Resource Guide for Allied Health

An EBSCO database, Academic Search Premier is a multidisciplinary database covering social sciences, humanities, education, physical and life sciences, and ethnic studies.

Need something special? This link takes you to a complete list of databases available through the Schusterman Library and Bird Health Sciences Library.

The AMA Manual of Style Online, contains everything medical and scientific researchers, writers, and editors need to produce well-organized, clear, readable, and authoritative manuscripts.

An EBSCO database, CINAHL stands for Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. Provides full text for  over 1,300 journals and indexes over 4,000 journals, health care books, and conference proceedings. Also provides evidence-based care sheets and quick lesson disease overviews. To learn how to search CINAHL, check out this interactive tutorial.

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews includes the full-text of the regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare prepared by the Cochrane Collaboration. To learn how to search the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, check out this interactive tutorial.

DynaMed Plus is an evidence-based clinical reference tool. Content is written by a world-class team of physicians and researchers who synthesize the evidence and provide objective analysis. DynaMed Plus topics are always based on clinical evidence and the content is updated multiple times each day to ensure physicians have the information they need to make decisions at the point of care. It includes robust features like overviews and recommendations, graphics and images, precise search results every time, expert reviewers, specialty content and mobile access. Includes differential diagnosis information.

Facts and Comparisons is a collection of clinical databases and clinical decision support tools that provides users with an extensive drug information library.  Includes drug monographs for details on ingredients, use, dosing guidelines, warnings, interactions, etc.

Citations and information about measurement tools (questionnaires, rating scales, checklists). No links to full text.

The Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database allows you to search a wide range of summarized and appraised evidence. Includes over 3,000 records across seven publication types: Evidence Based Recommended Practices, Evidence Summaries, Best Practice Information Sheets, Systematic Reviews, Consumer Information Sheets, Systematic Review Protocols, and Technical Reports. Also includes tools for personal use. To learn how to search this database, check out this interactive tutorial: https://ou-tulsa.libwizard.com/f/searching_joanna_briggs_database

Nature Masterclass provides training in scientific writing and publishing. The training is delivered by Nature Research journal editors and aims to help institutions support their researchers with writing research papers.

Contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy. Ratings help define the quality and usefulness of trials.

Suite of primarily medical databases including evidence-based medicine resources. Links to full-text journals and e-books.

Offers a 3D model online of human anatomy. The image can be dissected layer by layer, rotated to show all sides, and offers descriptions about parts.There are also quizzes, MRIs and videos.

PubMed comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. To learn how to search PubMed, check out this interactive tutorial.

REMM provides guidance for health care providers about clinical diagnosis and treatment of radiation injury. REMM was produced by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Office of Planning and Emergency Operations, in cooperation with the National Library of Medicine, Division of Specialized Information Services, with subject matter experts from the National Cancer Institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and many US and international consultants. 

Rehabilitation Reference Center (RRC) is an evidence-based clinical reference tool for use by rehabilitation clinicians at the point-of-care. RRC provides physical therapists, occupational therapists and rehabilitation students with the best available evidence for their information needs.

Scopus widely covers the fields of basic science, mathematics, engineering, technology, health and medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. It includes global and interdisciplinary scientific information. Content on Scopus comes from over 5,000 publishers and must be reviewed and selected by an independent Content Selection and Advisory Board (CSAB) to be, and continue to be, indexed on Scopus.

An EBSCO database, SPORTDiscus contains full text of more than 490 journals in all areas of sports & sports medicine. Some coverage back to 1985.

StatPearls includes more than 550 board review, certification, and school practice exams covering medical specialties, pharmacy, nursing, and allied health.

Visible Body®'s 3D anatomical models of the human body make learning and teaching anatomy and physiology visual and engaging.  To access Visible Body in Ovid, click or hover over the 'External Links' tab near the top of the page.  Visible Body is the second link from the top.

VisualDx provides access to over 16,000 images. These images are designed to help diagnose more than 900 visually identifiable diseases, drug reactions, or infections. Useful for differential diagnoses.

Access the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Also examine proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions. No full text, but comprehensive coverage.