Occupational Therapy Education

Research Process (OCTH 725)

**** Useful Websites! ****

Resources for Evidence-based Practice

A guide to critical evaluation of web content, with thanks to Susan Beck (Collection Development Coordinator, New Mexico State University Library) for providing this helpful resource. How to practice evidence-based care
  1. http://anes01.wustl.edu/EBJ/EB_Resources.html

  2. http://cebm.jr2.ox.ac.uk

Search engines to find practice-related information

  1. http://omni.ac.uk

  2. http://nhscrd.york.ac.uk/welcome.html

Search engines to find primary source research reports

  1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?holding=kumclib
    (PubMed; note the useful `find related articles' button once you've done a search)

  2. http://library.kumc.edu/databases/webspirs.htm
    (Medline)
Dykes Library On-Line Medical Referencing system: http://library.kumc.edu/omrs/index.htm

Guides to APA Style

  1. http://humanities.byu.edu/linguistics/Henrichsen/APA/APA01.html

  2. http://www.scribesa.com/apa/apa1.php

Guide to citing electronic references: http://linguistics.byu.edu/faculty/henrichsenl/apa/apa01.html

Writing Skills:

  1. http://www.writing.ku.edu/ (KU Writing Center)
  2. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ (OWL - Purdue University's On-line Writing Lab)

Guide to making effective presentations:

  1. AOTA's handbook for presenters as a .pdf file
  2. http://www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/effective.html

Comments? Send e-mail to Jeff Radel

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