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Occupational Therapy Databases
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| Medline via OvidSP (1950 - present)
A major and premier source for the medical sciences. Provides citations and abstracts to biomedical literature including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and healthcare services. The majority are fulltext. |
Terms & conditions
Ovid Basic Helpsheet |
| CINAHL via OvidSP (1982 - present)
A major resource for allied health professionals and nurses. Includes some full text articles with coverage of allied health, management, behavioural sciences, biomedicine and education. |
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Ovid Basic Helpsheet |
| AMED : Allied and Complementary Medicine via OvidSP (1985 - present)
A useful specialised database of citations and abstracts for physicians, therapists, medical researchers and clinicians covering allied health and alternative treatments to conventional medicine. |
Terms & conditions Ovid Basic Helpsheet |
| Web of Science via ISI Web of Knowledge
One of the largest Science databases. Provides access to current and retrospective information from high impact research journals. Web of Science also provides citation analysis of authors, journals and subject areas. |
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| Scopus
Scopus is a large multidisciplinary database covering published material in the humanities and sciences. It also provides citation analysis of authors and subject areas. |
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| OTSeeker
A useful resource for finding systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy. Trials have been critically appraised and rated to assist you to evaluate their validity and interpretability. |
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JBI COnNECT An evidence-based health care resource to assist in evaluating evidence for informed clinical decision-making and best practice in health care. It includes evidence summaries in the following areas: Aged Care, Acute Care, Midwifery, Physio, Occupational Therapy, Diagnostic Imaging, with Community Health coming soon. 
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| Health & Society Database (H&S) via Informit Online
Local database of health policy, services and the social, psychological, legal and ethical issues associated with health which is of direct importance to Australian people and families. Aboriginal health, health administration and economic issues are a core subject area of the database.
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| AGELINE via OvidSP 1978 - present
The place to start for ageing and gerontology. Provides coverage of ageing in relation to delivery of health care, psychology, public policy and economic contexts. |
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| anatomy.tv
Human anatomy in 3D. Complete anatomical 3D models from skin to bone for various body parts. Includes biomechanical animations, dynamic MRI, and movie clips. |
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| Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
A major source of statistical data compiled by Australia's official statistical organisation. Includes Australian census data, National and State based statistics. Statistics are updated weekdays at 11:30am.
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| Biological and Medical Science databases via CSA
Databases included here: Biological Sciences, Biology Digest, Conference papers index, Medline and Toxline. |
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| CAM : Complementary and alternative medicine via Pubmed
A useful source which contains citations to journal articles related to complementary and alternative medicine (Cam). A subset of PubMed. |
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| Caresearch
A palliative care resource funded by the Department of Health and Ageing that aims to provide evidence based, quality information to the palliative care community. |
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| Cochrane Library
A reliable source of up-to-date information and evidence based studies designed to support decisions taken in health care. |
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| Current Contents Connect via ISI Web of Knowledge
A quick and easy way of keeping up to date with material published in your subject area. |
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| Dissertation & Theses Full Text via Proquest
Full text available from 1997 - present Contains more than 1.6 million Phd and Masters thesis accepted by accredited educational institutions and universities. Check to see what other thesis candidates have done in your field! (Note: Very large files; may be slow to download off-campus.) |
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| All EBM Reviews: Cochrane DSR, ACP Journal Club, DARE, CCTR, CLEED, CLCMR, & CLHTA via OvidSP This multifile database allows you to search simultaneously the seven Evidence Based Medicine Reviews databases: ACP Journal Club (ACP), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (COCH), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CCTR), NHS Economic Evaluation Database (CLEED), Health Technology Assessment (CLHTA), and Cochrane Methodology Register (CLMCR). |
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| Embase
A major pharmacological, biomedical and drug information database. Contains a large number of full text articles from journals published worldwide. |
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| ERIC via OvidSP (1966 - present)
Provides extensive access to educational-related literature. Includes coverage of meetings, conferences, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, books and monographs. Alternative interfaces are available: ERIC via CSA or ERIC via Proquest |
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| ERIC Web 1966 - present
Provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text. |
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| Expanded Academic Index ASAP (1980 - present)
Contains an index, abstracts and full-text. Topics covered include communication studies, social science, science and technology, women studies, sociology, environment, and public affairs. |
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| GrantSearch
Australia's most comprehensive index of grant opportunities.
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| HIVA - HIV/AIDS Database via Informit Online
A bibliographic database of journal articles, books and audiovisual titles listed in the catalogues of the NSW HIV/AIDS Library Network.
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| HM Information Clearinghouse
University of Sydney knowledge based clearinghouse on home modifications for the aged and disabled.
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| Journal Citation Reports via ISI Web of Knowledge
Discover analytical information on journals such as impact factor and citation frequency. |
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| MIMS Online
Australia's most comprehensive and authoritative pharmaceutical database. Provides full information on prescription and non-prescription drugs. Full colour product identification pictures are available. |
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| NICAN
Contains sport and recreation information for people with disabilities
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| Oshrom: CISDOC via SilverPlatter (1960 - present)
Contains references from over 35 countries to key literature on safety and health at work. |
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| Oshrom: HSELINE via SilverPlatter (1977 - present)
Covers Occupational Health and Safety journal article, publications, conference proceedings for the UK. |
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| Oshrom: MHIDAS via SilverPlatter (1960 - present)
Major Hazard Incident Data Service developed by AEA Technology on behalf of the Major Hazards Assessment Unit of the United Kingdom Health and Safety Executive (HSE). |
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| Oshrom: Medline OEM via SilverPlatter (1965 - present)
Medline database subset that covers occupational and environmental medicine. |
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| Oshrom: NIOSHTIC2 via SilverPlatter (1960 - present)
Covers aspects of workplace safety and health literature. Includes occupational medicine, physiology and ergonomics. |
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| Oshrom: RILOSH via SilverPlatter (1975 - present)
Contains information on health and safety. Including workplace disability issues, safety engineering and workers' compensation. |
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| ProQuest 5000
Offers a number of databases across a range of subject areas including business, general reference, education, science, technology and medicine. It provides both abstracts, indexing and full-text. |
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| PsycBITE : Psychological Database for Brain Impairment Treatment Efficacy
Catalogues studies of cognitive, behavioural and other treatments for psychological problems and issues occurring as a consequence of acquired brain impairment (ABI). |
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| PsycInfo via OvidSP (1806 - present)
Provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines. Includes literature from disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. Some full text. |
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| PubMed
A free database offering access to the Medline database of citations and abstracts of biomedical research articles. The core subject is medicine, and PubMed covers fields related to medicine. |
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| ScienceDirect
One of the largest online collections of published scientific research. Good coverage of medical related subjects. |
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| Standards Australia
Provides access to the complete collection of current Australian Standards, Draft Standards, and handbooks
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| University of Sydney Theses
All University theses are listed in the library catalogue. Search by Author, Title, Subject or Keyword. |
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