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Open Databases

Campbell Collaboration

The Campbell Collaboration is an international social science research network that produces high quality, open and policy-relevant evidence syntheses, plain language summaries and policy briefs.

Clinical Trials Search Portal (World Health Organization)

The International Clinical Trials Registration Portal provides access to a central database containing the trial registration data sets provided by the organizations listed on the search page.

OTseeker

This database from Occupational Therapy Systematic Evaluation of Evidence contains abstracts of systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials and other resources relevant to occupational therapy interventions. Updates since 2016 are limited. Best used with PubMed.

PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database)

Physiotherapy Evidence Database contains over 59,000 trials, reviews and guidelines evaluating physiotherapy interventions.

PubMed

The PubMed database contains more than 36 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature. It does not include full text journal articles; however, links to the full text are often present when available from other sources, such as the publisher's website or PubMed Central (PMC).

REHAB+

A service made available by the Canadian MSK Rehab Research Network in collaboration with the DeGroote School of Medicine's Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact Health Information Research Unit (McMaster University), REHAB+ incorporates the McMasterPLUS^TM email alerting system and searchable database of best evidence from the health care literature of particular interest to rehabilitation professionals. New users must register to utilize the search feature.

Healthcare Databases

CINAHL Complete
Full text for more than 1,300 journals indexed in CINAHL, this database contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index, with no embargo.
Consumer Health Complete
Contains the full text for more than 250 health reference books and encyclopedias, evidence-based health reports, images and diagrams, physician-generated videos on an array of topics, more than 2,000 Health Daily videos from NBC Digital Health Network, Full-text consumer health pamphlets and leaflets, and animations with audio narration.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Search nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines and the AHFS Consumer Medication Information, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
MEDLINE
MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 5,400 current biomedical journals.
Nursing Journals with full text access
Links to over 800 online nursing and allied health journals available through EBSCO.
Nursing Reference Center Plus
Search evidence-based information resources designed specifically for nurses. Contains full-text journal articles.

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Health and Medical Research Databases

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MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)

This controlled vocabulary, created by the National Library of Medicine, can be helpful in searching MEDLINE and other health databases.

Peer-reviewed Journals

American Journal of Occupational Therapy (AJOT)
>>>Free with your AOTA membership. See below for instructions.<<<
The primary mission of AJOT is to publish peer-reviewed research examining the effectiveness and efficiency of occupational therapy practice so that occupational therapy professionals can make informed, evidence-based decisions about best practice.
American Journal of Occupational Therapy (AJOT)/CINAHL Ultimate Access
Get digital, full-text access to issues from 1980 - present. Print coverage in the library from 1961-2018.
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal (AOTJ)
The official publication of the Australian Association of Occupational Therapists. Contains professional and clinical material. Digital, full-text access from 1991 - present (12-month delay), *with one-year embargo. Articles published within the past year will need to be submitted through Interlibrary Loan (ILL) request.
The British Journal of Occupational Therapy (BJOT)
Publishes research articles, reviews, editorials and Registered RCT protocols. The journal regularly publishes special issues on topics relevant to occupational therapy, and only publish practice analysis articles and opinion pieces if they are of exceptional quality. Digital, full-text coverage 1980 - present. Print coverage in the library from 2014-2019.
Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy (CJOT)
Peer-reviewed coverage of research, theory and practice in occupational therapy. Digital, full-text coverage 2007 - present. Print coverage in the library from 2011-2020.
Occupational Therapy International
Publishes papers on clinical research, current practices, technology, professional issues, education, trends in health care, industrial health and other areas of interest to the growing number of occupational therapists throughout the world. Indexed from 2000 - present with limited full-text access.
Occupational Therapy Journal of Research (OTJR)
Original research from occupational therapy that supports evidence based practice to enable participation. Qualitative and/or mixed methods research from occupational science and other disciplines that provides insight into how humans engage, participate and interact within their cultures and society.

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Online Reference

MedlinePlus

Easy to understand resources on health conditions and diseases, drugs, and medical terminology.

STAT!Ref

Get background information about nursing, psychiatry, drugs, and diseases and conditions. Resources include Stedman's Medical Dictionary, EBMcalc, evidence alerts, and an ICD conversion tool. *Users may need to agree to terms when first accessing this resource.