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Introduction to Library Research in Physical Therapy

For research in physical therapy, you will primarily be looking for journal articles using the databases (linked below) PubMed/Medline, which is the largest biomedical research database worldwide, and CINAHL, which indexes journals and other information sources in the fields of physical therapy and other allied health areas. Several other helpful databases are also linked below. Links to other information (how to find books, helpful videos, etc.) are in the left margin.

Frequently Used Databases

Guide to Physical Therapist Practice 3.0
Description of physical therapist practice for use by physical therapist and physical therapist assistant educators, students, and clinicians.

This resource serves the following purposes:

• Describing physical therapist practice.
• Briefly outlining the roles of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants across a broad range of settings and practice opportunities.
• Describing the settings in which physical therapists practice.
• Standardizing terminology used in and related to physical therapist practice.
• Briefly reviewing the educational preparation of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants.
• Delineating the clinical decision-making process that occurs as part of patient and client management.
• Describing the examination and evaluation process with a focus on tests and measures.
• Explaining the selection process for choosing interventions and reviews specific interventions that are part of physical therapist practice.
• Describing how outcome measures are used.
AccessPhysiotherapy
Physical therapy textbooks, videos, an interactive cadaver dissection tool, NPTE review, and more.

Includes:
• 20 leading physical therapy textbooks
• More than 500 videos
• NPTE review
• Anatomy & Physiology Revealed
• PT lecture series
• Quick Answers
• Custom Curriculum

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CINAHL Complete
Primary journal index for allied health professions including Physical Therapy, and for nursing.

1937-present. Covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health, and 17 allied health disciplines. Includes journal articles, evidence-based care sheets, health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals, and book chapters.
Cochrane Library
Evidence-based medicine. Systematic reviews of literature and other reviews of recent evidence in all areas of health care.
ICE Learning Center
Short videos in physical therapy, occupational therapy, and child development.

Covers musculoskeletal, nervous system, mental & behavioral, respiratory, settings, and pediatric issues; also includes StrokeHelp® Online Courses, with videos, PDF workbooks, faculty guides, and assignments & exams.
Gale OneFile: Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine
Full-text database containing more than 100 journals in physical therapy and sports medicine.
PubMed
Largest biomedical research database worldwide. Always start searches for Physical Therapy literature in this database or in CINAHL.

PubMed indexes over 4,000 biomedical, nursing, dentistry and related journals, with over 21 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE and related databases. PubMed is produced by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and provides links between article citations and relevant data in other NCBI ENTREZ databases, including Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Complete Genomes, Taxonomy, and others.

Includes journal literature, 1950-present; selected online books.