Google Scholar 
Peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from broad areas of research. Supports cited reference searching. Includes recent or unpublished work that hasn't been indexed in other databases. Each Google search citation will include a link to the full-text resource provided by the IC Library, when available.
ProQuest Education Journals 
Full-text education journals: primary, secondary, and higher education but also special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics.
ProQuest Health Management
Full-text articles covering all aspects of health administration, including public health and safety, hospitals, finance, personnel management, insurance, population studies, labor relations and law.
CINAHL
Indexes the literature in nursing and 17 allied health disciplines, including selected titles in biomedicine, alternative/complementary therapies, and consumer health, from 1981 to the present. Full text is available for selected nursing standards, practice acts, pamphlets, state nursing journals, research instruments, and critical paths.
Note: NOTE: LIMITED TO 8 SIMULTANEOUS USERS.
MEDLINE (EBSCO)
The National Library of Medicine's (NLM) database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.
Note: Also available via ScienceDirect and PubMed
ScienceDirect
Full-text scientific, technological, medical journals; subjects covered include biology, biochemistry, business management and accounting, chemistry, computer science, economics, finance, environmental science, mathematics, medicine, neuroscience, nursing, physics, psychology, education, and communication. Includes access to selected full-text reference books. Indexing/Abstracts to additional titles.
General OneFile 
Current journal and news information in humanities, education, business, science, art, politics, economics, social sciences, law, health care, computers, technology and environmental issues. Formerly InfoTrac OneFile.
Note: Formerly known as InfoTrac OneFile
Health Sciences: a SAGE Full-Text Collection
Journals from Sage Publishing in full text covering nursing,health services & administration, child psychiatry, public health, aging and gerontology, physiology, physical medicine & rehabilitation, pediatrics, learning disability, health education & health promotion, and health evaluation.
Psychology: a SAGE Full-Text Collection
Psychology journals from Sage Publishing covering Applied Psychology, Assessment, Child Development, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology, Family Studies, Group Work, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Language Acquisition, Learning Disabilities, Neuropsychology, Personality, Psychiatry, School Psychology, Social Psychology, and Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text
Access to the full text articles in sports, physical education, exercise, sports medicine, sports science, kinesiology, coaching and training, sport administration, sport law and legislation, sports facility design and management, doping, health education, biomechanics, movement science, injury prevention, rehabilitation, physical therapy, nutrition, exercise physiology, recreation, leisure studies, sport tourism, allied health, the Olympics, disabled sport, facility design and management, officiating, sport and exercise psychology, corporate wellness, and occupational health and therapy.
PsycINFO
Bibliographic citations and some full-text for journal articles, books, and book chapters. Subjects include psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. 1872-present.
ERIC (Ebsco interface)
Bibliographic citations, abstracts, and some full-text for journal articles, research and technical reports, conference papers and proceedings, program descriptions, teaching guides, and lesson plans covering all areas and levels of education.
MEDLINE (ScienceDirect)
The National Library of Medicine's (NLM) database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.
Note: Also available via EBSCO and PubMed; this version integrated with ScienceDirect.
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
Website includes teaching materials and analytical tools (pre-test probability, likelihood ratios, levels of evidence)for appraising evidence related to clinical care decisions.
Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (CCTR)
A bibliography of published articles about controlled trials - includes reports published in conference proceedings and in many other sources not currently listed in MEDLINE or other bibliographic databases. Does not include the full texts of articles.
Health & Wellness Resource Center
Provides full-text materials, abstracts and citations to patient and consumer health information. Provides browsable access to Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, Medical & Health Information Directory, Mosby's Medical, Nursing & Allied Health Dictionary, the USPDI, vol. 2: Advice for the Patient, and other resources.
Clinical Trials (NIH)
Provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers.
Information Mastery Practicum & Course (University of Virginia Health System)
Online practicum and course on Information Mastery, a methodology for providing clinicians with the best possible information available at the "point-of-care" to assist in caring for their patients. Course includes modules about "Evaluating Information About Therapies" and "Evaluating Information About Diagnostic Tests and Clinical Decision Rules".
National Center for Cultural Competence
Site includes a “Self-Assessment Checklist for Personnel Providing Services and Supports to Children with Special Health Needs and their Families", and provides links on cultural competence, as well as the searchable “Cultural and Linguistic Competence Resource Database” of resource materials.
OT search: the occupational therapy bibliographic system
Occupational therapy information clearinghouse: references to monographs, journals, dissertations, theses, conference proceedings and audio-visual materials.
Ithaca College Department of Occupational Therapy
Link to departmental website.
Stedman's orthopaedic & rehab words : includes chiropractic, occupational therapy, physical therapy, podiatric, & sports medicine.
Call Number: Ref. RD723 .S74 2009
Access to terminology related to orthopaedics, rehabilitation, chiropractic, occupational therapy, physical therapy, podiatry, and sports medicine.
Stedman's medical dictionary for the health professions and nursing.
Call Number: R121 .S8 2005
Provides simple definitions on key terminology in the field of medicine with full color illustrations of the human anatomy.
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
Call Number: Ref R 121 .D73 1994
Standard work, frequently revised. Used to find the spelling, meaning and derivation of specific [medical] terms. Has a special chapter on fundamentals of Medical Etymology.
Quick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy
Call Number: Ref RM 735 .J345 2004
This dictionary evolved from compiling glossaries contained within some of the major textbooks used in entry-level OT courses, as well as the inclusion of terminology found in AOTA documents.
ADAM Medical Encyclopedia
Includes articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. Also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.
The Encyclopedia of Aging
Call Number: Ref HQ 1061 .E53 2001
This source is an authoritative, comprehensive introduction to gerontology and geriatrics, useful to both educated lay persons and professionals. This edition emphasizes the international aspects of aging individuals and populations.
Willard and Spakeman's Occupational Therapy
Call Number: Ref RM 735 .O29 2003
This textbook is written primarily for OT students. The first half of this book gives an overview of Occupational Therapy, while the second half concerns the implementation of Occupational Therapy in specific areas of practice.
ebrary
Over 45,000 full-text ebooks on business & economics, education, technology, humanities, life & physical sciences, law & politics, medicine, social & behavioral sciences, language & literature, and career guidance. Approximately 175 ebooks are single-user access titles; all other ebooks support multiple-user simultaneous use.
Health source: consumer edition
Full-text for several consumer health periodicals; indexing/abstracts of additional periodicals; health-related pamphlets; health reference books; Clinical Reference Systems reports; Stedman's Medical Dictionary.
Cognition and Occupation in Rehabilitation
Call Number: Ref RC 553 .C64 .C6 1998
This source presents a multidimensional perspective of cognition and cognitive deficits needed to provide effective rehabilitation.
Cultural Competence in Health Care: Emerging Frameworks and Practical Approaches
A report sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund in 2002; an excellent overview of rnthe issues related to cultural competence.
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
A checklist of the ICF categories for a clinician or practitioner to record the funtioning and rndisability of an individual. ICF is the World Health Organization's framework for measuring rnhealth and disability at both individual and population levels.
Occupational therapy student fieldwork manual
Fieldwork Manual
Oxford Reference: Medicine
Contains an array of medical dictionaries.
Quick Reference to Occupational Therapy
Call Number: Ref RM 735.3 .R42 2001
The purpose of this handbook is to provide students, practitoners, and researchers with a ready source of information about disorders or conditions seen in Occupational Therapy.
Atlas of Human Anatomy
A library of digital images of human anatomy.
Anatomy of the Human Body
The Bartleby.com edition of Grays Anatomy of the Human Body with color images.
Human Anatomy Online
Interactive links to graphic depictions of the major physiological systems.
American Occupational Therapy Association
The purpose of AOTA is to support a professional community for occupational therapist and to develop and preserve the viability and relevance of the profession.
Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
The Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists provides services, products, events and networking opportunities to assist occupational therapists achieve excellence in their professional practice.
Biomedical Ranked Journal Lists - Journal Citation Reports
Ranked lists of journals from biomedical fields - data is pulled from Thomson Scientifics' Journal Citation Reports(JCR).
Bandolier
An online journal with information about evidence of effectiveness. The information comes from systematic reviews, meta-analyses, randomized trials, and from high quality observational studies.
Health Technology Assessments (HTA)
Details of completed and ongoing health technology assessments (studies of the medical, social, ethical and economic implications of healthcare interventions) from around the world. The aim of the database is to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of health care. In addition to systematic reviews, HTA contains ongoing and completed research based on trials, questionnaires and economic evaluations.
OT CATS: Occupational Therapy Critically Appraised Topics
Each CAT represents an attempt to marshal the available research evidence on occupational therapy interventions. CATS, or Critically Appraised Topics, are shorter and less rigorous versions of systematic reviews which have not undergone peer review. From the University of Western Sydney, New South Wales.
TRIP Database
Database for health professionals to identify quality material on the web that supports evidence-based practice. Offers simultaneous searching of many websites that offer evidence-based practice resources, including Bandolier, POEMS, the National Guidelines Clearinghouse, and journals such as JAMA, BMJ, and the New England Journal of Medicine.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR)
The CDSR is a database of systematic reviews created by the Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization of expert groups. Reviews are created in a structured format and developed from an extensive and systematic search of the literature (generally randomized controlled trials). The trials are subjected to detailed statistical analysis following established EBM principles, and the results of the various available trials are compared and combined to provide authoritative conclusions useful in clinical settings.
Cochrane Databases
Reviews of up-to-date information on the effects of treatment interventions in health care. Provides evidenced-based information on decisions taken in clinical trials. Databases include the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE) and Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (CCTR).
Note: Search all Cochrane Databases simultaneously from this link.
OTseeker: Occupational Therapy Systematic Evaluation of Evidence
Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The mission of AHRQ is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. The AHRQ Web site provides information on a variety of health topics focusing on specific populations and types of health care services. Surveys included: The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey(MEPS), and the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
Geriatric Assessment Tools
"Geriatric Assessment Tools are a standardized means of obtaining information from geriatric patients as part of a comprehensive assessment visit. Assessment tools enable the practitioner to efficiently evaluate a patient's current level of function, cognition, and safety. " The available tools are organized into several categories, including: caregivers, dementia, depression, functional assessment, gait and mobility, nutrition, and pain.
Health Services/Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT)
Searchable full-text database of clinical clinical practice guidelines, technology assessments and health information that support evidence-based practice.
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