Legend
- McGill users only
- In-library-use only
- Catalogue record
Sources for Background Information
Anatomy Resources
- Primal Pictures Interactive Anatomy
- The Hosford Muscle Tables: Skeletal Muscles of the Human Body
- Musculoskeletal Atlas
- Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination Part 1
Dictionaries and textbooks
- Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, & Health Professions
- Harrison's Online - Basic medical textbook for information on diseases and disorders
- Handbook of physical medicine and rehabilitation
- Melloni's illustrated dictionary of the musculoskeletal system
- Quick reference dictionary for occupational therapy
- Neurological Rehabilitation
Searching the Library Catalogue
Use the basic word(s) anywhere or advanced keyword search in the library catalogue. You can search using words like - physical, physiotherap?, occupational therapy, etc.
| Truncation symbol: | ? | e.g. rehabilitat? will retrieve catalogue records containing the words rehabilitate, rehabilitation, etc. |
| Phrase searching: | "___" | e.g. "therapeutic exercise" will retrieve catalogue records containing the phrase therapeutic exercise |
| Boolean operators: | (), AND, OR, NOT default: AND |
e.g. stroke AND (recovery OR rehabilitation) will retrieve catalogue records containing the word stroke AND either recovery OR rehabilitation |
You can also browse the catalogue, or the shelves at the following call numbers.
Physical Therapy
| Call Number | Subject |
| QT 261 | Sports injuries |
| WB 541 | Therapeutic exercise |
| WE 755 | Back therapy |
| WE 810 | Shoulder therapy |
| WE 830 | Hand therapy |
| WE 870 | Knee therapy |
Occupational Therapy
| Call Number | Subject |
| WB 555 | Occupational therapy--methods |
| WL 355 | Cerebrovascular disorders--rehabilitation |
| WS 368 | Pediatric occupational therapy |
Core and Additional Databases
- CINAHL - Nursing and allied health literature
- MEDLINE (1996-) - database of the National Library of Medicine (or search MEDLINE (1950-)
- EMBASE - European biomedical literature
- AMED - Allied and complementary medicine from the British Library
- Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI)
- PsycInfo - Psychiatry and Psychology
- REHABDATA - Disability and rehabilitation literature
- Autism Data - from the National Autistic Society (UK)
- Database of International of Rehabilitation Research (from CIRRIE)
Evidence-Based Therapy Resources
- Cochrane Library - Including Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Cochrane Controlled Trials Register
- Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
- PubMed Clinical Queries
- OT Seeker - Occupational therapy systematic evaluation of evidence
- PEDro - Physiotherapy evidence database
- Critically Appraised Topics in Rehabilitation Therapy (CATS)
- Occupational Therapy Critically Appraised Topics (OTCATs)
Selected Internet Sites
- Guide to Evidence-Based Physiotherapy Practice
- ABLEDATA - Objective information on assistive technology products
- Foundation for Assistive Technology (FAST)
- Physiotherapy Foundation of Canada
- American Physical Therapy Association
- Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation
- American Occupational Therapy Foundation