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What if I can't find the article I need?
Interlibrary Loan
If you've found a citation but we don't have the article in one of our databases, you can request the article from another library through interlibrary loan. *Please note this may take several days.
- Interlibrary Loan Form
Use this form to request books & articles from another library.
Occupational Therapy Journals
- American Journal of Occupational TherapyFocuses on research, practice, and health care issues in the field of occupational therapy. Peer Reviewed.
- Canadian Journal of Occupational TherapyPeer-reviewed coverage of research, theory and practice in occupational therapy.
- Journal of Occupational Therapy EducationThe Journal of Occupational Therapy Education (JOTE) is an open access, double-blind peer reviewed journal devoted solely to publishing research and other relevant information related to occupational therapy and occupational science education.
- The Open Journal of Occupational Therapya peer-reviewed, open-access journal with The OJOT has a mission to publish high quality articles that focus on applied research, practice, and education in the occupational therapy profession.
For additional Occupational Therapy titles other journals, use the advanced search option in the databases below.
Health Science Article Databases
- CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive nursing & allied health research database that contains full text materials for more than 620 journals. Also offered are complete texts of selected state nursing journals, newsletters, monographs, standards of practice, government publications, practice acts, research instruments, and patient education material. Tutorial for CINAHL Complete
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new windowProvides scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only. Tutorial for Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
- MEDLINE This link opens in a new windowProvides 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 allows users to search abstracts from over 4,600 current biomedical journals. Tutorial for MEDLINE
- ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source This link opens in a new windowReliable, comprehensive coverage of the fields of nursing and allied health including journals, evidence-based resources, video, dissertations, reference books and more
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowPubMed® comprises more than 30 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.
Databases on the Web
The links below are not library databases and therefore may not have the full text of the articles.
If you find a citation and would like the full text of the article:
- Search for it in the library databases linked above.
- If not available in the library databases, request it through Interlibrary loan. (See the Interlibrary Loan box on this page.)
- OT SeekerOTseeker is a database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials and other resources relevant to occupational therapy interventions. Most trials have been critically appraised for their validity and interpretability.
- The Cochrane LibraryCollection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.