Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library is produced by the Cochrane Collaboration, a global and independent association of scientists, doctors and other healthcare professionals.
It comprises several databases:
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Content
- Cochrane Reviews und Protocols
contains systematic reviews in full text and protocols of ongoing reviews, which have been prepared according to the methodology of the Cochrane Collaboration and are regularly updated. Each review assesses the effectiveness of a medical intervention and summarises previous research. The Cochrane Library records are also included in PubMed.
On the start page you can also search the reviews by topic ("Browse by Topic").
- Trials
primarily contains records of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) or controlled clinical trials (CCTs) - a total of over 1.5 million.
On the one hand, these records refer to published articles mainly from PubMed and Embase, and to a small extent from other sources (CINAHL and handsearching).
In addition, there are data sets from the study registries ClinicalTrials.gov and WHO ICTRP, with links to the registry entries.
Note: The detail pages of the hits usually link either to PubMed (for the integration of our "Check full text" service in PubMed you would have to start with the link https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?myncbishare=medizin_mannheim) or via DOI to the publisher's page (you can search for the DOI without "https://doi.org/" via LibKey, so that you can access licensed full texts from outside the faculty network if necessary).
- Cochrane Clinical Answers
Summaries of selected Cochrane Reviews, see About
Access instructions
Database access from outside the faculty network is only possible for members of the faculty with a library ID, see Access options to licensed electronic media.