Research Guides: Physical Therapy: Articles

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CINAHL Ultimate

The primary database for nursing and alied health research with access to journal articles, book chapters, and dissertations.

CINAHL indexes all major nursing periodicals published in English, as well as selected periodicals for health education, laboratory technology, occupational therapy, physical therapy and rehabilitation, radiology, respiratory therapy and social services in health care. Provides the full text of more than 1,300 journals, some with PDF backfiles to 1937. Indexing began in 1982.
MEDLINE via PubMed

Uses the National Library of Medicine's search system to access MEDLINE, a primary database for journal articles in medicine, nursing, physical and occupational therapy, public health, health care administration, and more.

MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's bibliographic covering all fields of medicine and medical research. MEDLINE contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,300 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Coverage through PubMed begins in 1879.
MEDLINE via EBSCO

A primary database for journal articles in medicine, nursing, physical and occupational therapy, public health, health care administration, and more. Uses the EBSCO search system to access MEDLINE.

MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's bibliographic covering all fields of medicine and medical research. MEDLINE contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,300 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Coverage through EBSCO begins with 1950.

AccessMedicine

A collection of core medical textbooks and clinical support books, as well as multi-media resources, case histories and self-assessment modules.
Cochrane Library

A collection of evidence based healthcare databases useful for locating high quality systematic reviews and other evidence to support health care decision-making.
Nursing & Allied Health Premium
A database for nursing and allied health research and curriculum support that includes scholarly literature, clinical training videos, reference materials, and evidence-based resources.

PEDro
PEDro is the Physiotherapy Evidence Database. PEDro is a free database of over 17,000 randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy.

UpToDate

A comprehensive point of care resource that provides information on pathophysiology, clinical conditions, and medications, including the LexiComp Drug Interactions tool.

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Go to the https://libguides.stkate.edu/UpToDate. If prompted, login with your St. Catherine University username and password.
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