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Below are a few major, frequently used sources for the study of Occupational Therapy. See also the research guides for Psychology, Health, and Sociology. For additional information on sources please consult a librarian. Internet resources require a Tufts I.D. number for off-campus access (authorized users statement). |
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Reference Resources
Compilations
MD
Consult
A core collection of books, journals, drugs, news for the clinical
practitioner.
STAT!Ref
Searchable database of drug compendia and medical textbooks.
Tufts
University. Hirsh Health Sciences Library--Subject Guides
Biomedical resources by type and topic.
Dictionaries
Acronyms
Server
You can search for acronyms and for words used in acronyms.
Acronyms
and Initialisms for Health Information Resources
Site maintained by Marie-Lise Shams. French and English.
Oxford
Reference Online--Medicine
Online access to four dictionaries: Concise Medical Dictionary,
A Dictionary of Medicines, A Dictionary of Nursing, and A Dictionary
of Psychology.
Guides & Texts
Harrison's
Online
An online medical information service. Updated daily, the site
delivers the complete text, illustrations, and expanded features
from Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, including additional
references, links to MEDLINE abstracts, and important medical
news.
Virtual
Hospital: All Textbooks
A digital health sciences library from the University of Iowa.
The Virtual Hospital contains textbooks and booklets for health
care providers and patients.
News
LexisNexis:
Medical (How
to use)
From the drop down menu select Medical News. Access to articles
from medical and health news sources on healthcare issues.
Societies & Associations
American Occupational Therapy Association
American Occupational Therapy Foundation
Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy
World Federation of Occupational Therapists
Writing Aids
Dictionaries
Oxford English Dictionary Online
Oxford
Reference Online--Medicine
Online access to four dictionaries: Concise Medical Dictionary,
A Dictionary of Medicines, A Dictionary of Nursing, and A Dictionary
of Psychology.
Style Manuals & Guides
APA Style.Org
Electronic References (APA Online)
Commonly ask questions pertaining to how to cite electronic media.
A Guide
for Writing Research Papers Based on American Psychological Association
(APA) Documentation
Prepared by the Humanities Department at Capital Community-Technical
College, Hartford, Connecticut.
Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences
Publication Manual of the American Psychology Association.
[PRINT. Tisch reference desk BF76.7 .P83 2001]
RefWorks
A web-based reference/citation and bibliography manager. Allows
users to keep track of and download citations from our
internet databases/indexes and then use these references in
writing papers and automatically formatting papers and the bibliographies.
This software works with EndNote too!
A library’s catalog covers most aspects of a subject over centuries of publications in many languages. Catalogs can be searched by author, title, subject, and keyword. Tisch Library uses the Library of Congress (LC) classification scheme. LC classification brings similar books together on the shelves, which facilitates browsing. Books on Occupational Therapy are classified in RM 735. Psychology is classified in BF.
The Catalogs
Boston Library Consortium Catalogs
Harvard University Library System Catalog (HOLLIS)
WorldCat.
FirstSearch.
Click on WorldCat or select WorldCat database from the search
box.
Covers almost all of the catalogs of the major research libraries,
as well as public libraries.
Other Sources for Books
Books
in Print
Lists books currently in print and available on the market for
purchasing.
Document Delivery
Borrow from other libraries, both books and journal articles.
To locate articles or research papers within periodicals and journals, it is necessary to use specialized databases known as indexes. Database Searching Tips (also available in PDF) provides valuable information on how to construct a search for best results.
Indexes
Occupational Therapy Indexes
OT
Search. American Occupational Therapy Foundation.
[Login name=tisch; Password=bsot]
A bibliographic database covering the literature of occupational
therapy and related subject areas, such as rehabilitation, education,
psychiatry or psychology, and health care delivery or administration.
General All Purpose Indexes
Expanded
Academic ASAP. Infotrac/Gale.
This database includes scholarly journals and news magazines across
all academic disciplines, many with full text and images. Includes full text of Physical Therapy from 1989 to the present.
Health Indexes
CINAHL:
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health. OVID. 1982-
Access to literature related to nursing and allied health. Virtually
all English-language publications are indexed.
EBM
Reviews Collection (Evidence Based Medicine). OVID
Access to critical assessments of systematic reviews from a variety
of medical journals, a bibliographic database of definitive controlled
clinical trials, and abstracts of significant articles from clinical
journals.
Health
Reference Center Academic. Infotrac/Gale. 1980-
Resource for health-related research. Provides access to a collection
of general interest health and fitness magazines, medical and
professional periodicals, reference books and pamphlets.
MDX
Health Digest. First Search. 1988-
Index to consumer health information.
MEDLINE.
Ovid, 1966- Old
Medline, 1951-1965.
National Library of Medicine’s bibliographic database covering
the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine,
the health care system, and preclinical sciences.
PubMED.
NLM.
A service of the National Library of Medicine; provides access
to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960s and
additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many
sites providing full-text articles and other related resources.
Education, Sociology and Psychology Indexes
AARP
AgeLine. OVID. 1978-
Provides bibliographic references and original abstracts for materials
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.
ERIC.
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts/IDS. 1966-
Database sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide
extensive access to education-related literature.
Sociological
Abstracts. Cambridge Scientific Abstracts/IDS. 1963-
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology
and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews
drawn from over 1,700 serials publications, and also provides
abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference
papers.
PsycINFO.
OVID. 1872-
Provides citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters,
dissertations, and technical reports in the field of psychology
and the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine,
psychiatry, nursing, education, physiology, linguistics, and law.
PILOTS
The PILOTS (Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress ) bibliographic database, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, includes citations to literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and offers both current and retrospective coverage.
Electronic journals
Periodicals are listed in the library catalog. Holdings in all formats are unified in one record, and most entries for journals held in electronic format contain a hyperlink to the source. Searches in the web-based catalog enable one to follow these links directly. A complete list of electronic journals is on the Tisch homepage under Electronic Journals.
Collections of Electronic Journals
Blackwell
Synergy. Blackwell Publishing.
Provides full-text access to 600+ scholarly journals. Choose the
subject category Health Science for journals in the sub categories
of Health and Social Care, Mental Health, and Therapy. The subcategory Therapy includes full text of the Australian Occupational
Therapy Journal.
Your
Journals @ Ovid. OVID.
From the menu choose Your Journals at Ovid, this will limit the
search to only those journals to which Tufts subscribes.
Print Journals
American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1980-
[RM735.A103]
American Journal of Occupational Therapy 1947-
[RM735.A1 A5]
Also available electronically; click on link.
British Journal of Occupational Therapy 1984-
[RM735.A1.B74]
Also available electronically; click on link.
Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy 1984-
[RM735.A1.C36]
Evidence-based healthcare (available electronically)
Journal of Occupational Science, Australia 1993-
[RM735.Al.J78]
Occupational Therapy in Health Care 1984-
[RM735.Al O332]
Also available electronically; click on link.
Occupational Therapy in Mental Health 1992-
[RM735.Al3323]
Also available electronically; click on link.
Occupational Therapy International 1996-
[RM487.O26]
Occupational Therapy Journal of Research 1981-
[RC735.Al .334]
Occupational Therapy Practice 1989-1993
[RM695.25]
Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics 1993-
[RC952 .Al .P48]
Also available electronically; click on link.
Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics 1980-
[RJ53 .P5 .P49]
Also available electronically; click on link.
Other Sources for Research Papers
Conferences and Proceedings, Dissertations and Print Journals are other sources for original research.
Dissertation
Abstracts. First Search. 1861-
Indexes dissertations accepted at accredited institutions; covers
all disciplines. Updated monthly.
Tufts University
Dissertations
Tufts dissertations and theses published in Dissertation Abstracts
from 1996 to date.
Provides full-text access.
In the 1980s the World Wide Web emerged and spawned publications of its own, independent of the print traditions. Information retrieved from the open web must be reviewed for authority, accuracy and authenticity. Keeping these limitations in mind, there are some excellent information resources available from the open web, especially those associated with government agencies and universities. See how to evaluate web resources.
Assistive Technology
ABLEDATA
Federally funded project whose primary mission is to provide information
on assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment. Their site
contains information on more than 29,000 assistive technology
products and vendors, an assistive technology library, news, and
conference information.
Foundation for Assistive Technology
(FAST)
Serves as an information clearinghouse on UK assistive technology
research, publications, conferences, and news.
Disabled Living Foundation
Source of information on disability equipment, day-to-day household
gadgets, new technologies and training techniques. Based in UK.
Adaptive Technology Resource
Centre
University of Toronto organization that assists individuals in
choosing and using assistive technologies, supports making learning
accessible to all people with disabilities, and ensures design
of emerging technologies that consider users with disabilities.
Site includes help in choosing products, updates on current technology
projects, and links to online resources.
Evidence-Based Practice
Bandolier Evidence
Based Healthcare
A print and internet journal about health care, using evidence-based
medicine techniques to provide advice about particular treatments
or diseases for healthcare professionals and consumers. Site includes
access to the journal Bandolier, topic resources, and EBM essays.
Evidenced-Based Medicine
(EBM) Glossary. Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine.
One-page list of EBM definitions.
Evidence-Based
Medicine (EBM) Resources. Hirsh Health Sciences Library, Tufts University.
EBM resource list maintained by the Hirsh Health Sciences Library at
Tufts. Links are arranged by topic such as agencies, databases,
clinical guidelines, journals, and guides.
Occupational Therapy
Evidence-Based Practice Research Group
Group focuses on research to critically review evidence regarding
the effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions and to
develop tools for evaluation of occupational therapy programs.
OT Seeker
A database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized
controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy.
Health
Healthfinder: Your Guide
to Reliable Health Information
A gateway for finding government and non-profit health and human
services information on the internet. Site is aimed at providing
basic health information to the public.
Health A to Z.com: Your Family
Health Site
A commercial website that offers personalized health care information
and management.
MedHunt: Medical Document
Finder
A dedicated medical full-text search engine, using a global database,
which includes annotated and auto-indexed websites. From Health
On the Net, a Swiss foundation. Also in French.
MEDLINEplus Health
Information
Brings together, by health topic, authoritative information from
National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health,
other government, non-profit and health-related organizations.
Medscape. WebMD.
Commercial website for physicians and healthcare professionals
offering peer-reviewed articles, reference tools, treatment updates,
and medical and clinical information.
National Health Information
Center (NHIC)
A health information referral service sponsored by the Office
of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. NHIC puts health professionals
and consumers who have health questions in touch with those organizations
that are best able to provide answers.
NLM Gateway
A web-based system that lets users search simultaneously in multiple
retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM).
Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy Practitioners
- Advance News Magazines
OT news and information sponsored by ADVANCE, a health care publisher.
OTdirect
An independent site for occupational therapists, OT assistants
and OT students, with resources and links on topics such as training,
research, study guides, and current events. Much of the information
is UK specific.
OTnow
Newsletter and message board for occupational therapist to share
opinions and comments with each other.
Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy links.
Occupational
Therapy & Disability Website Links
Links to occupational therapy websites. UK and international.
Occupational
Therapy - Focus on Function
Personal website of an OT practitioner with resources for other
OTs.
OT Student Website
Personal website of an OT practitioner with resources for OT
students.
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