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Subject Guide for Occupational Therapy

 


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Guides for Occupational Therapy Courses

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Finding Authoritative Web Sites  


FINDING ARTICLES

Health Databases

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
For tips on using this database see the Cochrane Library Quick Reference Guide

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EBSCO Health
TIP: This is the best online source to find the full-text of articles about occupational therapy.

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OT Search
TIP: The full-text is not available for articles cited in OT Search. The full-text is available in the EBSCO Health databases and in the Alvernia Library collection of print journals for some articles cited in OT Search. Articles not available in these two sources can be obtained through interlibrary loan.

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FINDING AUTHORITATIVE WEB SITES

Alvernia Library’s Internet Reference Library

The Internet Reference Library has a list of selected Occupational Therapy and Health and Medicine Web sites. The Internet Reference Library can be accessed from the Resources page of the Library Web site.

Alvernia Library Research Page

The Research Guides page, listed under How to on the Alvernia Library homepage, links to sources for finding and evaluating Web sites.


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FINDING BOOKS, VIDEOS, DVDS, & CDS

WorldCat 179 million records

This Online Union Catalog lists holdings from libraries across the world. Searches can be conducted across all libraries or limited to the Alvernia Library collection. Searches can also be limited to specific types of documents such as books, visual materials and Internet resources. (dates of coverage: 2100 B.C. – present)

Requesting a book from this collection only takes a minute. Click on the Borrow this item from another library link. Submit the form with your Alvernia ID number and allow two weeks for delivery of the requested book.

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Alvernia's Catalog

Alvernia's Catalog is the best tool for finding items in Alvernia Library's collection. You can search for books, audiobooks, books in the Best Seller collection, audio-visual materials (videos, DVD's and CD's), course reserves, and journals in our print collection. Item records indicate if the item is available. Students, faculty and staff with an Alvernia ID card can place a hold on items that are currently in circulation.

The Dewey Decimal System is used to classify books in the Alvernia Library collection. Most books about occupational therapy are located in the 615.85 section.

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ONLINE BOOKS

NetLibrary eBooks
A collection of over 15,000 eBooks is now accessible from NetLibrary. eBooks are full text electronic versions that can be borrowed and returned over the Internet.  Examples of books on occupational therapy include:

  • Activities for Adults With Learning Disabilities: Having Fun, Meeting Needs (2009)
  • Conceptual Foundations of Occupational Therapy Practice (2009)
  • Occupation-centered Practice with Children: A Practical Guide for Occupational Therapists (2010)
  • Occupational Therapy and Life Course Development: A Workbook for Professional practice (2009)
  • Occupational Therapy in Orthopaedics and Trauma (2009)
  • Writing Patient/Client Notes; Ensuring Accuracy in Documentation (2009)

Biomedical books
The National Center for Biotechnology Information's collection of electronic books can be searched for topics in occupational therapy.

Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
The Encyclopedia covers topics in all major health professions, including nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, medical lab technology, emergency medical technology, pharmacology and nutrition. In addition, approximately 400 photographs and illustrations are featured.

International Encyclopedia of the Social Services
This encyclopedia covers articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences.

Gray's Anatomy
http://www.bartleby.com/107/
The classic illustrated text of human anatomy (20th edition, 1918) is now available online. It is fully searchable by keyword, table of contents, or subject index containing 13,000 entries. From Bartleby.com. (LII)

Mental Measurements Yearbook
Produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. The MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. All MMY entries contain descriptive information (e.g., test purpose, publisher, pricing) and edited review(s) written by leading content area experts. MMY provides coverage from Volume 9 to the present.


 

Merck Manuals


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