OUR Collection

Databases (subject indexes)

• AMED (Ovid)
• Cinahl (Ebsco)
• AustHealth & Meditext (Informit)
• Medline (Ovid)
• Embase (Ovid)
• PubMed

Evidence-Based Databases

• PEDRO (summaries and systematic reviews for physiotherapists)
• OT CATS (critically appraised topics)
• OT Seeker (abstracts for systematic reviews and randomized controlled    trials)
• Joanna Briggs (evidence summaries and systematic reviews) – Password required
• Cochrane Database (systematic reviews)
• UpToDate (topic overview with references to evidence) – available on the Canberra Hospital campus only.

Drug Information

• Australian Medicines Handbook
• Mims
• Micromedex
• Therapeutic Guidelines

 E-text

• MD Consult
• Key medical textbooks including Frontera: Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  Standard texts are located on the library shelf around WB 460

E-journals titles by subject category

• Physical therapy
• Occupational therapy & rehabilitation

INTERNET RESOURCES

Organisations

• Australian Physiotherapy Association   
• Australian Physiotherapy Council
• Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy

Standards

• Australian Standards for Physiotherapy

Statistical Information

• AusStats: Australian Bureau of Statistics
• Australian Institute of Health and  Welfare
• Department of Health and Ageing (Aust) : Statistics

BLOGS

• Physiospot blogs
• UBC Physio Info Blog emphasis is on evidence-based practice.

RSS Feeds

RSS Feeds are a way to receive alerts or updates via a web aggregator, like Bloglines, rather than an email account. Feeds can be created from journal and news sites. Please contact the library if you would like more information.

Podcasts

• UBC Physiotherapy Outreach podcasts by Eugene Barsky focus on evidence-based practice in physical therapy.
• American Physical Therapy Association podcasts aim to keep physical therapists up-to-date.
• Journal of Neurological Physical Therapy podcasts
• Physical Therapy journal podcasts includes discussions and debates, audio abstracts, author interviews and a section named “the bottom line”.