Selected Medical or Chiropractic Web Sites

• Chiropractic Library Consortium. Chiropractic Subject Headings. Editors: Ann Kempke, Bethyn Boni. CLIBCON, 2006.
• Healthy People 2010
• Carey PF, Clum G, Dixon P. Final Report of the Identity Consultation Task Force. Toronto: World Federation of Chiropractic, 2005.
• Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards. Providers of Approved Continuing Education (PACE). Policies & procedures: Criteria for quality continuing education, adopted February 9, 2006 [by the] FCLB Board of Directors
• The Future of Chiropractic Revisited: 2005 to 2015 [Institute for Alternative Futures]
• Job Analysis of Chiropractic 2005 [National Board of Chiropractic Examiners]
• Efficacy of Chiropractic Treatment [Canadian Chiropractic Association]
• MEDLINEPlus Health Information [U.S. National Library of Medicine]
• Canadian Health Network [Public Health Agency of Canada]
• The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
• familydoctor.org  [American Academy of Family Physicians]
• IBIDS Database: International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements
  [U.S. National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements]
• NOAH [New York Online Access to Health]: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Chiro Org's Image Archive [The Chiropractic Resource Organization]
• More chiropractic links [Palmer College of Chiropractic]

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Chiropractic Organizations

• American Chiropractic Association (ACA)
• Association of Chiropractic Colleges (ACC)
• British Chiropractic Association (BCA)
• Canadian Chiropractic Association/L'association chiropratique canadienne (CCA)
• Canadian Chiropractic Examination Board (CCEB)
• Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE)
• Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards (FCLB)
• Foundation for Chiropractic Education & Research (FCER)
• Institute of Evidence-Based Chiropractic (IEBC)
• International Chiropractors Association (ICA)
• Providers of Approved Continuing Education (PACE)
• National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE)
• World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC)

Free Literature Databases

• PubMed [U.S. National Library of Medicine]
• CAM on PubMed
• NLM Gateway [U.S. National Library of Medicine]
• The Cochrane Collaboration (full text available only by subscription)
• Centre for Reviews and Dissemination Databases [including Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
• PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database) [Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy (CEBP)]
• OSTMED.DR [Osteopathic Medicine Digital Repository]
• TRIP Database: Turning Research into Practice
• ERIC [Education Resources Information Center, U.S. Dept. of Education]
• TIMELit: Topics in Medical Education  [Centre for Medical Education, Dundee]

• RDRB: Research & Development Resource Base (in CME) [University of Toronto]
• Google Scholar [Advanced Scholar Search]
• Google Book Search [Advanced Book Search]

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Practice Guidelines  

Databases and Web Sites:

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
• CMA Infobase: Clinical Practice Guidelines 
• Clinical Practice Guidelines Online: AHQR: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
• Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines
• GAC: Guidelines Advisory Committee [Ontario]

Selected Chiropractic Guidelines:  

• CCA/CFCRB-CPG.Chiropractic clinical practice guideline: evidence-based treatment of adult neck pain not due to whiplash. J Can Chiro Assoc 2005; 49(3):160-209.
  PDF Version   Online Version
• Bussières AE, Peterson C, Taylor JA. Diagnostic imaging practice guidelines for musculoskeletal complaints in adults — an evidence-based approach. J Manipulative Physiol Ther Nov-Dec 2007; Jan 2008. link
• ICA [International Chiropractors Association] Committee on Chiropractic Practice Guidelines and Protocols]: Recommended Clinical Protocols and Guidelines for the Practice of Chiropractic 
• The International Classification of Headache Disorders: 2nd edition. Cephalalgia 2004; 24 Suppl 1:9-160.
• Clinical guidelines for chiropractic practice in Canada [Glenerin Guidelines, 1993]

Selected Reading:

• Annotated Bibliographies from the National Guideline Clearinghouse

• Oxman A. Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ 2004; 328(7454):1490. Full text

• Davis DA, Taylor-Vaisey AL .Translating guidelines into practice. A systematic review of theoretic concepts, practical experience and research evidence in the adoption of clinical practice guidelines. CMAJ 1997 Aug 15;157(4):408-16. Full text

• Translating Guidelines Into Practice: Implementation and Physician Behavior Change  [theme issue]  Chest ;18 (2 Suppl) August 2000  Full text

 Chiropractic Libraries and Colleges

• Chiropractors, librarians and students may find out about services offered by chiropractic libraries through the Chiropractic Libraries Section (CLS) of the Medical Library Association. Many chiropractic library Web sites contain links to further resources.
• Chiropractic Colleges Library Directory [CLIBCON]