Therapist Assistant

Find Books & eBooks

When you're looking at books or eBooks as sources for information, remember that you don't necessarily have to read the whole book. Sometimes there will be a chapter or two on your topic that is just what you need.

Want to restrict your search to books or eBooks only? Once you have performed your search you can use the limiters in the "Refine Results" column to the left of your search results. There are a couple of limiters that you can use:

• Limit To: select "Catalog Only (Books & Media)"
• Resource Types: select "Books" and/or "eBooks"

Books in your search results

• Location tells you which campus library has the book
• Click "Place Request" to have a book delivered from one campus to another
• Click the book title and you can see the chapter titles under "content notes"

eBooks in your search results

• Look for links like "Access Full Text" or "Click here to access eBook"
• Choose to "read online" or download (some books may have restrictions on how many pages/chapters you can download)
• "Search within book" allows you to search for keywords/phrases in the text

OC Library has an expanding collection of interactive media and streaming video collections. To use these materials off-campus you must be an OC student or employee.

• ICE Video Library (International Clinical Educators streaming video library; designed specifically for physical therapy and  occupational therapy - short patient videos in real clinical settings)
• Anatomy.tv Primal Pictures (Interactive 3D anatomy and physiology)
• Films on Demand - Health & Medicine (streaming videos for health,, psychology, and more)
• Use OCtopus to find more videos. Use the video limiter.

Search Terms

• Allied health personnel
• Allied health personnel and patient
• Backache
• Biomechanics
• Communication in medicine
• Evidence based medicine
• Infection prevention
• Occupational therapy
• Orthopedics
• Physical therapy
• Physically handicapped rehabilitation
• Recreational therapy
• Spinal cord wounds and injuries
• Sports injuries
• Wounds and injuries
• Disease rehabilitation

Use phrase searches "multiple sclerosis"

Add the word therapist* to your search terms, to focus results to your field.

Adding terms physical therap* or occupational therap*  or recreation* therap* may give even more focus

Browse the Shelves

• HV 1551-3024 Disabilities
• QM Human Anatomy
• QP Human Physiology
• R Medicine & Allied Health
• R 123 Medical Terminology
• RC Diseases & health conditions
• RC 1200 Sports Medicine
• RJ Pediatrics
• RM 695 - 950 Physical, occupational & recreational therapy, exercise, rehabilitatior

After you have found a book in the catalogue, you need the following information to locate it:

• Campus: If a book is not at your campus, you can request the item
• Location: Where the book is found in the library (circulating, reference, or video shelves)
• Call Number: The call number on the spine is used to find the book on the shelf
• Status: Available or checked out (you can place a hold for a book that is checked out)