Filtered resources appraise the quality of studies and often make recommendations for practice. For this portion of the assignment you need to find three pieces of evidence from three different sources as indicated in the filtered section of the levels of evidence pyramid and listed on the Library's pyramid resource list for filtered evidence.
All the databases discussed on this page can be located on the Levels of Evidence Pyramid page in the Walden Library. Here are the steps for accessing the pyramid page.
Systematic reviews are considered the highest level of evidence available, and Cochrane Systematic Reviews are the gold standard.
Here is an example of how to search for a Cochrane Systematic Review using the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews:
Note: If you need help accessing the database, refer to the database access instructions above.
Note: If you have not already logged in to the Library databases, you will be prompted to log in with your myWalden Portal user name and password.
Neonatal
"Infection Control"
Note: Use quotes around a multi-word search term or subject to keep the words together when you search.
All results will be Cochrane Systematic Reviews and available in full text. If you do not find any results, adjust your keywords or terms in the search box to be broader. For instance remove one row or shorten a term.
If you do not find what you need in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, you can search using the same strategy in our other filtered databases that contain systematic reviews:
Authors of critically-appraised topics evaluate and synthesize multiple research studies.
Here is an example of how to search for a critically-appraised topic using the JBI Database:
Note: If you need help accessing the database, refer to the database access instructions above.
Neonatal and Infection
Note: The link to download the PDF of the article will be to the right of the record. Look for JBI Database PDF.
If you do not find what you need in the JBI, you can search using the same strategy in other filtered databases that contain critically-appraised topics:
Authors of critically-appraised individual articles evaluate and synopsize individual research studies.
Here is an example of how to search for critically-appraised individual articles using EvidenceAlerts from DynaMed Plus and McMaster University:
Note: If you need help accessing the database, refer to the database access instructions at the top of this page
Neonatal and Infection
If you do not find what you need in the EvidenceAlerts database, you can search using the same strategy in our other filtered databases that contain critically-appraised individual articles: