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New Library Database - Cochrane Library

Posted: January 23, 2006

The Cochrane Library is a unique source of reliable and up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care. Published on a quarterly basis, The Cochrane Library is designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care.

The Cochrane Library consists of a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medicine databases. The databases and the current numbers of records are:

Database

Total Records

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Cochrane Reviews)

4113

Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)

5585

The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)

463763

The Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews (Methodology Reviews)

20

The Cochrane Methodology Register (Methodology Register)

7484

Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA)

4733

NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED)

16418

About The Cochrane Collaboration and the Cochrane Collaborative Review Groups (About)

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