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Background
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Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Online StatRef provides access to the full text of many medicine and allied health reference books, including Stedman's Medical Dictionary, available under the "Resources" tab.
ACP's Physicians' Information and Education Resource (PIER) is a web-based decision-support tool designed for rapid point-of-care delivery of up-to-date, evidence-based guidance for clinicians, included in the StatRef collection of reference tools.
In the Library American Medical Association Complete Medical Encyclopedia
R 610.3 Am35m
Black’s Medical Dictionary
R 610.3 B567m
Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary
R 610.3 D734i
The Duke
Encyclopedia of New Medicine : Conventional and Alternative
Medicine for All
Ages
R 615.5 D885e
The Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine
R 617.102703 Oa4e
The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
R 616.003 G131e The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health
R 610.7303 G131e
Gray's Anatomy
R 611 G792a
Head and Neuroanatomy : Thieme Atlas of Anatomy
R 611.91 Sch86h
The Merck Index
R 615.103 M537i
Mosby’s Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary
R 610.321 M850m
Physician’s
Desk Reference
R 615.058 P569d Quick Reference Dictionary for Massage Therapy and Bodywork
R 615.82203 D422q
Stedman’s Medical Dictionary
R 610.3 St31s
Books
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Search the Library Catalog
Search for all the books (including ebooks) and other materials owned by all the different campus libraries.
Click here to search Blinn College Library Catalog
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Biomechanics
Exercise therapy
Gait
Human locomotion |
Kinesiology
Motor ability
Musculoskeletal system
Occupational therapy |
Orthopedics
Pain
Physical therapy
Posture disorder |
Search Ebook Databases
Find more ebooks by searching via the ebook databases directly. You'll be searching through all the words in the books instead of just searching a description of the book. Click here to search ebrary or NetLibrary
Browse the Shelves
A call number is a book's address on the shelf - that's how we keep them in order so you can find them. The subject of the book determines its call number, so you can browse the books in the following numbers relating to medicine.
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610 |
Medical Sciences/Medicine |
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611 |
Human Anatomy, cytology, histology |
612 |
Human physiology |
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Promotion of health |
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614 |
Incidence and prevention of disease |
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615 |
Pharmacology and therapeutics |
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615.82 |
Pharmacology and therapeutics: Physical therapy |
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616 |
Diseases |
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617 |
Surgery and related medical specialties |
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617.6 |
Surgery and related medical specialties: Dental Care |
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618 |
Gynecology and other medical specialties |
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619 |
Experimental medicine |
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Articles
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Blinn College Library subscribes to several databases that you can use to search for periodical articles in allied health fields. CINAHL with Full Text
- Try this first! Because the focus of CINAHL is on allied health journals, rather than medical journals in general, you are more likely to find articles from physical therapy journals. Don't let the title fool you, though - not all of the articles are full text in this database, although they claim to be the world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals.
Consumer
Health Complete /
Salud en Espanol - This is designed to support patients' information
needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.
This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes,
drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's
health, men & women's health, etc.
Health
Reference Center Academic (Academically oriented) / Health
and Wellness Resource Center (Consumer oriented) -
Both of these databases index over 800 health periodicals,
many full
text reference books and pamphlets.
Many articles are available full text. While there is a great
deal of overlap in the content of these two
databases, Health Reference Center Academic provides more advanced
search capabilities, while Health and Wellness Resource Center
provides a graphical, more intuitive interface.
Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition -
This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. It also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
Health Source - Consumer Edition - A rich collection of consumer health information, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Features searchable full text for nearly 150 journals.
MedicLatina
- A Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative
journals published by renowned Latin American medical publishers.
This unique database provides access to full text for nearly 100
peer-reviewed medical journals.
MEDLINE
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provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE indexes citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals. While MEDLINE does not have the full text of the articles, we access it through EBSCO, who provide s links to full text if an articles is availiable from another of our EBSCO databases.
Natural & Alternative Treatments - contains almost two hundred
articles on medical conditions, presenting in an evidence-based
manner the alternative medicine therapies proposed for use in
their treatment. It also contains detailed, evidence-based information
on herbs and supplements, functional foods, and other alternative
therapies such as acupuncture and homeopathy. The evidence-based
content has been developed and reviewed by a team of physicians
and pharmacologists with the goal of providing consumers with
reliable information.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection - Provides nearly 575
full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles.
Covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics,
psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and
observational and experimental methods.
Open Access Initiative Databases The Open Access Initiative (OAI) is a new way for scholars to publish research findings. Since a great deal of research is subsidized by governments or institutions, scholars have been pushing for ways to publish that ensure free and unrestricted access to scholarly & research journals. The following two free databases index articles published in open access journals. The open access journals are generally not indexed in the library databases listed above, although MEDLINE does index some of them. DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals and Open J-Gate
And a really special search engine... Google Scholar - Use this version of Google to search the web for scholarly articles on your topic. The drawback is that if Google doesn't link you to full text, you will have to go through the steps mentioned below to see if full text is available through the Blinn College Library. Try the library's databases and open access journal databases first.
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What if I have citation (or reference) information for an article, and I need to find the full text of the article?
Identify the title of the periodical (journal, magazine, or newspaper) that published the article, then search the databases below to see if that periodical is available through Blinn Library.
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TDNet - See if one of the Blinn Library databases has full text for the periodical.
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CINAHL - This allied health database is not covered in TDNet. Click on "Publications" in the blue menu bar at the top of the page to do a periodical title search.
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EJS: Electronic Journal Service - See if Blinn Library has an online subscription for the periodical.
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Blinn Library Catalog - See if Blinn Library subscribes to your periodical. In the Browse search box, choose "Journal Title" from the drop-down menu, and type in the periodical title.
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Article Request Form - If the periodical you want is housed at a different campus than the one you attend, fill out this form. You'll usually get your article within 24 hours.
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Interlibrary Loan - If Blinn Library doesn't have access to the journal you need, contact a librarian to ask about Interlibrary Loan.
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The Library subscribes to the following periodicals
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Medical Sites American Physical Therapy Association Research Page
Centers for Disease Control: Diseases and Conditions MedlinePlus - Contains pages of carefully selected links to Web resources with authoritative health information, including dictionaries, directories, organizations, news sources and 650 health topics. It also contains links to pre-formulated searches of the MEDLINE and PubMed databases, allowing you to find references to latest health professional articles on your topic.
MedlinePlus: Rehabilitation National
Library of Medicine Databases and Electronic Resources
Healthcare
Freeware
The Merck Manuals
PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database)
Physical Therapy Web Space Careers Information
2008-2009 Occupational Outlook Handbook: Physical Therapist Assistants and Aides
American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
Texas Physical Therapy Association (TPTA
Texas Executive Council of Physical Therapy & Occupational Therapy Examiners (ECPTOTE)
The board that handles licensure of physical therapist assistants in Texas The Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT)
This organization oversees the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) which all physical therapist assitant candidates must take us part of the licensure process in Texas.
Workplace Safety OSHA Hospital E-Tools: Physical Therapy Module
This tool presents users with a picture of a physical therapy area in a hospital. Clicking on various object and areas lead the user to documentation about potential health issues and hazards in the environment.
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