CRITERIA
- GENERAL CRITERIA
- ACCESS
- Available at no charge: No subscripton, No monthly fees
- Free registration is acceptable (privacy policy available)
- Priority to open access/no registration sources
- AUTHORS
- Identification: education and/or professional experience
- The source of the content is respected and dependable
- Resources reviewed and quality-filtered by professionals
- INFORMATION
- Original, relevant, and/or valuable content
- Facts-statistics are documented (free of bias)
- Citations: Authenticity, reliability, and believability
- NAVIGATION
- Design elements should enhance functionality
- Clear navigation structure and/or instructions
- Requirements: browser, PDF reader or media player
- FUNDING
- Clear differentiation between content and advertising
- Main purpose: Educational, not commercial
- Sponsors-economic support should be clearly stated
- ACCESS
- Sources are consistently available (speed, uptime)
- Accessible to persons with disabilities (desirable)
- Electronic addresses (URLs reliable, updated)
- VARIOUS
- Background information can be verified.
- Source includes a publication date or "last reviewed"
- Information is well-organized and clearly presented
- Resources are updated frequently (if appropriate)
- Adequate policies: privacy, security, terms of use
- SPECIFIC CRITERIA
- ABSTRACTS
- Summaries, scientific literature, peer-reviewed
- From: Journals (Paywall), universities, websites
- Coverage: 2021-2000 - Selected: 732 Sources
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- ARTICLES
- Scientific literature, peer-reviewed
- From: Journals (Free/Open), databases, repositories
- Coverage: 2021-2000 - Selected: 5264 Sources
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- PUBLICATIONS
- Books, reports, chapters, guidelines, statements
- From: Organizations, institutions, and online references
- Coverage: 2021-2000 - Selected: 257 Sources
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- THESES
- Supervised works published by university students
- From: Repositories, digital libraries
- Coverage: 2021-2000 - Selected: 449 Sources
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- MULTIMEDIA
- Lectures, conferences, interviews, podcasts
- From: Institutions, journals, universities, websites
- Coverage: 2021-2000 - Selected: 205 Sources
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- MEETINGS
- Congresses, meetings, workshops, conferences
- From: Journals, universities, websites
- Coverage: 2021-2000 - Selected: 174 Sources
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BROWSE vs SEARCH
- BROWSE
- Sections
- Newest (Latest 15 resources available)
- Featured (Editor's Choice, daily selection, newest)
- Selections (daily selection, archives 2021-2000)
- Supplements (research compilations, newest, selection)
- Additions (latest resources added, updates, archives)
- Topics, Practice, Groups, Categories, Evidence, Authors
- SEARCH
- Results
- Newest (Latest 15 resources available)
- Flexibility (multiple search options, search engines)
- Human-Based (No automated processes, no robots)
- Quality (Best sources, peer-review, selection criteria)
- Access (Direct links, constantly checked-updated)
- Topics, Practice, Groups, Categories, Evidence, Authors
HOW TO SEARCH
- OPTION
- Choose
- Basic Search
- Related Terms
- Exact Phrase
- Exclude Terms
- Multiple Terms
- Checkboxes
- Source-Based
- EXAMPLE
- Search Box
- Depression
- Depress
- "Depression Treatment"
- Depression -Anxiety
- Depression Exercise
- Depress (check: CAM)
- Depress >TheBMJ<
- DESCRIPTION
- Results
- Depression resources (title-based)
- Depressive, antidepressants... (NO wildcards)
- Only these terms (title-based, order, combination)
- Only depression, anxiety resources excluded
- Both included (NO boolean operators accepted)
- Only CAM resources (ONE checkbox accepted)
- Resources published in TheBMJ exclusively
