Physical Therapist Assistant Results
* Includes Peer Reviewed Content
Consumer Health Complete
(Provider: Ebsco)
Description: Comprehensive coverage of consumer-oriented health information. Includes journals, reference books, images, videos, and pamphlets.
Health & Medical Complete*
(Provider: Proquest)
Description: Over 1200 full-text journals covering medical research, administration, and consumer-interest topics.
Health Source*
(Provider: Ebsco)
Description: Journals and pamphlets covering nursing and allied health disciplines. Also includes a medical dictionary and a drug guide covering over 4700 brand name and 1300 generic products.
Medline*
(Provider: Ebsco)
Description: A comprehensive index of articles in medical journals worldwide.
Article Databases (multiple subjects)
EBSCOhost*
(Provider: Ebsco)
Description: Combined search of Ebsco’s academic, general, health, business, and vocational journal databases. Includes scholarly and peer reviewed articles as well as general interest magazines and consumer information.
JSTOR*
(Provider: JSTOR)
Description: An archive of full-text articles from over 400 scholarly journals. JSTOR does not include the most recent few years of the journals.
ProQuest Newspapers
(Provider: Proquest)
Description: "offers full-text access to over 850 regional, national, and international newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, and the Times of London."
ProQuest*
(Provider: Proquest)
Description: Combined search of Proquest’s academic, general, health, business, and vocational journal databases. Includes scholarly and peer reviewed articles as well as general interest magazines and consumer information.
Reference Databases (multiple subjects)
Biography Reference Bank
(Provider: EBSCO)
Description: Covers over 500,000 people and includes over 36,000 images. Includes biographical profiles, feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches and obituaries.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
(Provider: Ebsco)
Description: Basic-level, general encyclopedia.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
(Provider: Gale)
Description: multi-subject reference guides and encyclopedias
Oxford English Dictionary
(Provider: Oxford)
Description: definitions, pronunciation, and history of the English language
Oxford Reference Online
(Provider: Oxford)
Description: contains over 125 reference works published by Oxford University Press
Free Resources on the Web
- Atlas of the Human Body (AMA)
- Diseases and Conditions: A-Z Index (CDC)
- Healthfinder.gov: Health Information from the U.S. Government
- Mayo Clinic Health Information
- Medical Library Association: Resources for Health Consumers
- MedicineNet: Health Information and MedTerms Dictionary
- MedlinePlus - A Health Information Portal from the Natl. Library of Medicine
- MedlinePlus: Medical Encyclopedia
- MedlinePlus: Organizations Directory - By Topic
- Medscape Reference (WebMD Network - Free registration)
- Merck Manual (Medical text for healthcare professionals)
- Merck Manual Home Health Handbook (for patients and caregivers)
- Online Medical Guide - Cleveland Clinic Disease Management Project
- Patient Safety Network: Patient Safety Primers (AHRQ)
- Pharmacy: Drug Information Portal (NLM/NIH)
- Pharmacy: Drugs, Supplements and Herbal Information (MedlinePlus)
- PT Reference: PEDro: Physiotherapy Evidence Database
- PT Reference: Physical Therapy (Merck Manual Home Health Handbook)
- PT Reference: Physical Therapy (Merck Manual)
- PT Reference: Physical Therapy Safety and Health Topics (OSHA)
- PT Reference: PT Assistants and Aides (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
- PT Reference: Rehabilitation (MedlinePlus)
- PubMed / MEDLINE Database (Can limit search to free full-text articles)
- PubMed Central (PMC) - Archive of Biomedical and Life Science Journals
- Regulatory/Licensing Agency: Federation of State Boards of PT
- Regulatory/Licensing Agency: Physical Therapy Board of California
- Research Center: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- Research Center: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Research Center: Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM)
- Research Center: Natl. Center for Complementary and Alternative Med.
- Research Center: Natl. Institutes of Health (27 Institutes and Centers)
- Society: American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
- Society: California Physical Therapy Association (CPTA)
- Society: San Diego District CPTA
- Society: World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT)
- Statistics: California Center for Health Statistics
- Statistics: California Department of Mental Health
- Statistics: California Department of Public Health
- Statistics: National Center for Health Statistics
- Statistics: Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
- Statistics: World Health Organization
- Tests / Lab Work: LabTestsOnline.org
- WomensHealth.gov
