OCTH 540 - Research Methods in Occupational Therapy

Thousands of full-text business journals, company profiles and reports.

Indexes journal articles in the fields of nursing, occupational therapy, orthotics and prosthetics, health administration, speech pathology, nutrition, laboratory sciences, and other allied health professions.
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This library is composed of six databases containing Cochrane reviews, systematic reviews, clinical trials, and methods, assessments, and economic studies in health care.

Key source for Education articles and reports. To update results use Supplemental Education Index.
Info type: scholarly articles, professional articles, dissertations, ERIC documents
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Provides researchers, allied health professionals, nurses, and medical educators access to scholarly journals on many medical disciplines.
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This database indexes biomedical journals published nationally and internationally in the areas of the allied health professions, microbiology, health care administration, nutrition, pharmacology, nursing, clinical medicine. Medline is part of PubMed.

Reviews of educational and psychological tests.
Subjects: Personality Tests, Educational Tests, Aptitude Tests, Neuropsychological Tests, Achievement Tests, Intelligence Tests, Speech & Hearing Tests
Info type: descriptions of tests, reviews of tests
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Indexes and abstracts articles from 26 occupational therapy journals.
Subjects: Occupational Therapy
Info type: scholarly articles
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Contains legislation from the 1st Congress (1789-1781) to the present. Also has member profiles from the 93rd Congress (1973) to the present, and some member profiles from the 71st through the 92nd Congresses (1929 to 1972.)
Subjects: U.S. Government, Politics, Law, Legislation

Key source for business articles.
Subjects: Accounting, Auditing, Business, Communications, Economics, Ed Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Health Admin, Hotel Restaurant Mgmt, Management, Public Admin, Technology
Info type: scholarly articles, professional articles, magazine articles, news, reports, dissertations
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Subjects: Psychology, Education, Business, Communication, Linguistics, Social Work
Info type: scholarly articles, book info, conference papers, dissertations
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Locating Quantitative and Qualitative Articles in PsycINFO
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PubMed includes millions of citations for biomedical articles.

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Search for articles in Social Science journals and see which articles cite an article
Subjects: Social Sciences, Psychology, Business
Info type: scholarly articles, conference papers

Subjects: Sociology
Info type: scholarly articles, book info, book chapters, book reviews, conference papers, dissertations
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Perform legal research and/or search for news articles
Subjects: U.S. Law, State Law, European Union Law, News
Info type: court cases, laws, regulations, law review articles, legal encyclopedias, legal guides, law dictionary, news articles
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Find articles on a wide range of subjects, including peer-reviewed articles.
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Search the library’s collection of books, articles, ebooks, dissertations, videos, music, and more.
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Search for scholarly materials on any topic
Info type: scholarly articles, books, research reports, theses, working papers, cited sources
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Search over 20 academic databases at the same time.
Subjects: Covers many subjects
Info type: scholarly articles, professional articles, magazine articles, news articles, dissertations and theses
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Search for articles in Science & Social Science journals and see which articles cite an article