Searching the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC)

Searching NGC can be frustrating and retrieving relevant guidelines can be hit or miss. Here are a few suggestions that may help. When you open NGC, click on “Detailed Search” located on the left of the screen. The “Detailed Search” template offers multiple search boxes. Use a few boxes to describe your topic of interest rather than trying to define your topic narrowly. The search boxes to start with are: Keyword; Disease Condition; Guideline Category; Age of Target Population and Years. You can try searching with all of these categories or use three or four. Restricting the number of years you want to search is an efficient way to control your results.