We have selected some key eresources and individual journal titles to help you locate relevant material for your subject.
Eresources
Use our eresources to search for relevant journal articles or other resources such as anatomy images. Although OneSearch does search many of these, using the subject specific collections will produce more tailored results and provide more relevant filters. Eresources for health is an online tutorial to help you use these resources.
In addition to these key full-text eresources you can also explore our full A-Z of eresources to see the whole list and see the for additional research specific resources.
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Anatomy TV |
An Interactive 3D anatomy resource. Rotate the body, navigate through the layers and click on the image to bring up the relevant text.
This resource uses Adobe Flash. If you are struggling to view it, these instructions should help.
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Instant Anatomy |
Diagrams, videos, podcasts and revision questions to help you get to grips with anatomy. |
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Occupational Therapy and health specific |
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CINAHL |
The key collection for Nursing and Allied health. It indexes (citations only) over 4000 journals and holds the full-text of 760 journals, plus linking to our other subscribed content. You will get fewer results but they should be more relevant.
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MEDLINE |
MEDLINE is the U.S. National Library of Medicine journal citation database covering medicine, nursing, the health care system and much more. This version includes citations from 5,200 scholarly journals and full-text from more than 1,450. |
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Proquest Nursing and Allied Health |
One of several collections from Proquest, all of which together form Proquest Central. This particular collection indexes 850 journals and holds the full-text of 715 Nursing and Allied health titles. More information in Getting started with Proquest databases. |
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Cochrane Library |
Provides systematic reviews of clinical based research on the effectiveness of specific interventions. It will depend on your topic as to whether there will be a relevant review but if there is, it will be a key resource. Cochrane also runs a blog Evidence for everyday nursing, which pulls together reviews into a more digestible format. |
Wider and multi-disciplinary |
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SPORTDiscus |
Mostly full text, this collection covers journal articles, monographs and theses on sport, sport medicine, fitness and related disciplines. |
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ScienceDirect |
Covers physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, health sciences and social sciences. As the name suggests it is more science based so it will depend on your topic whether you use this one. |
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Community Care inform |
Case law, reference manuals, legislation, guides, research, practice, key documents and other resources for professionals working with children and young people. |
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Academic Search Complete |
A huge multi-disciplinary database which indexes (citations only) over 9,500 journals and provides full-text to over 6,500. Good for a search on more general topics. |
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Proquest Central |
Pulls together many of the Proquest collections, searching thousands of journals across many subjects. More information in Getting started with Proquest databases. |
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Sage Journals |
Whereas the collections above hold content from a number of publishers this collection holds 900 full-text peer reviewed journals published by Sage. Other publisher collections are available but this one has the most relevant full-text journals. |
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Dissertations and theses |
Global collection with some full-text from 1997 onwards. It is possible to limit by level e.g. MSc. To access UoC undergrad dissertations go to Collections in OneSearch |
Individual Journal Titles
Browse or search inside key journal titles for your subject below. There are too many to mention but three of the key Occupational Therapy journals are listed below. All of these journals are peer reviewed and a good starting point. For a full range of titles check our A-Z of journals via Journals Search.
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British Journal of Occupational Therapy |
Published once a month this journal keeps you up to date with the latest developments in Occupational Therapy. Special issues themed around specific topics (e.g. stroke rehabilitation) are published yearly. |
Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy |
This journal aims to present leading-edge Occupational Therapy scholarship, providing a useful international perspective on contemporary issues in Occupational Therapy. It is published five times per year. |
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal |
The official research publication of the professional peak body Occupational Therapy Australia. It includes empirical studies, theoretical papers, reviews and scholarly commentary.
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OTJR: Occupation, Participation, and Health |
This peer-reviewed journal from the American Occupational Therapy Foundation focuses on factors of human participation and how such factors influence health and well-being. |
The College of Occupational Therapists (COT) also offers a photocopy request service for the journals that they hold, and both members and non-members can make use of this. Full details of the journals available (and details of how to submit a request) are on the COT website.