Library Catalog
Use the Library Catalog to find books owned by Kresge Library. Also use the catalog to see if we have access to a particular journal title either on-line or in print.
Library's list of databases arranged by subject area.
Use the Citation Linker to locate an exact citation.
If we don't have your article electronically or in-print? Try borrowing through InterLibrary Loan.
Databases
CINAHL - The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is a comprehensive and highly-authoritative database for research in nursing and health sciences.
Cochrane - This is a collection of databases that contain evidence for healthcare decision-making. Includes systematic review abstracts, technology assessments, economic evaluations and individual clinical trials.
Medline- First Search Medline is a comprehensive research database covering all area of medicine; it includes thousands of records with substantial abstracts. *Medline available through PubMed is the National Libary of Medicine's freely accessible database and is the industry standard.
SPORTDiscus - is described as "the most comprehensive, bibliographic database covering sport, physical fitness, exercise, sports medicine, physical education, kinesiology, training, disabled persons, drugs, health, health education, biomechanics, movement science, injury prevention rehabilitation, physical therapy, rehabilitation, nutrition, exercise physiology, sport & exercise psychology, occupational health & therapy, public health and more."
Secondary Library Databases
ERIC is the standard database for resources in education including journal articles from research/scholarly and practitioner literature,
Health Reference Center Academic a database of articles on health sciences, many full text.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines as well as abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals.
HealthScience: Sage Full-text includes the full text of 26 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, encompassing over 46,000 articles and up to 129 years of backfiles.
PsycINFO provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work.
Web of Science is acomprehensive citation index with abstracts to journals in the sciences, including medicine.
*Depending upon your topic, there may be other relevant databases for your research. Consult the library's list of databases arranged by subject area, or check out our Health Sciences Resources page.
In these databases, if an article is not available online, use the 
feature to identify if the article is available online in another database or in print in the library.
We don't have your article electronically or in-print?
Try InterLibrary Loan.
Contact Information
Julia E. Rodriguez
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rodrigu3@oakland.edu |
Research Assistance
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- by phone: 248-370-4426 |
Request an individual session to get help with your research. You can expect the session within 2-3 days. Plan ahead! |
Other Resources
PEDro (free resource) The Physiotherapy Evidence Database provides information on "randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy."
Hooked on Evidence (limited to paid APTA members) "The contents of the site provide learning tools to foster evidence based practice in physical therapy, tutorial information on the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, and an online input form to allow APTA members to input article extractions on various topics in physical therapy."
Scirus The most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the open Web; excludes licensed library databases and content.
APTA site The website for the American Physical Therapy Association which provides members online access to it's journal and news magazines.
Writing Help & Citation Tools
RefWorks Tutorial - A reference management tool that allows you to create a personal database of references and automatically generate formatted bibliographies for your projects.
Citation Style Guides:
Tutorials & Worksheets
Evidence-Based Medicine Research tutorial Excellent tutorial teaching the concepts of Evidence-Based medicine developed by Duke University Medical Center Library and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Health Science Library.
Evidence-based research question strategy chart
Evidence-based research question blank chart
Scholarly Journals vs. Popular Magazines
Take this quickie tutorial if you need a reminder on identifying scholarly or popular periodicals.
Researching with CINAHL tutorial
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