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Database Help
For quick database help, checkout the links below.
- Pubmed User GuideHelpful assistance in using Pubmed in question/answer format with tutorials.
- PubMed Training CourseThis course will show you how to use evidence-based practice when searching clinical questions using PubMed®
Clinical Queries
CINAHL allows you to limit your search to Clinical Queries. Click here to access this search feature.
Finding OT Articles
Finding journal articles
The SFCC Library subscribes to many scholarly databases. The most useful OT-related databases and websites for finding journal articles are listed in the section below.
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First name + initial of last name + last four digits of your student ID# @bigfoot.spokane.edu
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- CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
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Searches over 600 nursing & allied health journals, some are full text. CINAHL provides full text articles in Physical Therapy and PT in Motion. To search for articles within a specific journal, use the "Publications" link located on the blue bar across the top of the search screen.Type in the journal title. Select the journal title by checking the box next to the to it and click the "Add" box. Then in the large search box at the top, type in your topic. - ScienceDirect: Health & Life Sciences This link opens in a new window
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A collection of full-text, scholarly articles and book chapters concerning health and life sciences--includes open access journals. - ICE Video Library This link opens in a new windowInternational Clinical Educators video library is designed specifically for physical therapy and occupational therapy faculty. ICE Video Library offers a wide range of short videos that enhance lectures and present real case studies.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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A popular database that includes access to full text articles.
- Google ScholarSearches the web for scholarly literature including, journal articles, book chapters, theses, etc.
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowIncludes over 19 million citations for biomedical articles. Includes links to full-text articles.
- PubMed CentralAn archive of biomedical and life science journals.
Interlibrary Loan
Request materials from other libraries
Journal articles not available at SFCC Library may be obtained from other libraries in the area through our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service.