Databases
Occupational Therapy Related Databases
- Embase This link opens in a new window Provides bibliographical information for scholarly material in biomedical and pharmacological sciences.
- PubMed This link opens in a new window Indexes journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine. Contains material not yet indexed in Medline.
- MEDLINE (Ebsco) This link opens in a new window Indexes journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine.
- CINAHL with full text This link opens in a new window Provides bibliographic data and some full text for scholarly literature in nursing and allied health professions.
* For the differences between PubMed, MEDLINE, and Embase, click HERE (opens in a new window)
Multidisciplinary Databases
- Scopus This link opens in a new window Provides citations and abstracts of scholarly works in 240 disciplines from over 7000 publishers. Includes links to references, citations, and related works and has extensive author profiles.
- Web of science. Core collection This link opens in a new window Provides citations and abstracts of peer-reviewed works in 254 disciplines. Includes links to references, citations, and related works and has extensive author profiles.
- OneSearch This link opens in a new window OneSearch is a discovery tool that provides a single place to search most of the content available from the Baylor University Libraries, including: traditional library materials (books, journal titles, media, etc.); the Baylor Digital Collections; BEARdocs, (electronic theses and dissertations, honors theses, technical reports, faculty publications, etc.); research guides; and -- most importantly, much of the full text content to which the Baylor Libraries subscribe from a wide variety of sources.
Journals
Selected Occupational Therapy Journals
Occupational Therapy Journals subscribed by Baylor University Libraries
Books
- LWW Health Library This link opens in a new window
Contains most recent editions of core textbooks, videos, self-assessments and other resources in anatomical science, occupational therapy, and physical therapy. Account required to access self-assessments.
- AccessMedicine This link opens in a new windowProvides the complete text of many significant McGraw-Hill medical textbooks in areas such as cardiology, family medicine, gynecology, internal medicine, microbiology, obstetrics, pharmacology, physiology, surgery, diagnosis and treatment and much more. Useful for residents, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, physicians and healthcare students. Searchable and easily browsed. Entire chapters can be printed. McGraw-Hill
- AccessPhysiotherapy This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive online physiotherapy resource which integrates leading physical therapy textbooks, procedure and exercise videos, image galleries, self-assessment tools, and a unique cadaver dissection tool.
Other Resources or Related Information
Professional Online Tools
- PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database)A free database of randomized trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. All trials are independently assessed for quality; these ratings are used to guide users to trials that are more likely to be valid.
- NARIC: National Rehabilitation Information CenterThe National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) is the library of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR.). It collects, catalogs, and disseminates the articles, reports, curricula, guides, and other publications and products of the research projects funded by NIDILRR. NIDILRR funds more than 250 projects each year that conduct research on a wide range of issues including technology, health and function, independent living, and capacity building. Also includes a disability resources section.
- OTSeekerOTseeker is a database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials and other resources relevant to occupational therapy interventions. Most trials have been critically appraised for their validity and interpretability. In one database, OTseeker provides fast and easy access to information from a wide range of sources to inform occupational therapy.
