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Electronic Databases

 

Electronic databases are available on all Library computers.  Please see a Librarian or contact us for a password to access these electronic databases from home.

 

CINAHL with Full Text

 

Database covers the professional literature for nursing and allied health disciplines.  

 

Health & Wellness Resource Center

 

Searches medical and health-related literature and includes some full-text articles. 

 

PubMed

 

Provides access to MEDLINE’s citations and abstracts to medical, biomedical sciences, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and health care literature.

 

 

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Periodical Holdings List - Physical Therapist Assistant

 

For more periodicals, please see the Library's complete Periodical Holdings List .

 

 

Advance for Physical Therapists

Apr 1, 1996 - Feb 26, 2001

Alternative Medicine Alert

Dec 1999 - present

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Nov 1981 - present

Gerontologist

Feb 2000 - present

Harvard Women’s Health Watch

June 1996 - present

Health

Current 10 years

Johns Hopkins Medical Letter

Sept 1997 - May 2001

Journal of Allied Health

Feb 1973 - present

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

Nov 24, 1989 - present

Microfiche: 1984 - 1989

Journal of American Physicians & Surgeons                                         

v. 8, no. 1 (Spr 2003) – v. 12, no. 1 (Spr 2007)

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Apr 1998 - present

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT)

Mar/Apr 1984 - present

Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD)

Nov 1969 - present

Journal of Physical Therapy Education

Spr 1990 – Fal 1997

Journal of Rehabilitation

July 1984 - present

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Spr 1988 - Oct 1998

NAHE: the Newsletter for Allied Health Educators

Fal 1993 - Win 2000

New England Journal of Medicine

1994 - present
Microfiche: 1990 -1995

Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Clinics of North America

Mar 1994 - June 2002

Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics

v. 13, no. 1/2 (1995); v.  16, no. 1/2 (1999) - v. 20, no. 2 (2002)

Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics

v. 18, no. 2 (1998) - v. 23, no. 4 (2003)

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Aug 1997 - present

Physical Therapy
(was Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association)

Jan 1962 - Dec 1976; Jan 1989 - present
Microfiche: Jan 1976 - Dec 1990

Physical Therapy in Perspective

Sept/Oct 1996 – Nov/Dec 2001

Physiotherapy

Jan 1975 - Jan 1981; Jan 1983 -Dec 1983; Jan 1990 - present
Microfiche: Jan 1984 - Dec 1989

PT: Magazine for Physical Therapists

Jan 1994 - present

Therapeutic Recreation Journal

4th Qtr 1988 - present

Today's Therapeutic Trends: the Journal of New Developments in Clinical Medicine

1995 - 2004

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

v. 1, no. 1 (Oct 1985) - present

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Fal 1997 - present

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Win 1995 - present

Women & Health         

1997 - v. 36, no. 4 (2002)

 

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Internet Websites

 

 

Acronyms & Abbreviations

 

Physical Therapy Abbreviations

 

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Anatomy Sites

 

Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body

The Hosford Muscle Tables: Skeletal Muscles of the Human Body

Human Anatomy Online

Hypermuscle: Muscles in Action

LUMEN Cross-Section Tutorial

LUMEN Master Muscle List (Loyola University)

MedlinePlus: Bones, Joints and Muscles

Merck Manual-Anatomy

Visible Human Project

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopedics

 

 

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Associations & Organizations

 

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)

The Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy

National Rehabilitation Information Center: Information for Independence

Pennsylvania Physical Therapy Association

 

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Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

 

Glossary of Physiotherapy Terms

MedlinePlus: Medical Encyclopedia

MedTerms Medical Dictionary

 

 

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Physical Therapist Assistant Resources

 

Iowa Health Book

National Guideline Clearinghouse

Nationwide Job Listings

PEDro: The Physiotherapy Evidence Database

Physical Therapy Corner

Physical Therapy Modalities in Wound Care

Physical Therapist Online

Physiotherapy Global-Links

PTCentral

 

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PTA 109 — Functional Anatomy

 

AMA Atlas of the Body

Bones of the Body

Center for Human Stimulation-Visible Human Male

Center for Human Stimulation-Visible Human Female

Get Body Smart: Interactive Tutorial & Quizzes on Human Anatomy & Physiology

Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body

Gross Anatomy Cadaver Pictures

The Introduction to Muscle Physiology and Design

LUMEN Cross-Section Tutorial

LUMEN Master Muscle List  

Master Muscle List

MedlinePlus: Bones, Joints and Muscles

Merck Manual-Anatomy

Muscles in Action

NetAnatomy

The Virtual Autopsy

 

 

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PTA 212 Selected Topics

 

American Stroke Association

APTA-Section on Geriatrics

Brain Attack Coalition

Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy: a Multimedia Tutorial for Children and Parents

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Children with Cerebral Palsy

Pediatric Physical Therapy Products

Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury: Hope through Research

Traumatic Brain Injury – National Data Center

WheelchairNet

 

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PTA 218 — Pathophysiology

 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Health Finder

Medical Library

MedicineNET

MedlinePlus: Health Topics

 

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PTA 220 — Therapeutic Exercise

 

MedlinePlus: Rehabilitation

Physical Therapy Equipment

Physical Therapy Modalities in Wound Care

Physio-net

Pro-Med Products

 

 

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Online Journals

 

BioMed Central: the Open Access Publisher

DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals

Free Medical Journals

New Jour Electronic Journals & Newsletters

 

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