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OT Research Resources: Intro

Research resources and tutorials for OT 524 and 693

Introduction

These pages are set up to help students in OT 524 and 693 with their library research. Below is a short tutorial showing how to effectively use the CINAHL database to find articles. The CINAHL database is one of the best sources for full text, scholarly research articles for health disciplines.  The techniques shown here can be applied to many of the other databases in the library collection.

Select the "Additional Resources" tab to find other research resources that may be helpful.

Search Basics

The video below is will help you start your research. It shows common features of databases that can help you to focus your searches to get better results. The CINAHL database is used in the example, but many of the search techniques used here can be employed in other databases.