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Key Resources
Occupational Therapy
Resources
Neera Bhatnagar
OT Liaison
Health Sciences Library
bhatnag@mcmaster.ca
905-525-9140, x23775
Books
- Library Catalogue (Books, Journal Titles, Government Documents, Multimedia Resources (classic Library Catalogue
- MD Consult
(includes approximately 40 electronic medical texts) - UpToDate (includes topic reviews written by experts)
- Clinical Evidence (concise account on the prevention and treatment of a wide range of clinical conditions)
- Books@OVID
- Access Medicine (approximately 60 electronic texts)
- Stat!Ref (includes 14 electronic medical texts)
- Thieme ElectronicBook Library (collection of popular colour atlases)
- Harrison's Online (Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine)
- ACP Medicine (formerly Scientific American Medicine Online)
- Dutton, Mark. Orthopaedic examination, evaluation, & intervention. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2004 (Print on Reserve WE 168 .D981o 2004)
- Prentice WE, Voight ML. Techniques in musculoskeletal rehabilitation. New York : McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, c2001. (Print WB 460 .T255 2001)
- Kielhofner, Gary. Research in occupational therapy: methods of inquiry for enhancing practice. [Philadelphia, PA]: F.A. Davis Co., 2008. e-book
- Wheeless' Texbook of Orthopaedics
- Made Incredibly Easy eBooks
- e-Therapeutics
- Micromedex Healthcare Series- information on drugs, toxicology, diseases, alternative medicine
- PubMed Bookshelf
- Quick Answers
Indexes & Abstracts
- OVID (e.g. MEDLINE, EMBASE, HaPI, AMED, PsycINFO)
- EBSCOhost (CINAHL, SPORT Discus)
- Cochrane Library
- AgeLine
- Sociological Abstracts
- Web of Science (1976- present) (Science Citation Index / Social Science Citation Index)
- Dissertations & Theses: index & abstracts (Proquest)
- Dissertations & Theses @ McMaster University
- PubMed
- OTDBASE (free for CAOT members)
- OTseeker: Occupational Therapy Systematic Evaluation of Evidence
- PEDro: The Physiotherapy Evidence Database
- REHABDATA
- CIRRIE: Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange
- ABLEDATA -- Source for assistive technology information
- OT Search - (American Occupational Therapy Association membership required)
- Social Work Abstracts
- Sport Discus
- ERIC
- Health Related Databases
- Other Databases
- MacPLUS Federated Search
Drug Information Sources
- e-CPS - Compendium of pharmaceuticals and specialties (Canada)
- Micromedex Healthcare Series- information on drugs, toxicology, diseases, alternative medicine
- Natural Standard - foods, herbs, supplements; comparative effectiveness; drug-herbal supplements interactions checker, and more)
Requesting Material not held at McMaster
- Interlibrary Loan (RACER) -to request items not held in the McMaster Libraries (for more information click here)
- Search other Library Catalogues
Technical Reports
- Steinfeld E, Lenker J, Paquet V. The Anthropometrics of disability: an international workshop. Prepared for the U.S. Access Board. Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Universal Design. School of Architecture and Planning, University of Buffalo, c2001, 2002.
Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Rehabilitation Guidelines-- Evidence based rehabilitation database from the University of Ottawa
- CMA Infobase (Canadian Medical Association)
- National Guideline Clearinghouse (United States)
Evidence-Based Practice Resources
- MacPLUS Federated Search - designed to find the best evidence-based answer to clinical questions by simultaneously searching the leading evidence-driven medical publications and high quality clinical literature
- See MacPLUS on YouTube
- Registration Instructions for MacPLUS FS
- Evidence-Based Occupational Therapy - web portal with links to information and resources
- Occupational Therapy Evidence-Based Practice Research Group
- Evidence-Based Practice Internet Resources (McMaster)
- Clinical Evidence (concise account on the prevention and treatment of a wide range of clinical conditions)
- Evidence-Based Occupational Therapy - web portal to EBP resources
- Evidence-based practice resource directory -- American Occupational Therapy Association (membership required)
- OTseeker: Occupational Therapy Systematic Evaluation of Evidence
- Critically Appraised Topics (CATS) - written by graduate learners in the post-professional graduate course Evaluating Sources of Evidence offered through McMaster University and University of British Columbia.
- Critically Appraised Topics in Rehabilitation Therapy: School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University
- CATs: Critically Appraised Topics in Occupational Therapy
- Resource Guide for Evidence-Based Rehabilitation Practice (University of Alberta)
- Aggressive Research Intelligence Facility
- Qualitative Methods Workbook / by C. George Boeree
- Dynamed
- ACP PIER (Physicians' Information and Education Resource)
- FirstConsult
Online Multimedia Resource
- AccessMedicine (
Click on the Multimedia tab
or limit to Images, Video & Audio sections)
- A.D.A.M Interactive
- A.D.A.M Anatomy Practice Test
- Bates visual guide to physical examination
- Color atlas of physiology
- Google Body
- Pocket atlas of human anatomy
- NEJM Video Series
- Online Videos
Web Resources
- Health Related web sites -- Rehabilitation(McMaster)
- MEDLINEplus Health Information
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- National Rehabilitation Information Center -- [search NAIRC databases] (National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research)
- The Disability Resources Monthly Guide to Disabilities of the Internet
- National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDRR)
- Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD)
- National Library for Health -- UK
- NLM Gateway to web resources - National Library of Medicine
- OTdirect
- intute: Nursing, Midwifery & Allied Health
Directories
Professional Associations
Citation Style Guides
- Library Guides: APA Style Guide (McMaster)
- APA Style Guide to Electronic Resources
- Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format ( Purdue University Online Writing Lab)
- Guide to APA Style (University of Toledo)
- Guide to Citing Canadian Government Publications (Mount Allison University)
- RefWorks - bibliobraphic citation management software
Need further assistance?
There are a number of good online tutorials available for searching OVID, CINAHL, PubMed, RefWorks, etc. and for the Library Catalogue.