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Resource of the week #21: TRIP

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What is it?
TRIP – meaning Turn Research Into Practice – is a clinical search engine, that allows you to search for good-quality research evidence.

Key Features
There are a number of search options:
  • Simple free-text search
  • PICO search
  • Advanced search options
The range of information that can be searched, includes:
  • Research articles
  • Evidence reviews
  • Guidelines
  • Images
  • Videos
  • Patient information
You can filter your results by evidence-type.

Example screen-shot from TRIP

How can it help you?
TRIP is a good resource to help you to find high-level, good quality evidence.

How to access it?
TRIP is available in 2 versions.
  • Standard version – this is freely available on the Internet. All users can access this.
  • Pro Version – this is a subscribed version and will give you additional features such as images and video as well as some full-text links. NHS users can access the Pro version via the NHS network.
Note that you will not necessarily be able to link to the full-text. Check the library collections to see if we have a subscription to the articles you find.

Video demo
Watch this video from founder Jon Brassey for more information about TRIP:

eTutorial
There are a number of video tutorials to help you get started with TRIP.


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