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Physical Therapy - Selected Resources

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Subject Description: This subject covers: the restoration of function and the prevention of disability following disease or injury with the use of light, heat, water, electricity, ultrasound, and/or exercise.

Abstracts and Indexes

Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes


AMED - Allied and Complementary Medicine Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled 
    1985 - present
Subjects covered include acupuncture, terminal care, symptom control, osteopathy, Chinese medicine, homeopathy, rehabilitation, occupational therapy, chiropractic, holistic treatments, and podiatry.

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Applied Science and Technology Abstracts Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled 
    1983 - present, updated monthlyH.W. Wilson.

Indexes over 300 major English-language periodicals in a wide variety of technology subjects ranging from aeronautics, chemistry, and computers to physics, plastics, and transportation. Many recent citations include abstracts.

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CINAHL Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled 
    1982 - present, updated monthly.Cinahl Information Systems..

Resource Guide: http://support.ebsco.com/training/flash_videos/CINAHLBasicSearching.html


Compendex and Engineering Index Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled 
    1884 - present, updated monthly
Provides extensive indexing of scholarly and technical periodicals, conference proceedings, and report literature in all engineering disciplines including applied physics, electronics, materials science, and related fields in science and management......
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Index to Chiropractic Literature
    1985 - present
Index to Chiropractic Literature is created by a group of health science librarians working in chiropractic colleges throughout the world. It includes citations to articles in 40 journals, and is searchable by keyword, subject, or author......
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MEDLINE (OVID) Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled 
    1966 - present, updated weekly.
Resource Guide: http://www.biomed.lib.umn.edu/files/SearchingOvid.pdf

Physical Education Index Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled 
    1970-present
Search PEI for a wide range of Physical Education & Kinesiology topics including physical education curricula, sports medicine, dance, sport law, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coachi.....
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Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) Centre of Evidence-Based Physiotherapy.

PEDro was developed to give rapid access to bibliographic details and abstracts of randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. Most trials on the database have been rated for qual.....
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Science Citation Index Expanded (ISI) Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. 
    1975 - present, updated weekly. The Institute for Scientific Information.

Resource Guide: http://www.biomed.lib.umn.edu/help/guides/woscited

SPORT Discus Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. 
    1800 - present, updated monthly.
Resource Guide: http://www.sirc.ca/documents/EBSCOSearchGuideSPORTDiscus.pdf

General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles


Health and Medicine in the News
    May 1994 - present.
Lists citations to health-related articles reported in the Star Tribune - Newspaper of the Twin Cities [Minneapolis Edition]......
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LexisNexis Academic Authentication Required 
    Varies by title.
LexisNexis Academic is a collection of online databases: News, Business (plus corporate news and corporate financials), Legal, Medical, and Reference. International news sources are included. .....
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Catalogs and Bibliographies

Catalogs


MNCAT
Search MNCAT, the libraries' catalog, to find books, journals, etc. owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title, or author for materials on your topic......
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WorldCat Authentication Required RefWorks enabled 
    2150 BC - present (most records from 1968 - present), updated daily.
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education
Covers all sub.....
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Internet Resources

Electronic Books


Acland's Atlas of Human Anatomy, Streaming Version Authentication Required 
Streaming Video of Acland's Atlas of Human Anatomy. .....
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Web Sites


ABLEDATA
ABLEDATA contains information on assistive technology products, from white canes to voice output programs, including detailed descriptions of each product, price, and company information......
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NARIC Disability Information Center National Rehabilitation Information Center.

Includes REHABDATA, which is an extensive database of disability and rehabilitation literature abstracts; NARIC Knowledgebase, a directory of agencies, organizations, publications, and Internet resources related to rehabilitation; and the NIDRR Proje.....
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Multimedia Materials

Image Resources


An@tomy.tv Authentication Required 
The world's most detailed 3D model of human anatomy available online created by Primal Pictures. Includes features such as interactive zoom, rotation, angle, interactive layers, extensive text, MRI, clinical slides and xrays, live action movies, anim.....
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Style Manuals and Writing Guides

Bibliography Software


RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. 
RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabi.....
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Style Manuals


Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association APA. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association. 2001. 5th.

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