Respiratory Therapy Resources

Journal Article Databases

CINAHL : Provides access to nursing and allied health information from 1982 to the present.  Over one thousand journals are indexed in the CINAHL database, including 14 respiratory therapy journals.

MEDLINE : Covers the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. This database contains citations and abstracts from over 4,300 biomedical journals.  Use MEDLINE to supplement and broaden your CINAHL search for literature relevant to respiratory therapy

PubMed : The version of MEDLINE accessible by the public from the National Library of Medicine's web site.  A particularly useful feature of PubMed is its "Clinical Queries" service, which provides filters allowing you to limit your retrieval to articles that report research done with specific methodologies.

Library Catalogs

OSU Library Catalog : Use the online catalog to find out whether the OSU Libraries own a book title or subject; or subscribes to a journal you are seeking.

OhioLINK : You can borrow books from any academic library in the state of Ohio by using this catalog.  Check here if OSU does not own a book you are interested in borrowing.

Tutorials

Evidence Based Health Care : This tutorial is intended for any health care practitioner or student who needs a basic introduction to the principles of Evidence-Based Medicine.

PubMed Online Training : Web-based learning program that will show you how to search PubMed, the National Library of Medicine's journal literature search system.

Evaluating Web Sites : This tutorial introduces techniques for judging the value of Web sites for research purposes.

Smart Net Research Strategies : Learn how to develop a research plan, identify and locate the kinds of information resources that will be most useful for your particular project.

Online Research and Writing Assistance

Avoiding Plagiarism :  Information about avoiding plagiarism and how to properly cite other authors' work.  From the Purdue University Online Writing Lab.

Research and Documenting Sources : Handouts and exercises on research skills and resources and the writing of research papers.  From the Purdue University Online Writing Lab.

Guide for Citing Resources : A citation guide for reference sources commonly used in manuscripts (journal articles, book chapters, Web pages, etc.).  Based on the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Medical Journals.   This document requires Adobe Acrobat software.

Research and Internet Guides and Tools: Includes guides to various style manuals that help you cite other authors' work in an organized and consistent manner.

World Wide Web Sites

HealthWeb - Pulmonary Medicine :  Links to online resources for respiratory care professionals and students, all screened for quality and reliability by health sciences librarians.

Library Services

E-Mail Reference Questions :  Health Sciences Librarians can help you find information and suggest effective strategies for your database searches.  Write to us!

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