Articles.


Use Libraries databases to search for and identify articles related to your research questions. Begin with databases listed for occupational therapy(All Libraries databases may be accessed and browsed from the A-Z Database List tab on the Libraries home page).

Online full text (the entire text of an article) is often, but not always, directly available from a database record. In database records, look for an option to check for full text availability through the Libraries. If this check shows that full text is not available, use the on-screen option to submit an interlibrary loan request for the article.

 

Access a specific article / journal.


To determine if the Libraries provides access to a specific article or journal, browse the journal a-z list or run a search in the Citation Linker that is available at top in the Primo Advanced Search screen.

Basic mechanics for making efficient search statements

Core principles for creating efficient search statements that are applicable in virtually any database.

And Or Not
Each result contains all search terms. Each result contains at least one search term. Results do not contain the specified terms.
The search heart and lung finds items that contain both heart andlung. The search heart or lung finds items that contain either heart or items that containlung. The search heart not lung finds items that contain heart but do not containlung.
 

 

  • Wildcard (#): The “#” replaces any extra characters that may appear in alternative spellings. For example, “colo#r” finds both color and colour.
  • Wildcard (?): The “?” replaces one character, for example “ne?t” finds neat, nest, or next, but will not find net.
  • Truncation (*): The “*” replaces any number of characters and will find all forms of a word root, for example, “therap*” finds therapy, therapies, therapist, therapists, therapeutic, therapeutically, etc.

Peer reviewed / refereed.


Your course assignment criteria may specify that you use peer reviewed (also known as refereed) journal articles.

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