Occupational Therapy Resources

• CINAHL Plus (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature)
  • Run your search using CINAHL Headings.
  • Using CINAHL Headings combine with OR: Systematic review, Meta-analysis, and Clinical Trials/exploded.
  • Combine these two searches with AND.
• Cochrane Library
  • Cochrane systematic reviews provide the best available source of information about the efficacy of health care interventions. As new information becomes available they are updated and revised
• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Produced by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality this database is a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
• OTSeeker
  • Produced by the staff at the Universities of Queensland and Sydney in Australia, the database contains systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy.
• PubMed
  • PubMed is a premier biomedical database provided by the National Library of Medicine.
  • When you run your search through the SMU Library website you will see filters on the right side of your search results. There are filters for: Meta-analysis, Practice Guidelines, Randomized Controlled Trial, and Systematic Reviews.
• Rehabilitation Reference Center
  • The Diseases & Conditions tab includes Clinical Reviews "on rehabilitation topics incorporating the best available evidence through rigorous systematic surveillance."
  • The Practice Resources tab includes Practice Guidelines from the National Guideline Clearinghouse.
• TRIP Pro (Turning Research Into Practice)
  • TRIP includes worldwide systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials and clinical practice guidelines.

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