Research Guides: Occupational Therapy: Home

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PubMed
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This resource is freely available from the Internet. The Linkout feature, which is marked with an icon, provides access to the full-text of journals subscribed to by Appalachian State University Libraries.
CINAHL Complete
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Google Scholar
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Scopus
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Replaces Web of Science. An abstract and citation database focused on social, physical, life, and health sciences, with over 94 million records.

You can also use APPsearch on the main library page. Use AOTA, aota.org

Try Libkey for full text. Libkey,io/ plus DOI number

When we do not have full text, use Illiad for 48 hour access to articles from othet libraries. illiad.library.appstate.edu

Zotero is good for organizing what you find and citing it. Zotero.org

Journals for Occupational Therapy and related fields

Here are journals for browsing, but most of the time you'll probably want to link to this content from your searches in PubMed, CINAHL, Google Scholar, APPsearch, and other search tools.

Selected Occupational Therapy journals:

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

We have full access through the latest complete issue in CINAHL.

Occupational Therapy Journal of Research: Occupation, Participation and Health

current access through Sage journals

Journal of Occupational Science -- No access. We tend not to have Taylor & Francis journals ($625).

British Journal of Occupational Therapy -- current access through Sage journals

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy -- current access through Sage journals

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy --

We now have this in CINAHL, with an 18 month delay (embargo), but we will soon be subscribing through Taylor & Francis ($1285).

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal -- current access through Wiley

Some related health sciences journals:

Disability and Health -- current access through Elsevier

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation -- current access through Elsevier

Journals of Gerontology, A -- current access through Oxford

Journals of Gerontology, B -- current access through Oxford

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities -- No access now, but we will soon be subscribing through Taylor & Francis ($1959)

Also:

Occupational Therapy In Health Care -- No access now but we will soon be subscribing through Taylor & Francis ($1246)

Physical Therapy Reviews -- No access. Taylor & Francis ($1461)

Journal of Occupational Therapy Education -- "Diamond" Open Access journal -- access here.

Occupational Therapy: Home

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Journals for Occupational Therapy and related fields

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