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Introduction to the New LRC Website

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Occupational Therapy

EBP Resources

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ERIC - the Education Resources Information Center - is an internet-based digital library of education research and information sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.

Click here for a tutorial on using ERIC

OTseeker is a database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy.

OTdirect is an independent site for Occupational Therapists, OT Assistants and OT students, produced by OTs in their spare time. It aims to provide not only links to useful resources on the web, but study notes, practice updates and training listings.

PEDro, the Physiotherapy Evidence Database, 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.

PsycInfo

PsycINFO® is an electronic bibliographic database providing abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences. The database includes material of relevance to psychologists and professionals in related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work.

Psychology Journals

ProQuest Psychology Journals™ provides abstracts and indexing for more than 615 titles, with over 520 titles available in full text. Users get access to charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements essential to psychological research.

Medline 1996-

Ovid's interface for MedLine, the premier index for health related clinical and research literature, enables searchers to easily perform precise topic based searches. Much of the LRC's full text journal content is directly accessible from the citations retrieved in an Ovid search.

CINAHL

CINAHL -- Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature Database Guide -- is an index to the literature of nursing and allied health information. Journals indexed cover nursing, allied health, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and health sciences librarianship.

PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's Medline, the premier index for health related clinical and research literature, Interface. Much of the LRC's full text journal content is directly accessible from the citations retrieved in a PubMed search from this link.

Stedman's Medical Dictionary via StatRef

Professional Web Sites

ABLEDATA provides objective information about assistive technology products and rehabilitation equipment available from domestic and international sources.

Advance for O.T. Practitioners

ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy Practitioners is a biweekly newsmagazine, serving 60,000 occupational therapy personnel nationwide.

AOTA

The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) is the nationally recognized professional association for over 50,000 occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants.

The American Occupational Therapy Foundation is a charitable, non-profit organization created in 1965 to advance the science of occupational therapy and increase public understanding of its value.

AZ Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners

The Board issues and renews licenses for the occupational therapy profession. By law, the Board requires that each applicant meet minimum standard of education, experience and competency. The Board also receives and investigates complaints, takes appropriate disciplinary action and responds to inquiries from the consumers as to the license status of individual occupational therapy professionals.

The mission of the Arizona Occupational Therapy Association is to promote and support excellence and professionalism among occupational therapy practitioners.

The Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists provides services, products, events and networking opportunities to assist occupational therapists achieve excellence in their professional practice.

Closing The Gap, Inc. is an organization that focuses on computer technology for people with special needs through its bi-monthly newspaper, annual international conference and extensive web site.

The National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc. (NBCOT) is a not-for-profit credentialing agency that provides certification for the occupational therapy profession. NBCOT serves the public interest by developing, administering and continually reviewing a certification process that reflects current standards of competent practice in occupational therapy.

Occupationaltherapist.com

Occupationaltherapist.com, an extensive resource for the OT professional, patients, and families.

RESNA is an interdisciplinary association of people whose purpose is to improve the potential of people with disabilities to achieve their goals through the use of technology by promoting research, development, education, advocacy and provision of technology; and by supporting the people engaged in these activities.

The Sensory Integration Network web site is dedicated to bringing current sensory integration resources and information to families, consumers and professionals.

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