Resources for Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science

Find Articles | Find Books | Selected Internet Sites

Find Articles

About off-campus access

The following databases will help you to identify articles.

Sociology and applied social sciences databases

Sociological Abstracts

Index of journals pertaining to cultures and social structure, family and social welfare, social psychology, and group interaction. 

Social Services Abstracts

Index of journals related to social work, human services, community and mental health, gerontology, and social welfare.

Psychological, behavioral, developmental and educational databases

PsycINOF

Index to journals in psychology, mental and behavioral health.

ERIC

Index to journals in education, child development, adult education, vocational and workplace training, etc.

Rehabilitation, wellness and health databases

OTSearch

Alternate site (in case main website has technical difficulties)

A book and journal article index from the American Occupational Therapy Foundation. Most materials indexes are contained at the AOTA's Wilma West Library. OTSearch covers occupational therapy and related subjects such as health care administration, rehabilitation, education and psychology. Not linked to CSC full text.

 

CINAHL Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health

Indexes journal in nursing and allied health, as well as theses, pamplets, practice guidelines and book reviews. 

 

 

MEDLINE

A database of medical research journals as well as selected journals in other fields. From the National Library of Medicine. 

Obtaining Articles

Once you've done a database search, you'll see the CSC link to full text which will connect to print or online journals. 

When searching some databases, like OTSearch, you'll need to use The Periodical Cat to see if the College of St. Catherine owns the journal and volume/issue/year needed.  Periodical Cat is an alphabetical list of the holdings (print and electronic) of The College of St. Catherine Libraries.

Find Books

CLICnet
The online catalog for book holdings of the College of St. Catherine Libraries and 7 other
local private colleges in the Cooperating Libaries In Consortium.

MNCAT

The online catalog for book holdings of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Also,
contains the journal holdings. Search by title to see if the U of M subscribes to a journal.

Selected Internet sites

AgeLine

Indexes the literature of social gerontology as well as aging-related research from psychology, sociology, and social sciences sources.  A product of the American Association of Retired Persons.

American Occupational Therapy Association
General OT, resources and information for students, how to become a member of AOTA, special membership opportunities, job/career stuff and conference information.

American Occupational Therapy Foundation
General information about AOTF, scholarship information, research and grants programs.

Health Occupations Program Occupational Therapist and Occupational Therapy Assistant Licensing Program, Minnesota Department of Health

Information for both practioners and consumers about licensing and oversight of OTs and OTAs.

Minnesota Occupational Therapy Association

State affiliate organization with a good list of OT links.

National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc. (NBCOT)
Information about certification exams and materials.

Occupational Science Research Library

From the University of Wisconsin, a small index of articles citations in the field of occupational science. 

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