Searching the Literature

Search Medline
Medline/PubMed searches through the National Library of Medicine web site. This search engine provides abstracts that may guide further searching in the literature. In some cases there is full-text access to articles.

Search CINAHL
CINAHL contains 1700 journals related to the allied health professions, many of whom are not listed in Pubmed. Please contact the librarian (library@usa.edu) in order to obtain a password

OT Search
This site, maintained by the AOTA, offers a database of the literature pertaining to occupational therapy. Please contact the librarian (library@usa.edu) in order to obtain a password

Library and Information Resources Network (LIRN)
This website gives you access to Infotrak, Proquest, eLibrary, EbscoHost, in which you can access the following three collections Nursing and Allied Health Collection: Comprehensive Edition (360 journals), Biomedical Reference Collection: Comprehensive (885 journals) and Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (500 journals) and Books in Print databases. You need a valid LIRN access code to use this page. Please contact the librarian (library@usa.edu) in order to obtain the code.

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