E-Resources that can be accessed via the Library’s Website
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Africa Health |
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BioMed Central |
Excellent series of peer-reviewed health and medical journals available free online. Papers by authors from developing world are published free. |
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Cochrane Library |
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Directory of Open Access Journals |
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Global Health Library |
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Free Medical Journals.com |
2000 titles included. |
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Eldis |
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PubMed Central |
Large number of full-text biomedical journals available at publication date or after 6 months or 1 year. |
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OAIster |
The largest search engine for library-based resources |
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OPENDOAR |
Directory of academic open access repositories. Useful for grey literature, such as theses and dissertations, departmental reports. |
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UK PubmedCentral |
1.8 million+ full text, peer-reviewed published journal articles covering all fields of biomedical and health research (the UK PubMed Central repository). |
Physiotherapy Resources Online
- COVID -19 resources for physiotherapists
- Physiotherapy: Internet resources for MSK patients
https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/media/218748/physiotherapy-internet-resources-for-msk-patients-2016.pdf
- Educational resources for neuro physiotherapists
https://www.physiospot.com/opinion/free-educational-resources-for-neuro-physiotherapists/
PEDro is the Physiotherapy Evidence Database, a free database of over 46,000 randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. Gives quick access to bibliographic information and abstracts of randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. Most trials on the database have been rated for quality
A literature database on disability and rehabilitation. It covers physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities, independent living, vocational rehabilitation, special education, assistive technology, law, employment, and other issues as they relate to people with disabilities.
A public, international database that indexes articles and documents including many published outside the U.S. on rehabilitation topics. Maintained by the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Comprehensive database of full-text evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents.
The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Full text articles on the effects of healthcare, focusing on evidence-based medicine and studies, from 4800 records.
- UpToDate
Medical knowledge at the point of care. It comprises of topic reviews and synthesis followed by detailed recommendations. Written by experts, evidence-based and continuously updated. UpToDate is available free in the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and can be accessed @ uptodate.com/online OR https://odeku.com.ui.edu.ng
The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) provides extensive access to educational-related literature including covering all areas of education from preschool through to higher education.
- CINAHL Accessible through Hinari
Scholarly journal articles about nursing and allied health. Includes nursing interventions, management, education, theory, and history. Also includes allied health topics such as physical and occupational therapy. 1981-current.
Free Online Databases and Academic Search Engines
provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites
13. Semantic Scholar
Similar to PubMed and Google Scholar, this is another free online database that searches academic journal articles.
14. National Rehabilitation Information Center
The National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) is the library of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research.
PubMed is not a library database. It is a free online database by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health. It is an excellent source of research information, however, more than 50% of your search retrieval will be abstracts and not full text articles in studies you need.
These are the core 16 journals for the field of physical therapy as identified in a 2011 JMLA article (Journal of the Medical Library Association), entitled: "Mapping the Core Journals of Physical Therapy Literature" by authors D. Fell, PT, MD, J. Burnham, MLS, AHIP, M. Buchanan, DPT, H. Horchen, DPT, and J. Scherr, DPT.
- Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
- BMJ (acronym stands for British Medical Journal)
- Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (official publication of the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons)
- Clinical Rehabilitation
- Generations: the Journal of the American Society on Aging
- Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American volume)
- Journal of Pain
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Journal of the American Medical Association
- The Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy
- Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
- Pain Medicine (For "workers in anesthesiology, anatomy, dentistry, general surgery, medicine, neurology, neuroscience, physiology, psychiatry, psychology")
- Physical Therapy: Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association
- Physiotherapy
- Physiotherapy Canada (also titled Physiothérapie Canada)
- Spine
- Stroke
- Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica
- Age and Ageing
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
- American Journal of Occupational Therapy
- American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
- The American Journal of Sports Medicine
- Arthritis & Rheumatism
- Arthritis Care & Research
- BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- The Bone and Joint Journal
- British Journal of Rheumatology
- Chest
- Cochrane Library Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
- European Respiratory Journal
- Foot & Ankle International
- Injury
- Journal of Hand Surgery
- Journal of Manipulative & Physiological Therapeutics
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research
- Journals of Gerontology
- Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy
- The Lancet
- Manual Therapy
- The New England Journal of Medicine
- Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
- Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
- Thorax
Source: https://fgcu.libguides.com/physicaltherapy/journals
https://fgcu.libguides.com/physicaltherapy/books
Online Medical Books
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Emergency Medicine |
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FreeBooks4Doctors |
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MedicalStudent.com |
Useful for medical textbooks |