LibGuides: Physical Therapist Assistant: Finding Articles

Articles from PT

Check out these articles from APTA Magazine, a trade magazine:

Journal Article Indexes

CINAHL Ultimate
This is the premier index for allied health literature. Start here first for physical therapy journal articles.

Looking for articles, especially scholarly articles? Try searching the e-resources below for your topic. No single resource will have all the articles on your topic so be sure to try more than one.

Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition
This database covers hundreds of health science articles in medicine and allied health. The search interface is almost identical to CINAHL's.
PubMed
Follow this link to search the PubMed database from the National Library of Medicine. Filters on the right of the results screen allow you to limit to articles available through ACC, either online or in print, and by other criteria.

Searches Medline, and includes content from journals in the fields of medicine, nursing and allied health.Limit your search to materials available through ACC, either in print or online, by clicking on the filters.
Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine
Covers topics such as nursing, nutrition, family health, and alternative medicine. Great source for consumer information for the general public.
MEDLINE (EBSCO)
This version can be limited to full-text only, but will not indicate if we have the print versions in the library.

Articles from biomedical journals maintained by the National Library of Medicine.
Note: Please see Pubmed below to go directly to the NLM government link if you want to use ACC filters. (Limit your search to materials available through ACC, either in print or online, by clicking on the filters, like the filter for Nursing Journals or EMS journals.)
Academic Search Complete
A good place to look if you're not sure where to start. An academic multi-disciplinary database with full text for nearly 9000 journals, including full text for more than 7800 peer-reviewed titles.

Unsure how to find articles?

Need help on finding articles for your assignment or paper? Check out our online Finding Articles tutorial on our library website for a basic rundown on how to find quality articles.