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Subject Guide for Occupational Therapy

Books	Journal Databases	Videos/DVDs
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias	Key Journal Titles	Referencing
E-Books	Legislation/Health Law	Related Guides
Handbooks	Statistics	Websites

Books

Library Catalogue: search for books, journal titles, reports, statistics, DVDs/videos.
Link to electronic publications (books,journals and reports) and E-Reserve

Useful Keywords/Subject terms used in the catalogue:

Anatomy	Neurosciences
Assistive Technology	Occupational analysis
Gerontology	Occupational performance
Group dynamics, Social groups	Occupational therapy
Health promotion	Pathophysiology
Human physiology	Pediatrics
Kinesiology	Psychiatry
Mental health	Rehabilitation
Neuropsychology	Social medicine

Dictionaries:

Mosby's dictionary of medicine, nursing & health professions (2006) R610.3 HAR
Quick reference dictionary for occupational therapy (2004) R615.851503 QUI
Stedman’s medical dictionary for the health professions and nursing (2005) R610.3 STE

Encyclopedias

The Cambridge encyclopedia of child development (print and online)
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (online)

E-Books:

To search the Catalogue for all online publications limit a keyword search to "Online"
using the drop down menu.
To search for e-books in the EBL collection combine ebook with subject in a keyword search
e.g. occupational therapy and ebook
Following is a selection of e-book titles that can be accessed via the Library Catalogue from
the EBL ebook collection, James Bennett etitles and PsycBooks collection:

Autism and pervasive developmental disorders (2007)
Communication for health care (2002)
Contemporary issues in gerontology (2005)
Emerging theories in health promotion practice and research (2002)
Handbook of health research methods(2007)
Health policy in Australia (2002)
Health promotion and aging (2007)
Health promotion in practice (2006)
Health science research (2001)
Journey across the life span: human development and health promotion (2007)
Key concepts in medical sociology (2004)
Occupational therapy and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (2007)
Occupational therapy in housing: building on firm foundations (2006)
Occupational therapy in oncology and palliative care (2006)
Qualitative research in health care (2006)
Physical activity and psychological well-being (2000)
Research in occupational therapy: methods of inquiry for enhancing practice(2006)

Handbooks and Key Reference Books:

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-IV-TR(2000) 4th ed.	e-book
Handbook of pathophysiology (2008)	e-book
Handbook of psychology (online)
Kaplan & Sadock's pocket handbook of clinical psychiatry (2005)	616.89 SAD
Kaplan & Sadock's synopsis of psychiatry: behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry (2007)	616.89 SAD
Mental measurements yearbook	R016.15393 MEN

Journal Articles Find articles by searching the Journal Databases. Use FIND IT to link to full text held at ECU.

Journal databases :

CINAHL Plus : International database indexing nursing and allied health literature. Also indexes
key occupational therapy journals.

Cochrane Library: Evidence based medicine database. Clinical trials are reviewed and analyzed.
Guideto the Cochrane Library database

Meditext Australian database, coverage includes all aspects of health and medicine,
with an emphasis on clinical medicine and paraprofessional fields. Indexes Australian occupational
safety and health journals.

MEDLINE International database indexing biomedical literature. This database is useful for searching
for information relating to addiction, biomedical research, diseases, human physiology, health policies,
health promotion, nutrition, occupational health, occupational therapy and epidemiological studies.
Guide to Medline (pdf)

OTseeker: A database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials

ProQuest 5000 International International multidisciplinary database indexing a selection of journals
in all subject disciplines. It is useful for a broad cross-disciplinary search, rather than in-depth in a subject.

PsycINFO : International database indexing journals in psychology and related disciplines.

Note: Evidence-based journal articles can be found by searching journal indexing databases such as Cinahl and Medline. Use the "Evidence-Based-Practice" limit option in Cinahl and subject "Evidence-Based-Medicine" or limit option "EMB Reviews" in Medline.

MetaQuest allows searching across several databases simultaneously. Login to MetaQuest and then select the subject list for Health Sciences, Occupational Therapy.

Key Journals

All print and online journals held at ECU are available through the Library's catalogue.
Select Journal Title from the catalogue and type the journal name.

Legislation/Health Law and Ethics

ComLaw (Commonwealth Law) - Australian Government Legislation
State Law Publisher - Western Australian Government Legislation

Search the catalogue for books on health law and ethics. Key titles include:

Australian health and medical law reporter (CCH online update service)
Biomedical ethics (2006) Author: Thomas A. Mappes
Disputes and dilemmas in health law (2006)
Essentials of law for health professionals (2005)
Ethics and law for the health professions (2005)
Ethical practice for health professionals (2006)
Ethics for health care (2007)
Health care and the law (2006)
Mason & McCall Smith's law and medical ethics (2005)

Statistics

Search Library catalogue (subject and statistics) e.g. disability and statistics, health and Australia and statistics.
The following publications are available via the library catalogue, as well as individual reports of the
Australian Bureau of Statistics and other Australian government organisations:

Australia's health
Australia's welfare

You can also search evaluated websites of government and professional organisations, for example:

Australian Bureau of Statistics publications
Austalian Department of Health and Ageing
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
National Health and Medlcal Research Council
Western Australian Department of Health (publication: Our state of health (2004))
World Health Organisation: Data and Statistics

Videos/DVDs

Limit a Keyword search in the Catalogue to videos/dvds by "modify this search" then limit by "material type - film/video".
Search by Title for specific videos/dvds. Some useful titles include:

Aged care: communicating with aged care residents (2007)
Ageing well (2002)
Communication in mental health care (1993)
Drug and alcohol abuse (2003)
Indigenous health in Australia (2003)
Meaningful activities for people with dementia(2006)
Nonverbal communication and culture (2005)
Patch Adams (1999)
Sensory changes in the elderly(1985)
The living body series (2004)

Referencing

ECU Referencing Guide
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association- Library holds print copies
APA style guide to electronic references (pdf)
Endnote
Referencing and avoiding plagiarism - Learning Resources, CHS Learning Advisor

Websites:

Selected websites useful for finding free internet resources related to Occupational Therapy

Websites: Evaluation

Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine

Writing/Research

Doing your research project (2007) e-book
Introduction to research in the health sciences (2008) 610.72 POL
Research in occupational therapy (2006) e-book
Researching health: qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods (2007) 610.72 SAK
Successful qualitative health research: a practical introduction (2006) 610.7 HAN
Writing at university (2003) e-book

For assistance please contact: Pam Thornton or the CHS Library Team
Librarian: School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Sciences