Library: Physical Therapist Assistant: Resources

Major Databases for PTA

Academic Search Complete
This scholarly collection offers full-text coverage of information in many areas of academic study, including archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic and multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion and theology, women's studies, and other fields.
Alt HealthWatch
Focuses on multiple perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
CINAHL Plus with full text
Offering complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses' Association, CINAHL covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.
Consumer Health Complete
A comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content, including full text from many health reference books and encyclopedias and thousands of health reports as well as physician-generated videos and hundreds of medical images and diagrams.
Health Source Nursing
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides over 500 scholarly full-text journals focusing on nursing, allied health fields, and many medical disciplines. Patient education sheets from the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide are also included.
Journals @ Ovid Nursing Collection
Full-text access to a select group of highly respected medical and nursing journals.
Medline (at EbscoHost)
Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.
Proquest Nursing and Allied Health
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source also provides evidence-based nursing information from The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI).
Rehabilitation Reference Center
Rehabilitation Reference Center is an evidence-based, point-of-care information resource for physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, and sports medicine professionals.
Research Library (Proquest)
Provides one-stop access to a wide range of popular academic subjects and includes full-text access for thousands of titles, including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.
Science Direct
Science Direct provides abstracts and selected complimentary full-text articles from scholarly journals published by Elsevier and its subsidiaries.

Full Text PTA Journals

Online journals related to physical therapy

In-house journals related to physical therapy

Ebooks

Physical Therapy EBSCO ebooks (via GALILEO)

The EBSCO ebook collection provides access to full-text scholarly, reference and professional ebooks from leading university, academic and professional publishers. These ebooks are digital versions of print books. In many cases, the ebook copy is the only copy of the book owned by the library.

Physical Therapy ebrary (ProQuest) ebooks (via GALILEO)

Authoritative ebooks in a wide range of subject areas, along with powerful tools to help you find, use, and manage the information you need.

PubMed

Project Gutenberg

Over 50,000 free ebooks.

Open textbooks

Open textbooks are typically authored by faculty and published on the web with the support of universities or new commercial companies. This new business model enables free online access to textbooks.

Prepare for physical therapist assistant certification

Learning express Allied Health and social work practice exams
(includes TEAS, Dental, Medical, Radiologic, Surgical & Veterinary Technologist Certification Exams)

Films on Demand

Films On Demand is a streaming video service containing outstanding educational programs.

In-house Videos

Here is a list of videos on Physical Therapy available at the ATC library. Their checkout period is 3 days so you may take them home to watch at your convenience.

Reference Books

Physical Therapy reference books available at ATC library

Books

Physical Therapy books available at ATC library