Research Guides: Physical Therapy: PHTH 516

Finding PT Evidence: An Introduction

Slides for PHTH 516 Library Workshop
Follow along during the session on November 1, 2021

Major Physical Therapy Journals
NOTE: To search for your topic in individual journals, use the Journals tab on the search box at ubc.library.ca. Select the journal you wish to use and type your terms into the search box on the journal's site.
Papers in these journals,as well as others, are findable via the databases, Medline, CINAHL and Embase.

AccessMedicine This link opens in a new window
Approximately 40 e-books, including a clinical library (Harrison's Online, CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, and more), Lange Educational Library, and a USMLE self-assessment tool and 50+ clinical cases.

Books@Ovid
Collection of full text e-books for medicine, nursing and pharmacy. Includes The ICU Book, Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation, and the Joanna Briggs Institute series on Synthesis Science in Healthcare
LWW Health Library
Includes sections for Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Language Hearing, Exercise Science, Exercise Science, Pharmacy, and Medical Education. To print pages and use self-assessment tools register an account with LWW Health Library

ClinicalKey This link opens in a new window
ClinicalKey provides access to FirstConsult, top journals, best-selling medical and surgical books, thousands of medical videos, millions of images, and much more content across 12 distinct content types.

Additional features, including a presentation maker, the ability to download PDF versions of ebook chapters, customize patient handouts or save content in a personal profile, are available to users who create a free account. Click 'Register' at the top right of the ClinicalKey landing page to create a free account.
Dynamed This link opens in a new window
A point-of-care reference tool containing clinically-oriented summaries for 3,200+ topics.

Merck Manual of Diagnosis & Therapy
Includes diagnostic and therapeutic information in internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics, gynecology, dermatology, pharmacology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, rehabilitation, and a number of special subjects. Available online.
MedlinePlus
Freely-searchable consumer health information site linking to simple overviews, dictionaries, directories, organizations and news for ~750 topics.

MedlinePlus (Consumer Health) This link opens in a new window
Freely-searchable consumer health information site linking to simple overviews, dictionaries, directories, organizations and news for ~750 topics.

Physiopedia
The free comprehensive online reference written by physiotherapists for physiotherapists.