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Rehabilitation Sciences – Best Bets

  • AccessPhysiotherapy
    AccessPhysiotherapy from McGraw-Hill Medical covers the in-depth study, instruction, and practice of physical therapy. More info
  • CINAHL Complete
    Provides indexing of the top nursing and allied health literature, including more than 5,000 journals. More info
  • F.A. Davis AT Collection
    Over 400 videos from leaders in the physical therapy field designed to teach exercise and rehabilitation techniques, kinetics, and physical therapy interventions. More info
  • Google Scholar
    Use Google Scholar through the library to be automatically linked to the full text of articles we own. More info
  • PubMed (includes MEDLINE)
    This resource is freely available from the Internet. The Linkout feature, which is marked with an icon, provides access to the full-text of journals subscribed to by Appalachian State University Libraries. Citations and abstracts in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care systems, and preclinical sciences. More info
  • Scopus
    Replaces Web of Science. An abstract and citation database focused on social, physical, life, and health sciences, with over 94 million records. More info
  • SPORTDiscus with Full Text
    Limited to 4 simultaneous users. Comprehensive international coverage of sport and fitness-related topics, drawn from websites, journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference proceedings. More info

Rehabilitation Sciences – Also Useful

  • Anatomy.TV
    Derived from real human data, this range of software provides thousands of 3D anatomical structures, clinical slides, dissections, animations and much more. More info
  • Cochrane Library
    Evidence-based practice in health care; includes the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Cochrane Clinical Answers. More info
  • Communication and Mass Media Complete
    CMMC offers cover-to-cover (core) indexing and abstracts for more than 620 journals (over 500 in full text), and selected coverage of nearly 200 more. More info
  • Education Source
    Provides full text access for more than 1,800 journals covering all levels of education, as well as indexing and abstracts for thousands more. More info
  • ERIC
    Index of scholarly works in the education fields; sources include journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, and books. More info
  • Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
    Abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences, drawing from over 1,500 serials publications. More info
  • ProQuest Central
    Multidisplinary database with access to nearly 20,000 journals, magazines, and newspapers. More info
  • PsycINFO
    Contains over 3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines. More info
  • SUMARI
    "Register new user" to create an account. Support for researchers and health professionals to conduct a systematic review from anywhere in the world, facilitating 10 different types of systematic reviews from protocol to report. More info