Occupational therapy
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+"occupational therapy" +"cerebral palsy"
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Databases and journal articles for Occupational therapy
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research reports
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Databases |
Notes |
Help |
| Academic Search Premier | A multidisciplinary database which includes coverage of nearly every area of academic study including the medical sciences, and which also offers full text for many journals | Help is available from any search screen within the database |
| Ageline | A bibliographic database related to aging and middle age, from an interdisciplinary perspective of psychology, economics, sociology, gerontology, public policy, business, health and health care services, and consumer issues | Help is available from any search screen within the database |
| Allied and complementary medicine (AMED) | A bibliographic database produced by the Health Care Information Service of the British Library. It covers complementary medicine, palliative care, and the allied health professions | Help is available from any search screen within the database |
| CINAHL | A bibliographic databases covering international literature in nursing and allied health | Help is available from any search screen within the database |
| OTseeker | This evidence-based database contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy | Help is available from the OTseeker search screen |
Full text not available?
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Database search tips
- Define your topic and identify the main concepts involved
For example client centred practice and power
- Make a list of keywords for each concept
For example
client centred practice, client centered practice, patient centred care
power*, justice
- Think about how you can combine these keywords in your search using OR, AND or
NOT
Keywords on the same concept combine with an OR
Combine different concepts with an AND
For example
client centred practice OR client centered practice
and
power* or justice
- Appropriate truncation symbols can be used in databases to find variations of
a word, for example power* finds power, powerful, power-sharing and so on
For help with searching databases see Connecting and Combining Search Terms or Truncation/Wildcards/Phrase searching: Basic or Online training or Ask the Library
It is important to critically evaluate all information you find particularly
information found on the web.
This is a starting list of internet sites. You may want to do your own searches
using
search engines
- ABLEDATA provides objective information about assistive technology products and rehabilitation equipment. Funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, US Dept of Education
- Disability Information and resource centre (DIRC) the home of disability information in South Australia
- HealthInsite: A-Z Health Topics Quality assessed information on important health topics. An Australian Government initiative, funded by the Department of Health and Ageing
- Intute: Nursing, midwifery and allied health Created by a network of UK universities and partners, Intute provides access to evaluated education and research web resources in the nursing, midwifery and allied health professions
- OTworks from the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
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