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Occupational Therapy: What's in this guide

Guide to occupational therapy resources for students and researchers

What's in this Guide?

This guide contains key resources for research and assessments

Searching for journal articles (via databases and Google Scholar), as well as tips for finding journal articles
Searching for books, plus tips for locating books and accessing eBook collections
Understanding critical appraisal and Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
Finding multimedia and image resources
Locating online tutorials, including database tutorials
Correct referencing of your academic work
Accessing help with library services and resources
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Key resources

CINAHL complete
Broad content coverage for nursing, midwifery and allied health specialties, speech and language pathology, general health and medicine.
OTseeker
OTseeker contains abstracts of systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials and other resources relevant to inform occupational therapy practice.
ClinicalKey
Includes local Australian content, provides access to selected medical texts and journals, practice guidelines, drug information, patient handouts and Continuing Medical Education (CME) materials.
Australian Standards online
A searchable database which provides access to the full-text Australian Standards. Searching is by standard title, number, keyword or phrase. 5 concurrent users - Please LOGOUT at the end of your session

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Last Updated: Sep 18, 2018 12:50 PM
URL: https://libguides.newcastle.edu.au/occupational-therapy
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Subjects: Health, Occupational Therapy

Tags: allied health, occupational_therapy