Library and Academic Success: Therapeutic Recreation: Databases, Statistics & Print Journals

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Subjects: Business & Management, Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation, Human Services, Indigenous, Interdisciplinary, Research Guides

Databases

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Looking for information for an assignment? Enter your keywords to find books, articles, streaming video & more in one click. Access to full text requires your Georgian user credentials.
CINAHL ULTIMATE This link opens in a new window
Definitive research tool and one of the most comprehensive sources of full text journal articles for nursing and allied health professionals, students and educators. It contains many of the most used journals to support nursing and health-related curricula. Provides information on aspects of nursing practice, theory, care and health promotion. It also includes the curation of open access (OA) journals.Full text coverage back to 1937 and includes access to dissertations, magazines, and evidence-based care sheets.
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DSM-5 (Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) This link opens in a new window
DSM-V-TR (Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) and several textbooks from the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Use Firefox to search this tool.
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Health & Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) This link opens in a new window
Search for checklists, questionnaires, scales, and other behavioural measurement tools. Find articles that use those tools. Actual measurement tool not necessarily available but reference information provided. Limited to 1 simultaneous user.
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PubMed This link opens in a new window
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Open access medical, biomedical, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pre-clinical sciences database. Please note: PubMed is currently working best with PC browsers.
Science Direct College Edition This link opens in a new window
All sciences - technological, engineering, chemical, biological, medical, veterinary and social. All articles are peer reviewed and academic. This source includes ebooks on selected scientific topics.
Notice (Mar. 2019): Due to a misconfigured Elsevier server if you have created an individual account on ScienceDirect (Elsevier) using your personal/college email credentials, then change your password for those accounts.
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SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Sport, fitness and sports medicine.
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Journals with limited dates available

These journals are available in paper format on the journal shelves at the back of the Orillia campus library.

Annual in therapeutic recreation
Print copies held from 2004-2012
Published yearly to provide studies, reviews and theories on the current issues and trends in service delivery or education in therapeutic recreation.
Therapeutic Recreation Ontario (TRO)
Print copies held form 2003-2011
TRO provides resources to help TR professionals develop quality services and advocates to advance the profession