LibGuides: Physiotherapy: Physiotherapy

Welcome to the Physiotherapy Guide. These pages highlight key resources which can be used to support your research in Physiotherapy

Databases

Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library is an electronic publication designed to supply evidence of the effects of health care and to inform people providing and receiving care, and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels.
EBSCO - Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete covers nearly every area of academic study. It includes more than 8,500 full-text journals, 7,300 of which are peer-reviewed.
EBSCO - Cinahl Complete
Cinahl Plus is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers.
EBSCO - SportDiscus
Over 600,000 records with journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800.
ProQuest
ProQuest Central is the largest single periodical resource available, bringing together complete databases across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Language and Literature, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, as well as core titles in the Performing and Visual Arts, History, Religion, Philosophy, and includes thousands of full-text newspapers from around the world.
PubMed
Provides access to bibliographic information in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, the preclinical sciences and life sciences. It includes the database MEDLINE which contains over 15 million citations dating back to the mid-1950's.
Science Direct
Science Direct offers access to the full text of more than 1,100 journals across sixteen fields of science including the social sciences.
Scopus
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed research, covering over 20,000 journals from more than 5,000 publishers.

Websites

Bandolier
Evidence based healthcare.
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Department of Health
Department of Health website with an A/Z search facility of health and allied information.
Medscape
Online medical reference tool for physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Freebooks4doctors
Access to over 400 free full text medical books.
Health on the net
NHS Choices
Nice Evidence Search
Evidence search provides access to selected and authoritative evidence in health, social care and public health.
PEDro
Physiotherapy evidence database developed to give physiotherapists and others rapid access to bibliographic details and abstracts of randomised controlled trials and systematic reviews in physiotherapy.

Printed resources

Reference books can provide a valuable first approach to a subject area and an ideal source of background information. There are many different types of reference books and the more familiar formats include encyclopaedias, dictionaries, guides, handbooks and directories.

Here are some examples of reference books that may be useful to the study of Physiotherapy:

Guide to Libraries and Information Sources in Medicine and Health Care
Black's Medical Dictionary
Gray's Anatomy (41st ed)