- Physical Therapy Guide - Home
- Physical Therapy Databases
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- Citation Management
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John Reynolds
- Reference and Education Librarian
- jxr1327@med.miami.edu
- (305) 243-5439
Welcome to the Calder Medical Library Resource Guide for Physical Therapy. This guide will provide essential information for your eucation and clinical practice.
You can navigate this guide by using the links on the Table of Contents or with the Tabs on top to go directly to the desired section.
For additional resources, please use the uSearch box below to find Electronic Resources, find materials in the Library Catalog, and find Everything.
- Electronic Resources will find journal articles, book chapters, and other online resources in all UM digital collections.
- Library Catalog will find books and all other materials housed at the Medical Libraries (Calder Library, Ophthalmology Library, and University of Miami Hospital/UMH Library) or, search a specific medical library collection.
- Everything will find journal articles, books, e-books, audiovisual materials, and all resources in all UM libraries.
- ORCID @ UM
Information on creating and using an ORCID iD at the University of Miami. Your ORCID iD is a unique identifier for researchers that provides a persistent digital identifier to distinguish you from all other researchers.
- PubMed
PubMed comprises more than 27 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. Use this link to activate the FindIt@UM full text button to make it easier to access and read articles you discover through PubMed - CINAHL Plus
Primary index to the international literature of nursing and health. CINAHL Plus provides a wide scope of nursing and allied health journals as well as a high number of records, full-text, and cited references. In addition, it provides full-text evidence-based care sheets, quick lessons and continuing education modules. - PEDro
Find evidence based phyical therapy information in randomized controlled trials, reviews, and guidelines. This database is run by the Centre of Evidence-Based Physiotherapy. - REHABDATA
The literature of rehabilitation, disability, and assistive technology, 1954 to the present, developed by the National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC). - Cochrane Library
Collection of health databases providing independent evidence to inform clinical treatment decisions and other health related decisions. Includes: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Cochrane Methodology Register, Health Technology Assessment Database and NHS Economic Evaluation Database. - PTNow (requires APTA membership)
The American Physical Therapy Association's (APTA) evidence based therapy resource. "PTNow translates physical therapy knowledge into action, supports evidence-informed care, and helps clinicians improve their clinical decision making. PTNow promotes using the best available evidence to achieve optimal patient outcomes and enhances collaboration within the physical therapy profession." Requires login with your APTA member credentials. - Rehabilitation Measures Database
"The Rehabilitation Measures Database was developed to help clinicians and researchers identify reliable and valid instruments used to assess patient outcomes during all phases of rehabilitation. The database provides evidence-based summaries that include concise descriptions of each instrument’s psychometric properties, instructions for administering and scoring each assessment as well as a representative bibliography with citations linked to PubMed abstracts." Includes copies of instruments when possible.
- A numerical statistic or fact, such as prevalence rates, mortality rates, or other health indicators?
- A complete data set for independent analysis?
- A chart or figure?
Section 4 of this NIH/National Library of Medicine tutorial on health statistics has an excellent list of resources and tips on how to use them:
Finding and Using Health Statistics
- PEDro Searching
Overview and tips on getting good search results in the PEDro PT database - PEDro - Evidence Based Physical Therapy
Tutorials on conducting evidence based research and practice in physical therapy. - REHABDATA and NARIC: Where do I start?
A short guide to finding information in REHABDATA and at the National Rehabilitation Information Center. The NARIC site also has a chat assistance service staffed by their librarian to help use their resources. - Cochrane Library - Browsing and Searching
A quick video overview and demonstration of the Cochrane Library and how to browse and search for systematic reviews and other information.
RefWorks - Create a RefWorks account by registering while you are on campus with your University of Miami or Jackson Hospital email address, then download the RefWorks software.
Learn the basics of the EndNote, Mendeley and RefWorks Citation Management software from Calder Librarians from live training sessions and video recordings.
EndNote: Calder Library Video Training Session
EndNote stores references you collect from databases, library catalogues or create manually. The program automatically formats the saved references in any standard citation format. Using EndNote, you can cite as you type your paper and create your bibliography by pulling from your stored references. EndNote is also capable of saving full-text articles (in PDF format and/or in text), organizing image files, searching online and much more.
Mendeley: Calder Library Video Training Session
MENDELEY Institution Edition (Elsevier) is a reference manager and academic social network that can help organize documents, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research. This session will provide a comprehensive introduction to Mendeley with hands-on exercises on how to organize your research library, collaborate with others online, and discover relevant papers in Mendeley.
RefWorks: Calder Medical Library Video Tutorials
RefWorks is a web-based bibliography and database manager. This is an introductory class in which participants will learn how to use RefWorks to create personal databases of imported references from online databases and how to store, retrieve, and format them for publication. If you spend more than an hour formatting your references for your paper's bibliography then you are working way too hard. We will show you how citing within your paper and creating your paper's bibliography can take only minutes.
- EndNote Training from Thomas Reuters
Sharpen your EndNote research and writing skills with training guides, video tutorials and live online training. - EndNote Support
For technical issues with EndNote Software - Mendeley Videos & Tutorials
- RefWorks Help: YouTube Channel and Quick Start Guides
Materials To Help You Learn And Use RefWorks
