Library Guides: Health, Wellness & Fitness: Evidence-Based Research

Evidence-Based Research & Sources

Evaluating Your Evidence
In this module from The Learning Portal, you will learn how to determine whether or not you should use a particular source for your research assignment.
How to Read a Scientific Study
Source: Examine
How to Read a Research Paper?
Short Video Source: XploreBio, 2020

Health Sciences Research Hub
This hub will help you navigate the process of finding evidence-based health sciences information. It will help you plan your search, use appropriate databases to find information, evaluate information, and write an academic paper. It also includes a glossary of important terms.
Source: The Learning Portal College Libraries Ontario

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Health research database. Contains updated systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare, as well as full text journals, editorials and supplements. Note: Limited to 12 concurrent users.
PubMed Central
A free full text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature from the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
Academic Search Premier
Multidisciplinary research database. Content includes full text journals, magazines and video from the Associated Press.

Health Evidence
Synopses of syntheses level resource. Aims to support evidence-informed decision making (EIDM) in public health organizations.

Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines (2019)
Source: Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP)