Transplant Library

This is a joint project between the CET and Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins/Ovid (Wolters Kluwer Health). The aim of the library, is to provide high quality, evidence-based information, namely RCTs and systematic reviews, on all of aspects of solid organ transplantation for the transplantation community. The library has been developed by the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation (CET) and will serve as an easily searched resource for clinicians, researchers and other related health professionals. The library contains records of:

• Randomised controlled trials (RCTs), from 1970 to present. There are over 7,500 references in the library, sourced mainly from Medline, the Cochrane Library (with permission) and hand searches of conference proceedings. [More on the assessment and selection of RCTs]
• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of good quality from 2008 onwards. [More on the selection of reviews]

Other features of the Library include:

• A simple and intuitive search interface on the OvidSP platform, allowing rapid and comprehensive searches on focused topics without any professional search skills
• The search interface includes unique limits specific to organ transplantation to make searching even faster and more effective
• Studies published from 2004 onwards have been given a methodological quality rating which helps users assess their potential value (based upon the Jadad score, allocation concealment and intention-to-treat analysis)
• The library is updated every two weeks, keeping users abreast of newly reported RCTs

User guide

A guide on how to search the library can be downloaded here.

How to access the library

There are several ways to get access to the Transplant Library:

1. Transplantation Subscribers
   
   Access the Library through the homepage for Transplantation.
   
   
2. European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT) Members
   
   Access the Library from the members avenue via the ESOT homepage.
   
   
3. British Transplant Society (BTS) Members
   
   Access the Library direct from the BTS website.
   
   
4. Athens Users
   
   If your institution has subscribed to the Library, you can access it directly with your Athens password.
   
   
5. Scottish NHS libraries
   
   Contact the librarian at your local NHS library for details on how to access the library.
   
   

Information for Librarians

If you are interested in subscribing to the Transplant Library at your institution, please visit the Ovid website. The library is avilable as part of a bundle of related products.

Useful References

Barcena L, Pengel L, Morris PJ. Searching the transplantation library. Transplantation 2008;85(8):1068-74 [PMID:18431222]