Physical Therapy subjectId: 683305

The goals of this guide are to:

• Provide essential information for your education and clinical practice.
• Help users access essential resources through the Calder Library.

This guide is intended for Physical Therapy students and clinicians at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and UHealth.

You may navigate this guide by using the Tabs on top of each page.

• Email: reference@miami.edu
• Phone: 305-243-6648
• Ask a Librarian

PTNow (requires APTA membership)
The American Physical Therapy Association's (APTA) evidence based therapy resource.  PTNow translates physical therapy knowledge into action, supports evidence-informed care, and helps clinicians improve their clinical decision making. PTNow promotes using the best available evidence to achieve optimal patient outcomes and enhances collaboration within the physical therapy profession. Requires login with your APTA member credentials.

Do you need - 

• A numerical statistic or fact, such as prevalence rates, mortality rates, or other health indicators?
• A complete data set for independent analysis?
• A chart or figure?

Section 4 of this NIH/National Library of Medicine tutorial on health statistics has an excellent list of resources and tips on how to use them: Finding and Using Health Statistics

• PEDro Searching
  Overview and tips on getting good search results in the PEDro PT database
• PEDro - Evidence Based Physical Therapy
  Tutorials on conducting evidence based research  and practice in physical therapy.
• REHABDATA and NARIC: Where do I start?
  A short guide to finding information in REHABDATA and at the National Rehabilitation Information Center. The NARIC site also has a chat assistance service staffed by their librarian to help use their resources.  
• Cochrane Library User Guide
  Get started with the Cochrane LIbrary

• AND: Use between different terms. Combining search terms with AND will make the search more targeted.
• OR: Use between similar terms. Combining search terms with OR will expand the search.
• NOT: Use NOT to exclude a term in a search strategy.

A citation manager is a software tool that helps you organize and manage your research sources, including journal articles, books, and other references. Citation managers can help you:

• Collect: Import files and organize them into a personal library
• Organize: Create an organization system, attach PDFs, and add notes to references
• Cite: Create citations from your library as you write and insert them directly into your documents
• Share: Collaborate with others on manuscript writing and share your resources with others 

Citation managers are especially useful when writing long papers that require the use of many sources, like dissertations or capstone papers. They can also help you save time by allowing you to easily switch between citation styles and generate a formatted bibliography at the end of your document.

There are many citation styles used for writing and publishing. For more information on some of the more commonly used citation styles, click on the following link: Citation Styles.

For more information on how to use citation management software see the guides below:

• EndNote Guide
• RefWorks Guide