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Recommended Databases for Physical Therapy
NVCC subscribes to several databases you can use to find information related to physical therapy. Try the databases listed below for instructional videos from the ICE Video Library and articles about research and best practices in the field.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals.
- CINAHL with Full Text This link opens in a new window CINAHL is a database of citations and abstracts for journal articles and other materials on nursing, communication sciences and disorders, and allied health sciences. This authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers provides indexing for 2,960 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health with more than 2,000,000 records dating back to 1981.
- Health and Wellness This link opens in a new window This comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices. Full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia; perfect for researchers at all levels with more than 1,000 medical journals, periodicals, and articles from more than 2,200 general-interest publications, medical newspapers, newsletters and news feeds and hundreds of streaming videos.
- Health Source: Nursing and Academic Edition This link opens in a new window This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. It includes nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, and medical law. It also features the AHFS (American Hospital Formulary Service® Drug Information) Consumer Medication Information, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
- ICE Video Library (with Stroke Help Collection) This link opens in a new window ICE (International Clinical Educators) has been a leader in healthcare education since its founding in 1983. ICE Learning Center Videos are professionally filmed and feature actual patients and clinicians demonstrating practical and effective treatment ideas, including including acute care, skilled nursing, outpatient, home health and ICU. This video collection includes StrokeHelp: Functional Treatment Ideas & Strategies and StrokeHelp: Treatment Strategies in Acute Care.
- MEDLINE with Full Text This link opens in a new window MEDLINE with Full Text provides the authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and pre-clinical sciences found on MEDLINE, plus the database provides full text for more than 1,470 journals indexed in MEDLINE. Of those, nearly 1,450 have cover-to-cover indexing in MEDLINE. And of those, 558 are not found with full text in any version of Academic Search, Health Source or Biomedical Reference Collection.
- Scopus This link opens in a new window Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and web sources with tools to track, analyze, and visualize research in the scientific research area.
You can also find peer reviewed articles through internet websites and search engines such as PubMed and Google Scholar. If you find an article that either does not contain the full text, or asks you to pay for the full text, contact your librarian and they will get the article for you for free.
- PubMedPubMed® comprises more than 35 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
- Google ScholarGoogle Scholar will allow you to search for free full text articles either on websites or through the Naugatuck Valley library resources.
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- AJOT: American Journal of Occupational TherapyFull Text: January 1, 2004 - Current
- APTA Magazine: The Signature Membership Publication of the American Physical Therapy AssociationFull Text:
Title History: APTA Magazine (2020 - present)
PT in Motion (2009 - 2020)
PT: Magazine of Physical Therapy (2000 - 2009) - The International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy (IJSPT)The International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy (IJSPT) is an international, open access, peer-reviewed monthly journal dedicated to publishing the latest research and clinical cases related to clinically relevant evidence, trends, and practices.
- Journal of Athletic TrainingArticles from this journal are generally available in PMC after a 12-month delay (embargo); however, the delay may vary at the discretion of the publisher.
- The Journal of RehabilitationFull Text: January 1, 1989 - 2021
- Orthopaedic Physical Therapy PracticeFull Text: 01/01/2014 to present
- PTJ: Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation JournalFull Text: PTJ: Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal (2021 - present)
Previous title - Physical Therapy (1995 - 2020)