John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and Cochrane have announced a pilot access agreement with OhioLINK, a state-wide academic library consortium. Under this agreement people living in the U.S. state of Ohio will have free access to the Cochrane Library for one year. Published by Wiley, the Cochrane Library is a collection of health evidence used to make informed decisions about health care and policy.
The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent scientific evidence to inform health care decision-making. Published by Wiley, the Cochrane Library (ISSN 1465-1858) comprises nearly 8,500 systematic reviews; 2,425 protocols; close to 1.7 million trials; and 2,679 clinical answers.
In addition to The Ohio State University, the U.S. Cochrane Network includes some of the most prestigious academic and research institutes in the country including University of California at San Francisco, Mississippi Centre of Evidence-base Practice, Oregon Health Science University and University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Cochrane is a global independent network of health practitioners, researchers, patient advocates and others in 140 countries working together to produce credible and accessible health information in the form of Cochrane systematic reviews and other evidence-based content.
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