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Physical Therapy: Library Resources

Resources for physical therapy students.

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Welcome to the research guide for Physical Therapy! On this page you will find access to Physical Therapy books, peer-reviewed articles, and multimedia. Check the web resources and help tabs for additional information and research assistance.

Physical Therapy Books

Search the Electronic Book Center for instant access to e-books on your topic:

 

Search the Lakeland Library catalog for additional print books in our Library:

Lakeland books

Search the OhioLINK catalog for print books and e-books in academic libraries throughout Ohio: 

OhioLINK books

Databases for Peer-Reviewed Articles

Search Tips

When using one of the library databases, make your searching easier by using these tips!

Keywords—Keywords are one way to create search strategies to locate relevant information on your topic. Keywords are the most significant words and phrases associated with your topic.

Quotation Marks/Phrase Searching—Use quotation marks to search for a specific phrase.

            Example: “physical therapy”    

Boolean Operators: AND, OR, NOT

And—narrows a search by inclusion.

Example: "physical therapy" AND "hamstring strain" retrieves only sources that include both search terms, which limits the number of results. 

Or—expands a search.

Example: "physical therapy" OR physiotherapy OR PT will retrieve sources containing either term, expanding your pool of resources.  

Not—narrows a search by exclusion.

Example: "physical therapy" NOT pediatric retrieves only sources that contain the first keyword, eliminating sources for keywords that follow not.

Truncation—Usually using an asterisk*, increases the number of results you’ll retrieve by searching for variant endings of a word root.

            Example: therap* retrieves therapy, therapies, therapeutic, etc..

Need help or more information?

Megan Mamolen        Contact:

        Megan Mamolen, PhD, MLIS

          Librarian, Associate Professor

          Phone: 440-525-7310

          Email: mmamolen1@lakelandcc.edu

          Office: LibraryC-3051c

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