The following selections are starting points for your research.
Reference Books:
Used to locate background information
Encyclopedia of Human Biology [REF] QP 11 .E53 1997
Krusen's Handbook of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation [REF] RM 700 .H36 1990
Oxford Textbook of Sports Medicine [REF] RC 1210 .O96 1998
Physical Rehabilitation: Assessment and Treatment [REF] RM 700 .O88 2001
Rehabilitation Specialist's Handbook [REF] RM 753.3 .R68 1998
Review of Medical Physiology [REF] QP 1 .R38 1999
Sports Physiotherapy Applied Science and Practice [REF] RD 97 .S78 1995
Circulating Books (Selective)
Physical Agents in Rehabilitation: From Research to Practice RM 700 .P464 1999
Physical Therapist's Clinical Companion RM 701 .P475 2000
Kinesiology: Movement in the Context of Activity QP 303 .G74 1999
Search the Library Catalog
Search the Library Catalog using some of the suggested subjects listed below. Subject headings consist of words, groups of words, or acronyms that are used to describe the subject of a work and are utilized in searching the catalog and other online databases to enhance retrieval.
Suggested Subject Headings
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Sports physical therapy
- Physical therapy assistants
- Physical therapy for children
- Electrotherapeutics
Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings (set of red volumes at the Reference Desk) to find other related subject headings to search.
Most books on Physical Therapy are classified as QP 301-QP 303; RA 781; RD 97; RD 731-RD 736; and RM 700 in the Library of Congress Classification System. You may wish to browse the shelves in this area. Look in both the Reference Collection and the General Collection.
Search the Library Databases for Articles
To find periodical and newspaper articles, select one of the databases listed under Online Databases from the GateWay Community College Library Home Page. Many of the articles are available full text and may be printed, e-mailed or saved to disk. Off-campus access is available to many of the databases.
Please keep in mind that the Library does not own every journal listed in these sources. To find out if the library does own a specific title perform a Title search in the Library Catalog or look up the magazine or journal title in GateWay's Periodical List. For those periodicals that we do not carry, Interlibrary Loan is available for requesting such resources.
Suggested Databases:
- EBSCOhost [Select Health Source Plus]
- Entrez-PubMed [Medline from The National Library of Medicine]
- Proquest [Select from CINAHL or Proquest Nursing Journals]
Journals of Interest
Websites of Interest