Physical Therapy 506a: Tips for Prof. Jan Adams's Evidence-based Physical therapy practice class

The Librarian speaking to you today is Marcia Henry, Physical Therapy Librarian.

You can email me at mhenry@csun.edu, or call me at 818.677.3012.

The URL for this library lecture is:http://library.csun.edu/people/mhenry/tipspt506a.html

The goals of the library sessions are:

• Learn about How to do Library and Internet research: determine information need, choose best resources, develop a search strategy, understand keyword and subject searching, how to use boolean operators and truncation  symbols, how to cite sources, and more.
• Learn how to use the Library Catalog to find books and journals on your topic.   Learn about the link most of our databases offer.
• Learn about Find Articles - Find Articles & Research Data Physical Therapy
• Learn about Physical Therapy Multisearch - http://library.csun.edu/xerxes/multisearch/PhysicalTherapy
• Learn more about PubMed -create your own NCBI account, understand the value of MeSH subject heading [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?otool=cacsunlib]
• Learn about Cochrane Library (Wiley) - Several evidence based medical databases, with protocols, controlled trials, and full-text reviews. Access to full text pdf limited to 1 user at a time.
• Learn how to get articles and books Oviatt Library does NOT own. Register for CSUN's Interlibrary Loan
• Learn more about how to Cite your resources and what Endnote Web, a bibliographer manager software program, can do for you. Sign up for Endnote Web at http://library.csun.edu/restricted/endnote.scr