Information Support for the Faculty of Computing, Health & Science
Subject Guide for Physiotherapy
| Books | Journal Databases | Videos/DVDs |
| Dictionaries/Encyclopedias | Key Journal Titles | Referencing |
| E-Books | Legislation/Standards | |
| Handbooks | Statistics | Websites |
Library One Search is a search engine that helps you discover information on any topic from ECU Library's collections. You can search across the Library's catalogue and online journal collection, to find information from books, journal articles, newspapers and more. From your search you can link directly to the full text of articles and e-books or to the catalogue for finding books and other resources on the shelves. Access Library One Search from the Library Homepage using your ADS login at the prompt.
How to use Library One Search: Type your keywords into the single search box. Refine your search using the options on the left, such as content type, subject or date. For a more specific search, by author or journal title for example, use the Advanced Search option.
Library One Search video clip (visual guide, no voice/sound)
To search beyond ECU Library's collection, or for a more in-depth search, it is suggested that you also search the subject specific databases listed below.
Library Catalogue: search for books, journal titles, reports, statistics, DVDs/videos.
Link to electronic publications (books,journals and reports) and E-Reserve
Dictionary of physiotherapy(2005)
Mosby's dictionary of medicine, nursing & health professions (2006)
Oxford dictionary of sports science and medicine (2006)
Stedman’s medical dictionary for the health professions and nursing (2008) R610.3 STE
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. rehabilitation 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:
Communication for health care (2002)
Evidence based health communication (2006)
Foot and ankle motion analysis (2008)
Handbook of pathophysiology(2008)
Principles of assessment and outcome measurement for occupational therapists and physiotherapists (2007)
Rehabilitation of sports injuries (2003)
Sports medicine (2008)
Stroke rehabilitation: a collaborative approach (2000)
ACSM'S resources for clinical exercise physiology(2010)
Communication and clinical effectiveness in rehabilitation(2005)
Contexts of physiotherapy practice(2008)
Clinical reasoning in the health professions (2008)
Evidence based therapeutic massage(2003)
Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice 39th ed. (2005)
Gray's anatomy for students(2010)
Grieve's modern manual therapy: the vertebral column(2004)
Introduction to physical therapy(2007)
Melloni's illustrated review of human anatomy (2008)
Occupational and physical therapy for children with rheumatic diseases: a clinical handbook (2008)
Orthopedic physical assessment(2008)
Oxford handbook of sport and exercise medicine (2007)
The physiotherapist's pocket book: essential facts at your fingertips (2009)
Therapeutic electrophysical agents: evidence behind practice(2010)
Journal Articles Find articles by searching the Journal Databases. Use FIND IT to link to full text held at ECU.
Types of Journals (podcast 4.22min)
CINAHL Plus with Full Text: International database indexing nursing and allied health literature. Also indexes
key occupational therapy and physiotherapy journals.
Guide to Cinahl (pdf)
How to do a keyword search in Cinahl (Running time 4:06) (video clip)
Cochrane Library: Evidence based medicine database. Clinical trials are reviewed and analyzed.
Cochrane Guide to the Cochrane Library database
Library Guide to Cochrane
PEDro: physiotherapy evidence database
Health Collection: Australian full text database covering Australasian health information in a range of publications, including journal articles, reports and conference proceedings.
ISI Web of Science This database includes: Science citation index, Social Sciences citation index,
and Arts & Humanities citation index.
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)
Library video clips:
How to access Medline and other databases: video clip
How to search Medline: video clip
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.
Guide to PsycINFO (pdf)
SPORTDiscus with Full Text key database for sports science, indexing journals and other materials in all aspects of sport. It is suggested that to search for journal articles only, you use the limit option Journal Article (Under Publication Type). You may also wish to limit to English (Under Language)
SPORTDiscus database guide (pdf)
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 from the left hand side bar. Alternatively, you can use Quick Search and search within the set of preselected databases for Health Sciences.
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.
Adapted physical activity quarterly
Advances in physiotherapy
American journal of physiology
Annual review of physiology
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Athletic therapy today
Australian journal of physiotherapy
Brain Injury
Cardiopulmonary physical therapy journal
Clinical kinesiology
Hong Kong physiotherapy journal
InMotion (Australian Physiotherapy Association) Print S615.820609 INM
International journal of therapy and rehabilitation
Journal of bioethical inquiry
Journal of burn care and research
Journal of comparative physiology
Journal of electromyography and kinesiology
Journal of geriatric physical therapy
Journal of hand therapy
Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics
Journal of manual and manipulative therapy
Journal of neurologic physical therapy
Journal of physical therapy education
Journal of physiology
Journal of physiotherapy (previously: Australian journal of physiotherapy)
Journal of sport rehabilitation
Manual therapy
New Zealand journal of physiotherapy
Pediatric physical therapy
Physical and occupational therapy in geriatrics
Physical and occupational therapy in pediatrics
Physical therapy
Physiological reviews
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy research international
Physiotherapy theory and practice
PT: magazine of physical therapy
Topics in stroke rehabilitation
Legislation, Standards, Health Law & Ethics
Legislation:
State Law Publisher - Western Australian Government Legislation
Standards:
Standards Australia(Online)
Health Law & Ethics:
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)
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
Search the catalogue using the Advanced Search keyword search option. Select Film/Video in the Material Type limit box provided.
This will limit a keyword search to videos or dvds.
Search by Title for specific videos/dvds. Some useful titles include:
Communication in mental health care (1993)
Just like you (2002)
Natchuna yimbaya = Listen to me
Nonverbal communication and culture (2005)
The living body series (2004)
Referencing @ ECU Library
ECU Referencing Guide
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association- Library holds print copies 6th ed.
APA style guide to electronic references (pdf)
Endnote
Evidence-Based Health Practice
Health Law subject guide
Human Biology subject guide
Occupational Therapy subject guide
Public Health subject guide
Sports Science subject guide
Websites:
Selected websites useful for finding free internet resources related to Physiotherapy:
American Physical Therapy Association
Australian Physiotherapy Council
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (UK)
HealthInsite: an Australian government initiative
Intute UK internet resources
in health and medicine
National Institutes of Health (USA)
World Confederation for Physical Therapy
Websites: Evaluation
Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine
Writing/ResearchClinical reasoning in the health professions(2008)
Doing your research project (2005) e-book
Introduction to research in the health sciences (2008)
Practical evidence based physiotherapy (2005)
Qualitative methods for health research(2009)
Research techniques for the health sciences (2010)
Researching health: qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods (2007) 610.72 SAK
Successful qualitative health research: a practical introduction (2006) 610.7 HAN
The literature review: a step by step guide for students (2008)
Writing at university (2008) e-book
For assistance please contact: Pam Thornton or the CHS Library Team
Librarian: School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Sciences
