Database Tips : Subject Specific

The PEDro database can be searched from the Simple or Advanced search pages, which are accessed by clicking the links in the left navigation bar. Tutorials below include narrative and short videos.
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Includes information on how the trials included were located, rating criteria, and much more.

Exporting references can be done individually using the button underneath each reference.
Exporting a set of up to 20 references at once requires selecting them using the check boxes, scrolling to the bottom of the page, selecting ‘View Selected In Full Detail’, then exporting them as an RIS text file that can be imported into your citation manager.
More details can be found at this link.

These pages offer a specialised resource to help you locate Qualitative Evidence Syntheses relevant to occupational therapy. Search the QuEST database to find out bibliographic information for these studies.

Qualitative Evidence Syntheses are a type of systematic review that combine and analyse evidence from primary qualitative research studies addressing similar research questions. There are a number of different terms used for Qualitative Evidence Syntheses and this, and other interesting information about Qualitative Evidence Syntheses is discussed in the “Find out more” page below.

Includes:
>Building a Search with the APA Thesaurus and Indexing Terms. Learn what Index Terms are and their value; learn how to use Index Terms to find relevant articles on a topic.
>Searching with the Thesaurus and Index Terms on APA PsycNet (applicable to other platforms). Learn to locate Index Terms using the APA Thesaurus and use them to conduct a search in APA PsycInfo; learn to revise a search in APA PsycInfo to include additional Index Terms.

Includes:
>Peer-Reviewed Empirical Articles - Finding High Quality Original Research in APA PsycInfo. What an empirical study is & what it means for a study to be published in a peer-reviewed journal. Finding empirical studies from peer-reviewed journals.
>Peer-Reviewed Empirical Articles - Searching APA PsycInfo on APA PsycNet. How to find these types of journal articles quickly and easily using the filters in APA PsycInfo.

This playlist shows the training videos that demonstrate PsycINFO on the EBSCOhost platform. The following databases are available: APA PsycInfp, APA PsycArticles, APA PsycTests.