LSC-Tomball: Library Research Guides: Health Sciences: Finding Articles

Helpful Keywords

To find resources in Occupational Therapy, you can use these keywords:
(Note: Use an asterisk (*) with the root word to expand your book and article searches. For example, entering Occupation* will retrieve articles / books on occupation, occupational, etc.)

ADL (activities of daily living)
Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Autism
Disability
Function
Gerontology
IADL (instrumental activities of daily living at home and in the community)
Mobility
Occupation (daily life activities in which people engage)
Occupational therapy
Rehabilitation
Stress Management
Therapeutic

Databases for Occupational Therapy

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary database; full text of articles from over 5,300 journals, magazines and newspapers, plus image collections.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Major full-text database in Nursing and Allied Health, with over 560 journals, and more than 600,000 articles dating back to 1937.
Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine This link opens in a new window
Full-text from a variety of medical, nursing and allied health sources: journals, reference books, pamphlets.
Health Source: Consumer Edition This link opens in a new window
Full text consumer health information from 150 sources on medical sciences, nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. This database is updated twice a week.
IBM Micromedex Healthcare Resources This link opens in a new window
(Truven Health Analytics) Reference for drugs and drug interactions, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine; includes patient information
MEDLINE with MeSH This link opens in a new window
Medical research; National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE database with Medical Subject Headings. No full text.
Natural & Alternative Treatments This link opens in a new window
Over 200 articles on medical conditions, presenting evidence-based information on alternative therapies proposed for their treatment.
STAT!Ref This link opens in a new window
Full-text electronic medical library; included 26 titles including CPT Data Files, Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses, 5-Minute Clinical Consult, ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, Burket's Oral Medicine, AHFS Drug Information (2020), APhA DRUGInfoLINE, Pharmacology World and Scientific American Medicine.
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Databases for Occupational Therapy

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