Physical Therapy
Databases & Journals | Catalogs | eBooks | Websites | Writing the Paper
Databases & Journals
Databases listed below will help you locate journal articles on your topic.
How to Find a Specific Journal Article
Is It a Scholarly Journal or Isn't It?
Full Text Journals
ILLiad: Interlibrary Loan
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| AccessMedicine A collection of medical references including Harrison's Online, Hurst's the Heart, Goodman & Gilman's Pharmacology and the Lange Educational Library. |
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| Allied and Complementary Medicine (AMED) The Allied and Complementary Medicine Database (AMED) covers journals in complementary medicine, palliative care, and several professions allied to medicine, 1985 on. |
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| Books@Ovid A variety of full text electronic books available through Ovid. Individual records for these titles are also searchable in the Libraries Catalog. |
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| CINAHL Plus with Full Text The definitive database for nursing and allied health (occupational and physical therapy, nurse anesthesia, physician assistants, sports medicine) covering 1,200 leading journals and providing full text for more than 750 journals indexed in CINAHL. CINAHL Searching Tips. |
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| Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews The Cochrane Database includes the full text of regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare from The Cochrane Collaboration. The reviews are presented in two types: Complete reviews - Regularly updated Cochrane Reviews, prepared and maintained by Collaborative Review Groups. Protocols - Protocols (background, objectives and methods) for reviews currently being prepared. |
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| Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects DARE is a full-text database containing critical assessments of systematic reviews from a variety of medical journals and consists of structured abstracts of systematic reviews from all over the world. DARE records cover topics such as diagnosis, prevention, rehabilitation, screening, and treatment. |
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| FirstConsult FIRSTConsult is an Evidence Based Primary Care Decision Support Tool providing quick concise information to Clinicians. |
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| MANTIS MANTIS is a health care database emphasizing health promotion, prevention and conservative care. Journals are from medical, osteopathic, physical therapy, chiropractic, and other disciplines. Emphasis is on research relating to the etiology, physiopathology and treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions. Methods of conservative management such as acupuncture, biofeedback, exercise therapy, joint manipulation and physical therapy are extensively reviewed. |
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| MD Consult Online access to medical texts, medical journals and news, practice guidelines, drug information, patient education material, CME credit and more. |
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| Medline - EBSCO MEDLINE is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database that covers biomedical literature, allied health, and biological and physical sciences. More than 16 million records from 5,200+ journals are indexed; abstracts are included for about 79% of the records. Funding for EBSCO Medline provided by Maine State Library and University of Maine System. |
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| Medline - PubMed MEDLINE is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database that covers biomedical literature, allied health, and biological and physical sciences. More than 18 million records from 5,400+ journals are indexed; English abstracts are included for about 82% of the records. PubMed "Quick Tours" Tutorials. |
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| ProQuest Central ProQuest Central is a multidisciplinary database with over 11,000 titles, with over 8,000 titles in full-text. It serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels in all markets. Over 160 subjects areas are covered extensively in this product including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, technology, social sciences and more. ProQuest Central Searching Tips. |
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| Rehabilitation Reference Center Rehabilitation Reference Center (RRC) is an evidence-based clinical reference tool for use by rehabilitation clinicians at the point-of-care. RRC provides physical therapists, occupational therapists and rehabilitation students with the best available evidence for their information needs. |
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| r2 Library A variety of full text electronic books available through Rittenhouse. Individual records for these titles are also searchable in the Libraries Catalog. R2 Flash Tutorial. |
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| Scientific & Medical Art Imagebase (SMART) SMART Imagebase contains medical illustrations, animations, and interactive multimedia for 23 body systems/regions and 19 medical specialties. This database contains a growing collection of more than 10,000 high quality illustrations and animations depicting anatomy, physiology, surgery, pathology, diseases, conditions, trauma, embryology, histology, and other medical topics. |
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| Scopus Scopus is a multidisciplinary navigational tool that contains records going back to the mid 1960s, offering newly-linked citations across the widest body of scientific abstracts available in one place. |
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| SPORTDiscus Full Text The SPORTDiscus database covers books and journals in the following areas of sport: recreation, exercise physiology, sports medicine, coaching, physical fitness, psychology, history and sociology of sport, training, and conditioning. Seventy percent of the database consists of periodical articles. Full text for more than 440 journals is provided. |
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| STAT!Ref STAT!Ref lets you cross-search more than 31 medical texts and more, including Medline, Stedman's Medical Dictionary and popular texts from McGraw Hill, Mosby, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. How to Use STAT!Ref (Online Tutorial). |
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| UpToDate UpToDate is an electronic resource offering evidence-based, synthesized medical information quickly at the point of care. It is comprised of original topics that are written, reviewed and continually updated by a faculty of physician experts. UpToDate Tutorials. |
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| Thieme Electronic Book Library The Thieme ElectronicBook Library launches with the popular Flexibook Atlases and Textbooks Series, the review and reference collection trusted by students and professionals worldwide for more than 40 years. |
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Catalogs
The following is a listing of selected subject headings relating to Physical Therapy. Each is a live link directly into the UNE Libraries catalog.
Board Review: Physical Therapy
Orthotic Devices
Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy - Methods
Physical Therapy Techniques
Prostheses and Implants
Rehabilitation
If you need a book that is not available through the UNE Libraries catalog, you can request it through MaineCat or ILLiad: Interlibrary Loan.
Reference Sources
Subject specific dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks are a good place to begin your research. They are written by scholars in the field and usually provide definitions, background information, and bibliographies on your topic/s. The following is a general list.
Differential diagnosis for physical therapists [Goodman]
Foundations of clinical research: applications to practice [Portney & Watkins]
Foundations of physical therapy : a 21st century-focused view of the profession [Scott]
Guide to physical therapist practice [APTA]
Introduction to physical therapy [Pagliarulo]
Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology
Physical agents in rehabilitation: from research to practice [Cameron]
Websites
Web Site Evaluation criteria.
American Physical Therapy Association
Centre for Evidence Based Physiotherapy
Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy
Maine Chapter of American Physical Therapy Association
PEDro - The Physiotherapy Evidence Database
Physicaltherapist.com
Preventing Falls Among Older Adults - Resource Guide
PTH 605: Physical Therapy Management of Adults with Disorders of the Neuromuscular System
Writing the Paper
Writing the Paper & Style Manuals
For assistance with Physical Therapy research, please contact Beth Dyer at the Portland Campus library, edyer@une.edu, 207-221-4333 or Ask a Librarian.