RESEARCH RESOURCES

EBP Resources

• EBP Tutorial (Sponsored by University of Minnesota Libraries)
• ACE (The Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice (ACE) established by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio)

Nursing Research

• AACN Position Statement on Nursing Research

Research Methods Resources

• Introduction to Research

Qualitative & Quantitative Methods

• Quizzes
  • Quantitative Methods Research Terms Quiz
• Content Analysis
  • Stemler, Steve (2001). An overview of content analysis. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 7(17). Retrieved from http://PAREonline.net/getvn.asp?v=7&n=17
  • Concordance Software
• Quantitative Critique Resources
  • Nursing Research (Journal) Open Manuscript Review

Institutional Review Boards

• ARENA/PRIM&R (Applied Research Ethics National Association)
• Ethical and Independent Review Services
• IRB Discussion and News Forum
• DHHS-Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)
• Federal Register Online
• FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
• NSF (National Science Foundation)
• ORI (Office of Research Integrity)
• USDA (US Department of Agriculture)
• University of Minnesota Informed Consent
• NH Office of Human Subjects Research
• NIH computer based training: Protecting Human Research Participants
• Simplification of Informed Consent Documents

Instrument Access

• Buros Institute of Mental Measurements

Instrument Development

• Basics of Developing Questionnaires

Patient Reported Outcome Instruments

• Child Health Toolbox
• Core MOS measures of quality of life
• Healthy Days Measures (CDC HRQOL)
• The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) Measurement System
• Generalized Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale
• Geriatric Depression Scale -- GDS
• HIV-PARSE Baseline Questionnaire
• Lung Cancer Symptom Scale (LCSS)
• Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scales
• MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire (MacNew)
• Mini Mental State Examination
• The MOS Social Support Survey
• Patient Satisfaction Survey
• Patient Satisfaction Questionnaires (PSQ III) (PSQ-18)
• Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL)
• Pediatric asthma symptom scale
• RAND 36-Item Health Survey 1.0
• Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI)

Major Organizations and Research Groups

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Adult and Community Health
• Cochrane Collaboration
• Department of Health Care Policy Harvard Medical School 
• Department of Health Services, University of Washington
• Health Assessment Lab (HAL)
• International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)
• National Institute of Nursing Research
• Pain Research Group (PRG)
• Quality of Life Research Unit, University of Toronto

Major Journals for the Number of Articles on Patient Reported Outcomes

• British Medical Journal
• Journal of American Medical Association

Bibliographic Research

• PubMed-MEDLINE
• Library of Congress

Methodology

• CDC Health-Related Quality of Life 
• Measurement of Health-Related Quality of Life in Chronic Disease
• Quality of life compendium
• The RAND Tools for Assessing Quality of Life and Health Status