The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases containing evidence about the effects of interventions on healthcare. The key databases included in the Cochrane Library are:
The default search setting in Cochrane Library is to search all of these databases (plus a few others) simultaneously. Search results are divided according to which database they came from (see left column of your search results page). This database has an international scope and covers almost all types of healthcare interventions: surgical, pharmaceutical, rehabilitation, psycho-social, alternative and natural treatments, and more.
You can access Cochrane Library from this guide or the Databases page on the LHL Web site. APTA members may access three Cochrane Library databases via ArticleSearch: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR or "Cochrane Reviews"), the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE or "Other Reviews"), and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL or "Clinical Trials").
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