the information in PICO or well-built clinical question in your search strategy.