Table 2.

Examples of Types and Sources of Digital Evidence

Types	Sources
Bibliographic:
Primary literature—
Traditional	medline, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (cinahl)
Full text	OVID database; individual journals (e.g., British Medical Journal, Australian Electronic Journal of Nursing Education)
Structured reporting	Trial bank
Synthesized—
Electronic textbooks	Harrison's Principles of Medicine, Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry
Systematic reviews	Cochrane Collaboration, Joanna Briggs Institute for Evidence-based Nursing & Midwifery
Practice parameters:
Standards of care	American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Practice guidelines	National Guideline Clearinghouse, American Academy of Pediatrics
Disease management plans	American Diabetes Association
Comparative databases:	National Nursing Quality Indicator Database, Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS); California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
Knowledge bases:
Diagnostic decision support	DXplain, Iliad
Pharmacy	National Drug Data File, Micromedix
Genomic	Genbank, Molecular Modeling Database