Research Guides: Occupational Therapy: Start Your Research Here

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Jennifer Stevenson edited and updated this guide Fall 2022.

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Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

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This guide provides some recommendations for encyclopedias and other reference resources that might provide helpful information relating to your topic.

Recommended Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

Aging and Diet

Electronic Resource 2020

Best practices for occupational therapy in schools

Electronic Resource 2019

Clinical Research in Occupational Therapy

Electronic Resource 2019

Current medical diagnosis & treatment 2023

Electronic Resource 2023

Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Geriatrics, 3/e

Electronic Resource 2020

Fundamentals of Occupational Therapy : an Introduction to the Profession.

Electronic Resource 2018

Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health

Electronic Resource 2013

Mosby's Field Guide to Occupational Therapy for Physical Dysfunction

Electronic Resource 2012

Occupational Therapy Evaluation for Children

Main Collection 2014

Orthotic Design and Fabrication for the Upper Extremity: A Practical Guide

Electronic Resource 2019

Principles of rehabilitation medicine. Case-based board review

Electronic Resource 2022

Quick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy

7th edition
Electronic Resource 2020

Rehabilitation of the Hand and Upper Extremity

Two-volume set
Electronic Resource 2014

Telehealth and occupational therapy in schools

Electronic Resource 2021

Recommended Online Reference Databases

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DSM-V Online (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition; American Psychiatric Association) This link opens in a new window "This is the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-V."
Gale eBooks (Gale Cengage Learning) This link opens in a new window A comprehensive collection of reference resources such as subject-focused encyclopedias and dictionaries, available in a single database.
Health Reference Center (Infobase Learning) This link opens in a new window Provides information -- including encyclopedia articles, news articles, images, and videos -- on topics related to health, wellness, disease, etc.
Oxford Reference (Oxford University Press) This link opens in a new window Contains facts, figures, definitions, quotations, and translations from 300+ Oxford reference titles, as well as in-depth, scholarly articles from titles in the Oxford Companions series and Oxford Digital Reference Shelf.
SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window Provides reference resources such as subject-focused dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference materials published by SAGE.

Recommended Multimedia Databases

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Counseling and Therapy in Video (Alexander Street Press) This link opens in a new window Provides access to a collection of online videos that enable students to observe the practice of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling.
Films on Demand (Infobase Learning) This link opens in a new window Films on Demand provides access to "video and multimedia for academic, vocational and life-skills content." Click "Collections" to access videos in various subject areas, such as Art & Architecture, Biology, Business & Economics, Criminal Justice & Law, Education, English, Gender & Sexuality, Guidance & Counseling, Health & Medicine, History, Psychology, and more. Also features Archival Films & Newsreels.
ICE Learning Center (International Clinical Educators) This link opens in a new window Features videos for physical and occupational therapy. Videos are "filmed with actual patients and therapists in real-life treatment settings including acute care, skilled nursing, outpatient, home health and ICU. Diagnosis include musculoskeletal, nervous system, mental and behavioral disorders, respiratory, and pediatrics."
JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) This link opens in a new window JoVE is a peer-reviewed scientific video resource featuring high-quality demonstrations and detailed protocols that support biological, medical, chemical, and physical research. The journal includes the following sections: Behavior, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Biology, Cancer Research, Chemistry, Developmental Biology, Engineering, Environment, Genetics, Immunology and Infection, Medicine, and Neuroscience. NOTE: Remote access requires creating an account using your Kean Google email credentials while you are on campus.

Recommended Tests and Measures Databases

The following databases provide information that will help you identify psychological tests and measuring instruments.

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Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) (OvidSP) This link opens in a new window Provides "information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science. HaPI...[helps] identify measures needed for research studies, grant proposals, client/patient assessment, class papers/projects, theses/dissertations, and program evaluation." NOTE: Permits only 10 simultaneous users. Please Logoff when finished.
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print (EBSCOhost) (VALE) This link opens in a new window Offers reviews of standardized tests in education, business, psychology, and leadership. Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language.
PsycTests (EBSCOhost) (VALE) This link opens in a new window “Serves as a repository for a growing selection of psychological tests and measures, including thousands of actual test instruments and test items that are available for immediate download and use in research and teaching.”

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