UC Library Guides: Health: Physiotherapy

General Health Databases

CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO)
Provides full text to more than 770 journals in the areas of nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and allied health disciplines.
MEDLINE (EBSCOhost)
Key database for medicine and health research produced by the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM).
PubMed
Open access medical database with links to many free online sources. Includes MEDLINE records.
Health & Medical Collection (Proquest Central)
This database offers reliable, comprehensive journal coverage of clinical and biomedical topics, consumer health, health administration and more.
Informit Health Collection (Informit)
Content includes Australian research articles, reports and case studies in therapeutic, diagnostic and preventative health.
Coverage: 1977 - present
ScienceDirect
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Includes over 2000 peer-reviewed journals and a range of ebooks.

Other useful Databases for Physiotherapy

AccessPhysiotherapy This link opens in a new window
A database which gives access to a range of physiotherapy related material including textbooks, multimedia, drug information and interactive dissection tools.
PEDro Physiotherapy Evidence Database This link opens in a new window
Randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. Free access.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Access to more than 670 full text sport & sports medicine journals.

Standards

Standards for Physiotherapy Practices (8th ed.) by Australian Physiotherapy Association
Call Number: EBOOK (access online)
Publication Date: 2011
Australian Standards for Physiotherapy by Australian Physiotherapy Assocation
Call Number: EBOOK (access online)
ISBN: 0977569527
Publication Date: 2006

Browsing the shelves for books

Most physical books for Physiotherapy are shelved on Level D of the Library. 3-hour and 3-day loan copies are on Level B. These are the most relevant call number ranges to browse:

Call number range	Subject
QM 1-695	Human anatomy
QP 1-981	Physiology
R	Medicine
RD 792-811	Physical rehabilitation
RM 733-736	Occupational therapy
RM 695-893	Physical medicine. Physical therapy
RM 930-931	Rehabilitation therapy
RM 950	Rehabilitation technology