Cochrane Collaboration links

The Cochrane Collaboration
The Cochrane Collaboration is an international non-profit and independent organisation, dedicated to making up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of healthcare readily available worldwide. It produces and disseminates systematic reviews of healthcare interventions and promotes the search for evidence in the form of clinical trials and other studies of interventions. The Cochrane Collaboration was founded in 1993 and named for the British epidemiologist, Archie Cochrane. http://www.cochrane.org/

A guide for newcomers to The Cochrane Collaboration
The guide for newcomers includes information about the Cochrane Collaboration, systematic reviews and ways in which you can get involved.
http://www.cochrane.org/docs/newcomersguide.htm

Cochrane Collaboration Consumer Network
CCNet is the Cochrane Collaboration's Consumer Network. The network is made up
of fellow consumers who are committed to the philosophies of The Cochrane
Collaboration and the importance of consumer participation in informed healthcare
decision-making processes. This website tells you about the role of health consumers,
patients and the general public in the work of the Cochrane Collaboration. CCNet can
link you with people who share your interests and connect you to the Cochrane groups
that work in the areas of health care that concern you most.
http://www.cochrane.org/consumers/

Cochrane Cancer Network
The Cochrane Cancer Network represents the cancer wing of the Cochrane Collaboration. The Cochrane Cancer Network aims to facilitate the preparation, maintenance and dissemination of Cochrane systematic reviews in cancer addressing the information needs of cancer patients, clinical practitioners and researchers. http://www.canet.org/

Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library is a unique source of reliable and up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care. Published on a quarterly basis, The Cochrane Library is designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/mrwhome/106568753/HOME , The Cochrane Library User Guide