NCDDR provides access to The Cochrane Library for NIDRR-funded researchers
NIDRR's emerging focus on knowledge translation reflects the need to ensure that not only are individual research studies of high quality and utility, but that a valid, reliable body of evidence-based knowledge is accumulated through systematic review of multiple high-quality, rigorous research studies. The NCDDR is charged with assisting NIDRR-funded researchers to improve the quality of their design and outcomes so that more NIDRR-funded research makes its way into the larger body of research evidence as identified through systematic reviews.
To achieve this aim the NCDDR is providing a new service for NIDRR-funded researchers: online access to The Cochrane Library, free-of-charge. The Cochrane Library—developed by the international Cochrane Collaboration—is a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Cochrane reviews represent the highest level of evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions. In addition to Cochrane reviews, The Cochrane Library provides other sources of reliable information such as systematic review abstracts, technology assessments, economic evaluations, and individual clinical trials—all the current healthcare evidence in one single environment.
Published by Wiley InterScience, The Cochrane Library is updated quarterly and is available on a subscription basis. The NCDDR has obtained a license to provide access to NIDRR-funded project staff, who can register by completing the form at:
http://www.ncddr.org/cgi-bin/cochranesignup.cgi
Each request will be processed by NCDDR staff and a user ID and password will be sent by e-mail. Access can be renewed every 120 days by contacting the NCDDR.
Learn more about the Cochrane Library
The NCDDR sponsored a webcast on Understanding The Cochrane Library, September 11, 2006. Listen to the archived presentation; read the transcript; review presentation materials.
About the Cochrane Collaboration
The Cochrane Collaboration was founded in 1993, and is an international non-profit and independent organization dedicated to making up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of healthcare readily available worldwide. It produces and disseminates systematic reviews of healthcare intervention research and promotes the search for evidence in the form of clinical trials and other studies of interventions. Those who prepare the reviews are primarily healthcare professionals who volunteer to work in one of the many Cochrane Review Groups, with editorial teams overseeing the preparation and maintenance of the reviews, as well as application of the rigorous quality standards for which Cochrane Reviews have become known.
The major product of the Collaboration is the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, which is available as part of The Cochrane Library. The Cochrane Consumer Network is made up of consumers who are committed to the philosophies of the Collaboration, and who provide consumer input into developing Cochrane systematic reviews of best evidence in healthcare and in utilizing this evidence.
Adapted from: http://www.cochrane.org/docs/descrip.htm
Cochrane Library Technical Support
If you are experiencing password difficulties with the Cochrane Library access, send a brief description of your problem, and be sure to include the e-mail address you registered with: Admin@sedl.org and you will be contacted within one business day.
Call 800-266-1832 for help with other Cochrane Library access-related difficulties.
If you have forgotten your password or wish to change your password go to: http://www.ncddr.org/cgi-bin/admin.cgi?action=F&targetdir=cochranelibrary.
