Therapist Assistant

Welcome!  This guide will help you find Okanagan College Library resources for physical, occupational and recreational therapy. 

Use the tabs (to the left) for help with specific resources

The following documents are to help TAD students familiarise themselves with the Library & with Library research strategies for specific assignments:

OCtopus, the Library search engine, is a good place to start your research.  

Too many results? 

. Use the Peer Reviewed limiter on the left of your results screen.

OR

. Choose the limiter of a specialised health database on the bottom left of your results screen, [you may have to click Show more] 

select CINAHL or SPORTDiscus (for articles)  

Nursing Reference Center Plus (for evidence-based care sheets & patient education handouts, eBook chapters)

OR  

. Add an extra term or phrase in the search box, to focus your search results further to your professional area eg. add term "therapist"

. Select the Advanced search option and search each concept on a separate line.

. Use the drop down 'select a field' limiter and search by Subject.

Doing in-depth research?  Use the Find Articles tab in this guide, to identify and search TAD specific article databases

Learn more about OCtopus.