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Evidence-Based
Practice |
Access to Databases for Payment
I had intended that Evidence-Based Practice for the Helping Professions would be useful to practitioners who may not be affiliated with a hospital, large clinic, or university. In such an event, you will need to get access to some databases on a pay-as-you-go basis or through your local library. The table below summarizes how individuals still can get access to bibliographic databases that cost money.
Bibliographic Databases that Charge a Fee
| Database Vendor | Access to Whom? | Contact Procedure | Notes |
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Dialog |
Individuals can get access at a per-document rate | www.dialog.com or call 800-334-2564 | No access to Cochrane nor PsycInfo |
| EBSCO | Sold only to libraries at a cost in the thousands. | 800-653-2726 or www-us.ebsco.com/online/Login.asp? | Access to 8,285 journals. A representative told me that your local library may grant you access to EBSCO from your home. |
| FirstSearch | Sold only to libraries at a cost in the thousands | 1-800-848-5800 or e-mail oclc@olcl.org | Wisconsin residents get free access through badgerlink though other states and individual libraries may do the same. |
| Ovid
(SilverPlatter) |
Will sell access to individual databases | www.ovid.com and go to sales, pricing, databases | Access to CINAHL, PsycInfo, Soc. Abstracts, EMBASE Psychiatry, CancerLit etc. |