Getting Started
Welcome to your Subject Guide, where you'll find tailored guidance and advice on key library resources.
Referencing within Physiotherapy
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Essential Resources
Below are the specialist databases for physiotherapy research and clinical evidence, free to access with your Roehampton login. Most provide the full text, but sometimes just brief details (citation and abstract) of the articles. Click the Search4FullText button to see if you can access the article via our eJournals; if not, you can order it free via Interlibrary Loan.
Those most relevant to Physiotherapy are:
- ClinicalKey Physiotherapy This link opens in a new window
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A collection of over 70 e-books from major medical publisher Elsevier, on physiotherapy, anatomy & physiology, neuroscience, rehabilitation, and more, plus image and video content. Note: On first log in, you need to complete a short form, but you shouldn't have to do this more than once.
- AMED: Allied and Complementary Medicine This link opens in a new window
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An index of content from books, academic journals and newspapers relating to allied health and complementary (or “alternative”) medicine. Coverage is international and includes nursing, physiotherapy, speech & language, occupational and sports therapy.
- CINAHL with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Full text coverage of leading nursing and allied health literature. Topics include: nursing, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, and allied health disciplines such as physiotherapy.
- Human Kinetics Library This link opens in a new window
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Sport, physical activity and dance eBooks, also includes a suite of instructional videos, images and audio clips.
- PEDro: the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (Open Access Resource) This link opens in a new window
An open access database from the University of Sydney, providing an index to randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines.
- SportDiscus with Full-Text This link opens in a new window
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Includes full-text access to over 400 sport-related journals.
You also have access to a range of more general life and health science databases, including:
- ClinicalKey Nursing This link opens in a new window
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A collection of over 100 e-books from major medical publisher Elsevier, including classic texts for nursing, anatomy, psychology, health promotion, and much more. Note: On first log in, you need to complete a short form, but you shouldn't have to do this more than once. Spotlight on Clinical Key Nursing blog post.
- Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
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A multidisciplinary collection of online resources (including over 1500 journals published by Wiley) covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
- Annual Reviews Online This link opens in a new window
Provides researchers, academics, and scientific professionals with a definitive academic resource in more than 45 scientific disciplines. The articles capture the current understanding of a topic. This includes what is current and controversial, questions remaining, direction of future research and application to society.
- Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
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A collection of databases providing up-to-date, high-quality, independent evidence (such as systematic reviews) to inform healthcare decision-making.
- Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews (Open Access Resource) This link opens in a new window
The Cochrane Library is designed to supply high quality evidence to inform health care decision-making.
- Medline (Web of Science platform) This link opens in a new window
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The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) premier life sciences database. Check out our Spotlight on Nursing and Healthcare Resources blog post.
- PubMed (Open Access Resource) This link opens in a new window
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A free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal articles at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
- RCNi This link opens in a new window
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Back copies of eleven journals, in print and digital formats, providing health professionals with the latest developments impacting nursing, including changes in policy, practice and research. Note: for access click ‘Log In’ (top right), sign in via your institution > OpenAthens, with your Roehampton credentials.
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
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Contains over 2500 scientific, technical and medical peer-reviewed journals from the publisher Elsevier.
- Web Of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new window
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Database comprising Science, Social Science and Arts & Humanities citation indexes.
Further resources you can access online include thousands of newspapers and magazines, and tools to help with planning your research:
- PressReader This link opens in a new window
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Access thousands of current, international newspapers and magazines. You can also download the PressReader App. Note: To log in, click sign in at the top of the screen, select Library or Group, then find University of Roehampton and Sign In via Open Athens. Spotlight on PressReader blog post.
- Sage Research Methods Online This link opens in a new window
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Provides help, guidance and tools for designing, writing and reporting research projects.
- Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination This link opens in a new window
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Based on Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, this video platform has over 230 videos covering head-to-toe physical examination techniques and clinical reasoning content for skills-based assesments.
- Visible Body This link opens in a new window
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3D human anatomy visualisation tool containing: Human Anatomy Atlas, Physiology & Pathology and Muscle Premium. Available both as a desktop version and an App. First time users will need to set up a personal account (free).
- Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination This link opens in a new window
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Based on Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, this video platform has over 230 videos covering head-to-toe physical examination techniques and clinical reasoning content for skills-based assesments.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new window
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Streams thousands of films, documentaries and training videos across a wide range of subjects. Note: Click 'Log in to Roehampton' on the left side of the screen to gain access. Please note: BBC programmes may be available via Roehampton Online Broadcasts (ROB).
- ROB (Roehampton Online Broadcasts) This link opens in a new window
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Record and stream freeview TV and radio programmes for educational use, create clips and playlists, and access the archive of recorded programmes including BBC and Shakespeare Archives. ROB is managed by AVR, for assistance contact: avr@roehampton.ac.uk.
Relevant organisations and web resources:
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP)Physiotherapy students can join CSP and access their specialist online resources.
- CIRRIE: Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information & ExchangeFrom the University at Buffalo's Department of Rehabilitation Science (US)
- Health and Care Professions CouncilRegulation body for health and care professionals.
- NICE: Clinical Knowledge SummariesProviding primary care practitioners with a readily accessible summary of the current evidence base and practical guidance on best practice.
- Rehabilitation Measures DatabaseFrom the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
- TRIP: Turning Research into PracticeA meta search engine searching over 50 sites of high quality medical information many of which are acknowledged evidence based sites, also articles from key journals