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This Research Guide is designed to aid students in using Iona College Library resources to complete projects and assignments for Occupational Therapy and includes access to key journals, articles in databases, and video resources.
View the department's website and find information about course offerings, program faculty, curriculum requirements, etc.
Key Subject Journals
Where are the Library Books on Occupational Therapy?
Books on Occupational Therapy can be found in the Dewey Decimal Section:
- 615.8515
These books can be found in Ryan Library, 3rd floor, West Wing.
Books on Pediatrics and Child Development can be found in the Dewey Decimal Sections:
- Pediatrics - 618.92 - These books can be found in Ryan Library, 3rd fl., West Wing.
- Child Development (Psychology) 155.4 - These books can be found in Ryan Library, 3rd fl., South Wing.
- Child Development (General) 305.231 - These books can be found in Ryan Library, 3rd fl., South Wing.
Books on Geriatrics can be found in the Dewey Decimal Section:
- 618.97
These books can be found in Ryan Library, 3rd floor, West Wing.
Books on Mental Health can be found in the Dewey Decimal Section:
- Psychology - 150 - 159 - These books can be found in Ryan Library, 3rd fl. South Wing.
- Psychiatry/Psychotherapy - 616.85-616.89 - These books can be found in Ryan Library, 3rd fl. West Wing.
Books on Disability and Rehabilitation can be found in the Dewey Decimal Section:
- Disabled people - 305.908 - These books can be found in Ryan Library, 3rd fl., South Wing.
- Services for the physically disabled - 362.4
- Services for those with mental illnesses or disabilities - 362.2
- Disorders of the nervous system (e.g. epilepsy, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's) 616.81-616.84
- Rehabilitation therapy (medical) 617.06
- Physical therapy - 615.82
These books can be found in Ryan Library, 3rd fl., West Wing.
Research Databases - search for articles, eVideos, eBooks
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Gale eBooksContents: Ebooks versions of Encyclopedias and reference works covering most subjects.
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MEDLINE with Full TextThis database provides full text for many of the most-used biomedical and health journals indexed in MEDLINE.
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CINAHL with Full TextCINAHL with Full Text provides the full text for nursing and allied health literature and covers a wide range of topics including nursing, biomedicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.
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PubMedPubMed comprises more than 28 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
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PsycINFOThe PsycINFO database, produced by the American Psychological Association’s (APA), contains 3 million+ records and summaries dating as far back as the 1600's. Journal coverage spans from the 1800's to the present and includes material from 2,500+ international periodicals in all fields relating to psychology.
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PsycARTICLESFull-text of 50+ psychology journals, most published by the American Psychological Association. (Note: All full-text articles can also be accessed by searching the much larger PsycINFO database.)
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ScienceDirect (via SciVerse)ScienceDirect is Elsevier's platform for peer-reviewed, scholarly content to include over 3,800 journals and more than 37,000 books that span major scientific disciplines.
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Healthcare Administration DatabaseThis database provides reliable and relevant information on a wide range of health administration topics, including: Hospitals, Insurance, Law, Statistics, Business management, Personnel management, Ethics, Health economics, and Public health administration.
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Health and Medicine (Gale OneFile)This database provides access to nursing and allied health journals, plus Health Reference Center and the Alternative Health Module.
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic EditionThis database, updated on a daily basis, provides 550+ scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. It also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 800+ journals.
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Nursing & Allied Health (Gale OneFile)With a strong emphasis on full text titles cited in CINAHL and over 10 million articles, this collection's current and authoritative content will help nursing professionals already working in the field, as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum. Nursing & Allied Health Collection focuses on research in the allied health fields and management of all sorts of patients.
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Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine (Gale OneFile)Users will discover proven treatment techniques, examine experimental research theses, and find unique applications for specific sports (everything from baseball and bowling to tennis and yachting).
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Social ExplorerSocial Explorer provides demographic information through thousands of interactive data maps going back to 1790. Set up an account with your Iona email address to create interactive maps and reports down to the street level.
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SAGE Journals OnlineSAGE Journals Online contains 600+ journals covering business, humanities, social sciences, science, technology and medicine. The full text of every issue is available from Volume 1, Issue 1 to the present.
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Academic Search EliteArticles from journals, magazines and other resources covering multidisciplinary topics.
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EBSCO (all collections)Articles and ebooks covering multidisciplinary subjects from all Ebsco databases.
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ProQuest CentralArticles from journals and newspapers covering all subject areas. Includes dissertations, working papers from OECD, company reports, and country profiles.
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JSTORScholarly journals and ebooks in the humanities, social sciences, and business. Journal coverage generally ends 3-5 years before the current year. Complimentary access to unlicensed collections has been made available by JSTOR through 6/30/2022 in an effort to support increased online learning during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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PolicyMapUsers can access thousands of U.S. data indicators to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis, from a neighborhood census block group up to a national level, or create custom regions, for research and studies.
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StatistaFind statistics, consumer survey results, and industry studies. Categorized into 21 market sectors, the platform provides direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets.
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Academic OneFile (Gale)Articles from journals, magazine, newspapers, trade publications and some ebooks covering multidisciplinary subjects.
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General OneFile (Gale)Articles, reports and daily updates on a variety of topics: business, technology, current events, environmental issues, health care, humanities, politics, and many more.
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Wilson Education Full TextProvides full text of articles from 350+ journals as far back as 1996, in addition to indexing of more than 770 periodicals dating back to 1983. Subject coverage includes adult education, multicultural/ethnic education, teaching methods and much more.
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ERICArticles and documents related to education research, searching scholarly and trade journal articles.
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Professional Development CollectionA collection of information for professional educators and education researchers. This database offers information from 500+ full-text journals on everything from children’s health and development to pedagogical theory and practice.
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Business Source EliteThis database provides full-text coverage of business, management and economics journals and periodicals. These publications cover topics such as accounting, banking, finance, international business, marketing, and sales.
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Health Sciences in VideoVideos cover an array of medical fields—including dentistry, nursing, rehabilitation therapy, sports medicine and exercise science. Videos provide lessons and demonstrations of skills and techniques. Interviews, documentaries, and reports explore basic principles and knowledge of health and wellness.
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Academic Video Online PremiumVideos covering Arts, Business, Criminal Justice, Diversity Studies, Education, Gender & Sexuality, Health, History, Literature, Psychology and Sciences. Contains video content from 60 Minutes /CBS, PBS, BBC, NBC, Insight Media, etc.
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KanopyKanopy is an on-demand streaming video platform that provides access to 26,000 films from 800 production companies. Its focus is on high-quality, educational content. Award-winning documentaries and feature films from producers to include the Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation, Strand New Day Films, PBS, The Great Courses, California Newsreel and Shout Factory are all included in the library.
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Counseling and Therapy in VideoThis series contains more than 2,400 hours of footage from actual therapy sessions, training videos, and reenactments conducted by counseling professionals.
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New York Times (1980 - Current)Often considered the official U.S. newspaper, the NYTimes publishes the complete text of important documents, speeches and presidential press conferences.
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Wall Street JournalThe WSJ is considered the US's preeminent publication for business news and information on financial markets worldwide. Content available from 1984 - Current.
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US NewsstreamUS Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format.
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New York State Historic NewspapersThe NYS Historic Newspapers project provides free online access to a wide range of newspapers chosen to reflect New York's history.
Reserve Books
Please visit the Ryan Library Help Desk to access these print books. Most have a three day loan period. Click on the link to check their availability status.