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Here are some appraisal tools which can be useful when reading different study types; they have been adapted from resources on the BestBETs website:

• Critical appraisal - standard questions
• Critical appraisal - cohort study
• Critical appraisal - case-control study
• Critical appraisal - randomised controlled trial
• Critical appraisal - Prognosis 

These books also have helpful advice about making sense of scientific papers:

• Heneghan C, Badenoch D (2006) Evidence-based Medicine Toolkit, 2nd ed. Blackwell Publishing.
• Greenhalgh T (2010) How to Read a Paper, 4th ed. Wiley-Blackwell.
• Crombie IK (2009) The Pocket Guide to Critical Appraisal (2009). BMJ Publishing Group.

Cornell University has a useful list of electronic veterinary journals indicating which are open access and which require payment or subscription:

Electronic veterinary journals - by title