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Physical Therapy Research Guide 

 

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Electronic Databases

 

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CD-ROM Programs for Physical Therapy

 

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Periodical Holdings List for Physical Therapy

 

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Internet Resources

 

Acronyms & Abbreviations

PTA 109 (Functional Anatomy)

Anatomy Sites

PTA 212

Associations & Organizations

PTA 218 (Pathophysiology)

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

PTA 220 (Therapeutic Exercise)

Physical Therapy Resources

 

 

 

Online Journals

 

 

Electronic Databases

 

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

 

 

CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature

Database covers the professional literature for nursing and 17 allied health disciplines.  Includes some full-text articles.

 

Select "CINAHL" to search this database.

InfoTrac Health & Wellness  Resource Center

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

 

Includes access to Gale Medical Encyclopedia; Mosby’s Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary; Drug Finder; Health Organization Directory; Health Assessment Tools; Health News; and Links to Government and Medical Sites.

PubMed / MEDLINE

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

 

 

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CD-ROM Programs Available for Use in the Library

 

    

·          CardioViewer 3D

·          Clinical Pharmacology: Drug Reference Source

·          Normal Walking

·          PT Extended Care Doc: the Physical Therapy Documentation System

·          Test Master: Physical Therapist Assistant Examination

 

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Periodical Holdings List for Physical Therapy

 

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-

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Mar 1996; Sep 1997-

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Nov 1981-

Choices in Health and Medicine

Nov 2001-July 2002

Focus on Healthy Aging

Oct 2003-Jun 2004

Food & Fitness Advisor

Feb 2001-

Gerontologist

Feb 2000-

Harvard Women's Health Watch

Jun 1996-

Health

Sep 1981-

Johns Hopkins Medical Letter

Sep 1997-May 2001

JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association

 

Nov 24, 1989-

Microfiche: 1984-1989

JOPERD: Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

Nov 1969-

JOSPT: Journal of Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy

Mar/Apr 1984-

Journal of Allied Health

Feb 1973-

Journal of American Physicians & Surgeons                                             (was Medical Sentinel)

Spr 2003-

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Apr 1998-

Journal of Physical Therapy Education

Spr 1990-Fall 1997

Journal of Rehabilitation

Jul 1984-

Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development

Spr 1988-Oct 1998

Massage & Bodyworks

Jun/Jul 2002-Jan 2006

Massage Magazine

May/Jun 2002-May 2006

Massage Therapy Journal

Sum 2002-Sum 2006

Medical Sentinel
(now Journal of American Physicians & Surgeons)

Spr 1996-Win 2002

Men's Health

Apr 2000-Mar 2004

NAHE: the Newsletter for Allied Health Educators

Fall 1993-Win 2000

New England Journal of Medicine

1994-
Microfiche: 1990-1995

Orthopedic Physical Therapy Clinics of North America

Mar 1994-Jun 2002

Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics

v. 13, no. 1/2, 1995; 1999, v.  16, no. 1/2-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-

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

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

 

Physical Therapy in Perspective

Sep/Oct 1996-Nov/Dec 2001

The Physician & Sports Medicine

Nov 1994-Dec 2005              (ceased publication)

Physiotherapy

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

PT: Magazine of Physical Therapy

Jan 1994-

Therapeutic Recreation Journal

4th Qtr 1988-

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

1995-2004

 

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

v. 1, no. 1, Oct 1985-

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Fall 1997-

Women & Health

1997 - v. 36, no. 4 2002

 

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Internet Resources

 

Acronyms & Abbreviations

 

·          Physical Therapy Abbreviations

 

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Anatomy Sites

 

·          Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body

·          The Hosford Muscle